A sick boy's life may have been saved after his devoted dog sniffed out his dangerously low blood sugar levels. The dog, called Poppy, acted before he fell into a diabetic coma.
The two-year-old spaniel alerted the boy's parents that he was heading into potentially deadly hypoglycaemic shock. Thomas French, seven, was then rushed to hospital for treatment.
Thomas, who has Brittle type one diabetes, had just finished his dinner when the specially trained mutt “launched” herself onto his dad’s shoulders. And although initially, tests revealed Thomas had normal blood sugar levels, they then suddenly dropped by half without warning.
