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Lost Dog Saves Man With Down Syndrome From Nearly Fatal Seizure (three tissue story)
Fox News ^ | August 10, 2009 | Unattributed

Posted on 08/10/2009 10:08:36 AM PDT by Ben Mugged

Yolanda Segovia heard a knock on her door one morning, just before 8 a.m.

Her neighbor was on the porch, with a dog and a story.

Stacey Savige had found the little dog in front of an elementary school. He wasn't very big, looked like some sort of terrier. Burrs clung to his belly. His honey fur was caked in mud.

He didn't have a collar. Stacey had taken him to the vet and he didn't have a chip, either.

~snip~On Saturday, Azaiah went to his dad's house. Christian retreated to his room to watch a Barney video. The dog dozed beside him.

Yolanda had just stepped onto her porch to water the plants when the dog flung himself into the screen door, barking madly.

As she opened the door, the dog sprinted across the living room, into the boys' room.

Yolanda screamed. Christian was slumped over, his body writhing in a seizure, blood streaming from his nose and mouth.

The dog ran to the boy, still yelping. But as soon as Yolanda bent to cradle her son, the dog went silent.

"If he hadn't come to get me," Yolanda told Stacey later, "the neurologist said Christian would have choked on his own blood and died."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: dog; hero
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Read the entire story. I promise you it is worth your time.
1 posted on 08/10/2009 10:08:36 AM PDT by Ben Mugged
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To: Ben Mugged

Sniff. What a great story. Good Odie.


2 posted on 08/10/2009 10:12:02 AM PDT by La Lydia
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To: Ben Mugged

bump for later


3 posted on 08/10/2009 10:12:19 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici
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To: Ben Mugged

Dogs are awesome.


4 posted on 08/10/2009 10:12:47 AM PDT by scottdeus12 (Jesus is real, whether you believe in Him or not.)
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To: Ben Mugged

Oh may the Lord bless that owner.
A great man.

(Good Dog!)


5 posted on 08/10/2009 10:14:07 AM PDT by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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To: La Lydia

bump


6 posted on 08/10/2009 10:14:34 AM PDT by mel
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To: Ben Mugged

Dogs know when things just aren’t right.


7 posted on 08/10/2009 10:18:32 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte
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To: Ben Mugged
aw heck, I wasn't even able to finish reading the story out loud to my wife...

Nice to see a "good dog" story for a change here, what with all the "bad dog" stories that are posted these days.

8 posted on 08/10/2009 10:18:47 AM PDT by Paradox (Obama - Harvard = Sharpton {thanks to sfvgto})
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To: Ben Mugged

Bookmarked! Huzzah for The Dog!!!


9 posted on 08/10/2009 10:20:50 AM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: Ben Mugged

Something uplifting, thanks for posting.


10 posted on 08/10/2009 10:23:32 AM PDT by Dustbunny ("Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. " Ronald Reagan)
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To: scottdeus12
Dogs are awesome.

Meanwhile a cat curled up on the back of the family couch for a nap, not to be bothered by all the irritating commotion.

11 posted on 08/10/2009 10:27:19 AM PDT by submarinerswife ("If I win I can't 't be stopped! If I lose I shall be dead." - George S. Patton)
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Good dog!

An aside: If health care in this country is so lacking, how is it that this woman has been successfully treated twice for cancer and her son has had heart surgery and some kind of transplant. Clearly they aren’t among the Evil Rich and yet they’ve received some of the best health care on the planet — that being, American health care.


12 posted on 08/10/2009 10:29:52 AM PDT by fullchroma (flag@whitehouse.gov: come and get me.)
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I know this is besides the point of the story, but 4000 copies of a lost dog flier!?!!?


13 posted on 08/10/2009 10:30:01 AM PDT by AStack75
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To: Ben Mugged

Wow, that was touching. Thank you


14 posted on 08/10/2009 10:30:15 AM PDT by BornToBeAmerican (We the people, ..... never)
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To: Ben Mugged

OK....now excuse me while I go cry.


15 posted on 08/10/2009 10:33:32 AM PDT by Marty62
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To: Ben Mugged
First off, cheers for hero-Odie, not only a dawg that understands he can play rough with the younger boy but must treat the older, bigger one more gently, I've witnessed this kind of thing personally with any number of dawgs. But the behavior when Christian is in trouble, this is not so much a learned thing, there are certain breeds who recognize particular problems, even some mutts who can be service-dawgs.

But really, what a kindness for Randy to have done, it can't have been easy, not to mention his own children ... I hope he gets them another dawg, not to take Odie's place, that could never be, but to ease their pain, someone else to love.

Great piece, thank you for posting it.

16 posted on 08/10/2009 10:37:31 AM PDT by MozarkDawg
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To: Ben Mugged

That little dog wasn’t lost at all. He was right where he was supposed to be.

What a great story. Thanks.


17 posted on 08/10/2009 10:38:09 AM PDT by Grumpybutt
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Oh boy....you are right....Triple Hankie Alert!!!


18 posted on 08/10/2009 10:39:20 AM PDT by BossLady (<<<Had my MOB name before it was kewl......)
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To: Ben Mugged

Best use of my time today. What generosity! What a cool story!


19 posted on 08/10/2009 10:41:02 AM PDT by knittnmom ("...only dead fish 'go with the flow'". - Sarah Palin 7/09)
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To: Ben Mugged
Great story.Here is another:
“St. Roch was born in France in 1295. When as a young man he heard the plague had reached Italy, he walked from Montpelier to Rome to help the victims. While in Rome, Roch himself caught the plague.Believing he was soon to die, he went into the forest at the edge of the city, built a small hut, and began to pray & prepare himself for death. As he was in prayer a dog came to him holding a piece of bread in his mouth.Roch took the bread from the dog. The dog then licked the plague wounds on Roch's leg, and the wounds were healed.Roch ate the bread and brought back to wholeness by the dog and his gifts,he and the dog returned to Rome, where they worked to heal others and comfort the dying.The story demonstrates the bond between humans and dogs and the power of each to heal & rejuvenate each other.”

From an accompanying handout of a statue of St. Roch and his dog made by artist Hank Schlau.

20 posted on 08/10/2009 11:03:09 AM PDT by Apercu ("A man's character is his fate" - Heraclitus)
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