When Maggie Leptrone graduated from the University of West Georgia earlier this month with her degree in nursing, so did her labradoodle, Mona.
Leptrone has Type 1 diabetes, and says Mona, who was trained by the Diabetic Alert Dogs of America to detect low blood sugar levels, saved her life one night when her blood sugar dropped to a dangerously low level. Mona goes everywhere with Leptrone, and attended all of her classes and labs and other on-campus activities.
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Leptrone, who has accepted a job as an intensive care unit nurse in Douglasville, Georgia, told the Journal-Constitution she thought it was wonderful that her school included Mona during the graduation festivities. "I'm just hoping that it shows other people like me who have a service dog that they can still obtain a high level of education and do what they've always dreamed of doing with their lives," she said.
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