Living with Diabetes

My favorite justification for not having the dog in my classroom.

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You have a school nurse?

Well, she’s downstairs, in a different part of the building.  She can’t tell if my blood sugar is low or high from there.  If I need her, we’re not having class that day.

That’s come up in idle conversation. 

Dog can tell if I need a piece of candy to fix the low.  Or a unit of insulin to fix the high.  I honestly think that any disruption that the dog will cause the first few days will be much less than any disruption caused by having the school nurse come up. 

Oh, that’s happened.  We didn’t have class that day.

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2 responses to “My favorite justification for not having the dog in my classroom.”

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    Kim Wilkens

    I hope you are able to bring your dog to school. I was fortunate enough to work at a private school where bringing a dog to school was not a big deal at all. My dog is not any sort of “official” therapy dog, but I viewed her that way because she had such a calming effect on the kids.

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    Kim Wilkens

    I hope you are able to bring your dog to school. I was fortunate enough to work at a private school where bringing a dog to school was not a big deal at all. My dog is not any sort of “official” therapy dog, but I viewed her that way because she had such a calming effect on the kids.

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