Jonah Mullins was just 5 when doctors informed his parents, Jim and Rebecca, that their son had Type 1 diabetes. They were told his particular condition was more difficult than most because he was prone to sudden and unexpected spikes or crashes in blood sugar levels that could cause their son to lapse into a coma or die if undetected, and those spikes or crashes could come while he's sleeping. Checking his blood sugar levels throughout the night -- every night -- had to become part of the family's routine. Peace of mind was hard to come by, made worse by the night Rebecca woke up randomly and found Jonah's blood sugar down at comatose levels. From that moment, the old system of checking at regular intervals was no longer viable. The Mullins family needed help, and they found it from an unlikely source -- a golden retriever puppy named Luckie. Service dogs like Luckie are trained to sense when a person's blood sugar levels are spiking or crashing, and to find an adult and signal whether levels are going up or coming down. But raising and training a dog like this is expensive, and money was tight. That's when Brandie Baker, the human resources manager at Lowe's of Wise County, Va., encouraged Jim to apply for assistance from the Lowe's Employee Relief Fund. With the help of the fund and others in the community, the Mullins family raised enough money to make a down payment on the dog and training services. For more on the Lowe's Employee Relief Fund, visit responsibility.lowes.com/. For more ideas to improve your home, check out Lowe's on other social media channels: Facebook - www.facebook.com/lowes Twitter - www.twitter.com/lowes Pinterest - www.pinterest.com/lowes Instagram - www.instagram.com/loweshomeimprovement Subscribe to Lowe's YouTube: bit.ly/1blLmvD or head to our channel: www.youtube.com/Lowes

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