Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
As soon as Deb Cook snaps on Ruby's red vest stitched with the words "Service Dog In Training," the 20-month-old Dalmatian with a liver spotted coat knows she's on the job.
Ruby accompanies Cook, 59, on shopping trips and goes to the movies with her. The sounds blarring from the theater's speakers sometimes startle Ruby, who enjoys lapping up lost pieces of buttery popcorn lying on the floor. Ruby will step on an airplane for the first time next month when Cook travels to Seattle.
Ruby's mission 24 hours a day, 7 days a week is to tell Cook when her blood sugar plummets. Type I diabetics like Cook suffer frequent episodes of hypoglycemia, a reaction to low blood sugar that when left untreated can lead to a seizure, unconsciousness and even death.
http://siouxcityjournal.com/lifesty...cle_0bcc1061-f1ac-5e67-9c22-a3722c828cb3.html
Ruby accompanies Cook, 59, on shopping trips and goes to the movies with her. The sounds blarring from the theater's speakers sometimes startle Ruby, who enjoys lapping up lost pieces of buttery popcorn lying on the floor. Ruby will step on an airplane for the first time next month when Cook travels to Seattle.
Ruby's mission 24 hours a day, 7 days a week is to tell Cook when her blood sugar plummets. Type I diabetics like Cook suffer frequent episodes of hypoglycemia, a reaction to low blood sugar that when left untreated can lead to a seizure, unconsciousness and even death.
http://siouxcityjournal.com/lifesty...cle_0bcc1061-f1ac-5e67-9c22-a3722c828cb3.html