Stella's a woman's best friend
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by Lynn Cox
Stella the dog is not just Tracey Poole's loyal companion and
friend - the pet also saved her owner's life.
The black and white pooch has twice come to the rescue when
diabetic Tracey has suffered a hypoglycemic attack.
Stella urgently licked sleeping Tracey's hand to wake her up and
allow her to deal with the attack.
Tracey, 41, of Pottery Road, Hoo, who has owned Stella for about
a year, is an insulin-dependant diabetic.
She believes if her faithful dog had not woken her up in the
early hours of Friday last week, she could have gone into a coma
and, as she lives alone, that could have been fatal.
About seven months ago, Stella did the same thing when Tracey
had another attack while asleep.
Tracey said: "She was licking my hand and nudging me with her
nose. She kept nudging and nudging until I woke up.
"At first I didn't realise what was happening and then when I
came round a bit, I realised I was having a hypo and was able to
get up and sort myself out.
"My blood sugar was dangerously low. If she'd not woken me up I
could have slipped into a coma."
Stella, who is eight, has not had any specialist training to
identify the danger signs of going into a hypoglycemic attack, but
Tracey thinks she has worked it out by herself.
Tracey, who also has other health problems, added: "She is a
Jack Russell and border collie cross, so she had the intelligence
there. We are inseparable. We go for walks four times a day and we
sit together on the sofa, she never leaves my side.
"She's a real lifesaver and I gave her a treat of a farmhouse
sausage for what she did. I'm very proud of her and love her to
bits."
Do you have any remarkable stories about your pets? Email
medwaymessenger@thekmgroup.co.uk
or phone 01634 227803.
Friday, September 23 2011
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