Cat to the Rescue: Man’s Feline Friend Helps Him Avoid Diabetic Coma

Posted in Diabetes Articles by Jennifer Moore on November 19th, 2007
Early Friday morning, at about 1 a.m., Oskkosh, Wisconsin resident and long-time diabetic Terry Lee Rucks woke up to use the bathroom. But his blood sugar had fallen so low that he was unable to move from the bathroom. Feeling shaky, nauseous, and sweating copiously, Rucks feared he was about to slip into a diabetic coma. However, his cat Shaggy had other ideas. "He would not let me fall asleep," the 61-year-old told reporter Krista Brown of Wisconsin's Northwestern newspaper. "He kept rubbing and pawing on my legs, and jumping on the vanity, meowing in my ear." After about 20...

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