Zip Saved Me From an Insulin Reaction
By Karen Hayes
Published: May 1, 2008
"Thank God for Zip..."
My 2-year-old toy poodle, Zip, saved my life when he was only 7 months old. I have been a diabetic for 28 years. The day before this happened was Memorial Day. My brother brought his girls over to swim in our pool and eat boiled shrimp with all the fixins.
Well, I had too much fun and apparently I didn’t eat enough. I was not hungry so I didn’t even eat a little snack before I went to bed.
Around 2 a.m., Zip, who sleeps between my husband, Peter, and me in bed, woke Peter up whining and scratching his face. Peter asked him what was wrong. Immediately, Zip jumped over to me and started whining. Peter reached over and tried in vain to wake me; he knew immediately what was wrong. I was having an insulin reaction. He called 911.
When the ambulance got to the house and tested my sugar, it was only 31, way too low. The normal blood sugar is 80-120.
During the whole ordeal, Zip stayed on my left shoulder. My Granny would take him off the bed and he would jump right back on the bed in the same place.
I knew when Zip started fetching at only 7 weeks old that we had something special, but I didn’t know how special until this happened. Zip has alerted me about 6 times since that day, every time I have tested, and my sugar has been around 50.
I thank God every day for this wonderful little dog.
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