Dog's nose saved owner's life at least twice

He is named after an Egyptian Pharaoh, stands only inches off the ground, has more than a passing interest in cookies and he saved the life of Marilyn Pharo. King Tut, the brown and white dog saved Pharo’s life on more than one occasion. “I noticed he was always touching my knee with his nose and licking me,” she said. “I thought it was because they are a herding breed.” The night of her first life threatening, diabetic incident, Pharo’s husband was away working in Chile. She has a bed that is too high for King Tut to jump up on with his short Corgi legs but that night she placed the dog on the bed.

Pharo had just received an insulin pump that was not regulated corrected. She fell into a very deep sleep. “I was dreaming I was dying, it was actually very soft and black and warm and I felt very comfortable and I thought ‘I can do this, I can die, this is fine,’” she said. “The next thing I knew I had paws on my shoulders, whining, licking my nose, little nibbles on my nose.” Pharo said she awakened believing King Tut was asking to go outside. “I stood up and I nearly went to the ground because I was so hypoglycemic,” she said.



Pharo made it to the kitchen, hanging on to the furniture and poured herself some juice and waited for her blood sugar level to rise. King Tut kept pacing the floor and whining. She told the dog he would have to wait to go outside until she felt better. King Tut did not want to go outside. A second incident occurred two weeks later. Pharo was sound asleep and King Tut, who was on the floor of her bedroom, grabbed her hand and whined. She stood up and once again found herself hypoglycemic. “I began to wonder if this was coincidence,” said Pharo. “I went to my family doctor and mentioned it to him.”

The doctor said when her blood sugar was that low, 25 in one instance and 20 in another, she would throw off ketones from her skin which would make her smell and taste different. The doctor said King Tut apparently knew how Pharo should taste and smell and detected something was not normal and became anxious. “I would have died, I would not be here,” she said. “I would have slipped into a coma and been gone.” Her husband noted even if he had been home and had been sleeping beside her, he would not have been aware of her hypoglycemia. “I just feel like God brought this dog to me,” said Pharo. “He is amazing.”

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