What a wonderful story! I had the pleasure of meeting the dog who was the recepient of the pacemaker. He is a beautiful, big ol' yellow lab. He lives on a farm outside of San Antonio, where I live. I talked recently to his "primary caretakers"...Over two years since he was given the pacemaker, he is again chasing sticks, aggravating the sheep and helping to drive in the cows. Mama would be pleased. She was a farm girl herself. :-)