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03-09-2016, 09:01 PM
7-year-old boy with type 1 diabetes owes his life to well-trained service dog
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Service dogs save lives (http://mashable.com/2015/11/04/veteran-service-dogs/) every day. Just ask 7-year-old Luke, whose service pup, Jedi, used his training to alert Luke's family when danger struck.
Luke, who has type 1 diabetes, has a glucose monitoring system that keeps track of his blood sugar levels, and his family keeps watch in case they become dangerously low.*
But as Luke and his mother slept last week, Luke's blood sugar started to dip — and Jedi was quick (http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dog-saves-the-life-of-sleeping-boy-with-type-1-diabetes/) to take action.
SEE ALSO: Girl and her stylish service dog wear matching dresses for high school dance (http://mashable.com/2016/03/08/girl-service-dog-matching-dresses/)
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"Jedi jumped off the bed, then back on again. Though I felt him do this, I didn't wake up," Luke's mother, Dorrie, wrote in a Facebook post (https://www.facebook.com/SavingLuke/posts/981343088606829:0). "Then Jedi laid on me. I woke up." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/09/type-1-diabetes-service-dog/)
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Service dogs save lives (http://mashable.com/2015/11/04/veteran-service-dogs/) every day. Just ask 7-year-old Luke, whose service pup, Jedi, used his training to alert Luke's family when danger struck.
Luke, who has type 1 diabetes, has a glucose monitoring system that keeps track of his blood sugar levels, and his family keeps watch in case they become dangerously low.*
But as Luke and his mother slept last week, Luke's blood sugar started to dip — and Jedi was quick (http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dog-saves-the-life-of-sleeping-boy-with-type-1-diabetes/) to take action.
SEE ALSO: Girl and her stylish service dog wear matching dresses for high school dance (http://mashable.com/2016/03/08/girl-service-dog-matching-dresses/)
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"Jedi jumped off the bed, then back on again. Though I felt him do this, I didn't wake up," Luke's mother, Dorrie, wrote in a Facebook post (https://www.facebook.com/SavingLuke/posts/981343088606829:0). "Then Jedi laid on me. I woke up." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/09/type-1-diabetes-service-dog/)
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