alertstories

Both Mr. Darcy and I were deep in sleep. He woke and alerted me, I
was difficult to rouse because I was low. He went to my mom and
dad's bedroom, put his paws on their bed and licked my mother in the
face until he had her full attention! Mom immediately came to check
my blood sugar: it was 86 and dropping!

Darcy and I were in discipleship training and Mr. Darcy
pawed at my foot and then picked up the bringsel. I
tested: my BG was 190 (which is high). I didn't give
insulin for the high because i wanted to wait to see if I
was dropping since Darcy had pawed my leg to
indicate a low. About 20 minutes later Darcy alerted
again: my BG was 142. Since i saw that I was dropping,
I drank a apple juice. 15 minutes later, Darcy climbed
up on my lap and just looked at me! I tested: my BG
was 99. So i told Darcy "good low" and I ate 30 more
carbs. 9 minutes later, Darcy pawed my leg, and then
climbed up on me and stared at me again. He was so
serious. He really looked worried about me. So i tested
AGAIN: my BG was 85!!!!! So i drank 2 more apple
juices!! Without darcy that would have been a HUGE
crash !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He is such a life saver!

Mr Darcy's reward for alerting is a special toy. We keep it on top of the
refrigerator and only give it to him after an alert. One morning last week, he
woke up, went straight to the refrigerator, sat and stared at the top of it where
his toy is kept. He had never done that before. We all just stared at him for a
short minute and then he promptly remembered that he had forgotten 'step 1'
of the sequence (THE ALERT!) - and he got the bringsel and proclaimed his
concern for Abi to each Thornton and then went back to his view of "the toy'
and SAT.

I drove myself to my orthodontist appointment. I was a little
concerned - the ortho was taking impressions, doing molds, etc . . I
was not going to be in any position to help Mr. Darcy behave when
the orthodontist's hands were in my mouth. Mr Darcy went straight
to his spot under the chair and laid down. He didn't budge when
the electric chair was lowered. He whined slightly when the
assistant filled my mouth with nastiness. but, when the assistant
left to get more supplies, he got up, alerted to me and laid back
down. My BG was 210! YES. he is too awesome