Man, 84, fell outside his home, was rescued by his dog
Keith Johnson was at his cabin in Stevens County, Wash., when his continuous glucose monitor began beeping around 5:30 a.m.
Johnson, a diabetic, went downstairs to get some orange juice. Before he could pour himself a glass, his 13-year-old rescue dog, Gita, stood by the front door, anxious to go outside.
“She wanted to go out, so rather than go get the orange juice first, I opened the front door and walked out a few steps,” said Johnson, 84. “It was pitch black.”
As Johnson — who lives in Spokane but enjoys spending weekends at his cabin — turned to go back inside, “I suddenly got dizzy and disoriented and fell,” he said.
Reeling in pain, he attempted to crawl several times but collapsed. He lay on the ground helplessly as the sun came up, with Gita by his side.
“She came up very close to me and lay down, and I cuddled with her,” Johnson said. After some time had passed, “I asked her if she would go get help, thinking I was just indulging myself.”
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