> We also have two dogs. Oreo, our Shepard/Collie mix, responds to all of
> Kristen's alarms when we don't have nursing support. (Curiously only when
> we don't have nursing support). He barks his "alert/warning" bark and runs
> between us and Kristen until we resolve the situation. We did nothing to
> train him, he just seemed to instinctively know that the alarm means
> something. If we could figure out a way to have him recognize hypoxia and
> hypercarbia we'd consider trading a "service dog" for nursing at night or
> to give Kristen more independence during the day. Her symptoms are just to
> subtle and quick to train a dog effectively. I did contact several of the
> service dog placement groups and they didn't have any suggestions either.
Thank you for your information. I was wondering, don't you have an O2
saturation or pulse monitor on Kristen ?
It's very interesting that dogs know when they are needed.
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