At the age of four, my son Sean was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. He does a phenomenal job of taking care of himself, works closely with his doctors, and uses his great sense of humor to keep a positive attitude. But some things he just can't control.

Diabetes is tough. For Sean, his blood sugar can quickly skyrocket making him extremely ill, or drop to life-threatening levels in a matter of minutes. To manage this, he requires 4-5 insulin injections a day, with an additional 4-5 daily blood tests just to stay healthy. The most dangerous complication of Type 1 Diabetes is acute hypoglycemia, otherwise known as low blood sugar. While most of the time this can be easily corrected as soon as he feels the symptoms, this condition can have a devastating impact if Sean is sleeping or too sick to get help. It could leave him in a coma or possibly take his life.


Because of this, it's been impossible for Sean, a 30-year old single father of one, to ever live by himself. This spring, Sean needs to find a place of his own. With no roommate and his family 1,000 miles away, a night-time low-blood sugar event could be catastrophic. So now, after living with family and a series of roommates all his life, we want to safely enable him to be completely independent with the help of a Diabetes Alert Dog.

In a nutshell, these dogs are trained to alert their owners when their blood sugar is too low or too high, even if it means waking them up in the middle of the night. They can sense changes in blood glucose levels before they become critical. It could literally mean the difference between life and death for him.

Please help us get Sean the life he deserves!