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My name is Emily (Emmie) Wallace I have been a brittle type one diabetic for 22 years (since age 4) and over this time it has been very hard to stablise my diabetes. I have always had swinging blood sugar levels from fits post exercise as a child or close to comas from ketoacidosis from infections.

Last year i got a food poisioning , which made my diabetes very unpredictable and i had two fits when my blood sugars dropped dangerously low and my mum had to call a ambulance I was then admitted into hospital and found out i had lost my hypo awareness (symptoms of my blood sugar levels dropping) which was and has been hugely worrying for myself and my family. I was then put onto a insulin pump instead of injections to help control my diabetes. My diabetes has improved but i still dont have hypo awareness.

My mum came across the a webpage called www.hypoalertdogs.co.uk and it is a charity where they train dogs to detect when a diabetic's sugar levels are dropping or rising outside the ideal perameters. The dogs are able to do this because when a person is unwell they produce a odour, which the dogs can smell and they are trained to react to that odour. I have now applied for a hypo alert dog because this will make a HUGE difference to mine and in particular my mother's life. Having a hypo alert dog will be  greatly reassuring as the dog will alert me to my diabetes changing, so keep your fingers crossed for me :-)

The charity also trains dogs to detect cancer in urine samples and the dogs are very successful in sniffing out the correct sample. www.cancerdogs.co.uk

I feel that this charities work is amazing and can make a big difference to people's life. I am going to do a 2 hour snowboarding session at my local dry slope to raise money for the charity. I have only learnt to snowboard in the last few weeks so this is still going to be a challenge! Plus i will do it with a tail and doggie ears and face paint!

Thank you for your time to read my story and hopefully you'll be so kind to donate to this charity

Emmie x :-) x

So please help me to support this charity because I believe they can make such  a difference to people's lifes 

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