Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Kristen Farmer and Kimberly Eagle know all too well the physical and emotional pressures that accompany the caregiving required with having a child with type 1 diabetes.
The endless monitoring of blood sugar levels continues even at night, so caregivers are typically sleep-deprived, which adds to an already stressful existence.
But the Eagles and the Farmers have found hope in an unlikely form: a dog.
Service dogs are nothing new, of course. People are used to encountering seeing-eye dogs that help the sightless lead more normal lives.
http://www.salisburypost.com/Lifestyle/021912-diabetes-alert-dog-qcd
The endless monitoring of blood sugar levels continues even at night, so caregivers are typically sleep-deprived, which adds to an already stressful existence.
But the Eagles and the Farmers have found hope in an unlikely form: a dog.
Service dogs are nothing new, of course. People are used to encountering seeing-eye dogs that help the sightless lead more normal lives.
http://www.salisburypost.com/Lifestyle/021912-diabetes-alert-dog-qcd