It's becoming more evident each day how important it is for Jason, Bailey & myself to work as a team. This means a lot of different things but a big part of it for me is careful observation. You see today something very special happened and it sort of floored me for awhile... Jason wanted to go for a walk to the shops with his Dad so he sat up at the bench and enjoyed some toast and vegemite. As Jason waited for his toast, Bailey went up and looked at him and pawed the stool he sat on and then lay down. I saw him do this out of the corner of my eye and I said to Jason, "I think he just alerted you". Jason said "No, he's mucking around and probably wants my toast". I wasn't really sure if he was alerting because unlike most times, it was very subtle. Bailey couldn't reach Jason's leg so he had to awkwardly swipe the stool leg instead. We tested his blood sugars anyway as we always do before heading out, and he was 5.7.
He ate his toast and got his jumper on, leaving with Chris soon after. Bailey watched them leave then turned to me calm and focused, gave me direct eye contact, sat and pawed my leg. I ran to the front door, opening it quickly and they were already out of the gate when I called for them to wait. I told them that Bailey had just alerted me, so Jason came back inside and I tested him again. His blood sugars were 5.3 and his previous reading was fifteen minutes earlier. Now it was obvious Bailey had tried to alert Jason but it's the timing of the second alert that left me dumbfounded. If he hadn't alerted me when he did, I'm sure Jason would have had gone low when he was out. He had a slightly lower reading even though he'd had carbs which probably means he was heading for a hypo. When they got back from their walk Jason told me that he felt like he was still going low when they were out but Chris was aware of the direction he could be heading so he knew to give him another snack. It's times like this that are priceless because Bailey can tell us something that we or a meter can't and can prevent a hypo from occurring in the first place. Good call Bailey!
He ate his toast and got his jumper on, leaving with Chris soon after. Bailey watched them leave then turned to me calm and focused, gave me direct eye contact, sat and pawed my leg. I ran to the front door, opening it quickly and they were already out of the gate when I called for them to wait. I told them that Bailey had just alerted me, so Jason came back inside and I tested him again. His blood sugars were 5.3 and his previous reading was fifteen minutes earlier. Now it was obvious Bailey had tried to alert Jason but it's the timing of the second alert that left me dumbfounded. If he hadn't alerted me when he did, I'm sure Jason would have had gone low when he was out. He had a slightly lower reading even though he'd had carbs which probably means he was heading for a hypo. When they got back from their walk Jason told me that he felt like he was still going low when they were out but Chris was aware of the direction he could be heading so he knew to give him another snack. It's times like this that are priceless because Bailey can tell us something that we or a meter can't and can prevent a hypo from occurring in the first place. Good call Bailey!