Posted on 05/03/2016 2:00:45 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
Nora Hall with the family's pet dogs
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A family’s loyal basset hounds have refused to leave the side of a dying baby girl who suffered a major stroke.
Nora Hall’s mother Mary Hall wrote on Facebook: “My daughter had a stroke on April 6. We have been at Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis since then. She is not going to survive.
“They allowed us to have our bassets here in the last couple of days because they are so attached to her.”
“Our hearts are so completely broken. We have been praying so hard for a miracle. We tried so very hard to save her, but it just wasn't meant to be.”
She added the dogs have appeared “very stressed and sad” in the hospital and asked members of the Wonderful World of Basset Hounds Facebook group for advice on keeping them by her bedside.
“I was leaning towards sending them away [from her room] so they didn’t get stressed, but after reading so many comments saying to keep them, then I will."
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
A Tear Jerker.
Sniff sniff...
Must be allergies.
Such loyal dogs are heartwarming. Disney had an old show similar to this “Greyfriar’s Bobby”.
I have never heard of a baby having a stroke. How tragic!
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Very sad :(
Looks like my basset, Lilly. Very loyal dogs, devoted to their families.
Awwww, I had two Bassett hounds and when Bella got sick and was dying, Pete stayed right next to her side the entire time she was ill. It was very touching to see how much he cared for her.
That is touching, but this make take a long time.
Are the hospitals really ready to have untrained (unwashed)
non-companion dogs in their hospital ward for what may be a few weeks? The baby should be transfer to a hospice, that would be willing to accommodate the pets in short visits.
The owner should spare the dogs that stress and take them home.
True, allergies are a bitch, must be everywhere this time of year, too.
Before the stroke.
No reason they can’t call in a veterinarian to give a calmative to the dogs.
But I’m not sure that dogs and cats can’t pray, in a way that we humans may not be able to discern but God could. If she revives against all odds there is going to be quite a story here.
I have had five basset hounds. They were and are all amazing dogs. About 12 years ago, I had complications after one surgery and stopped breathing. My basset hound, Georgie, was downstairs but somehow sensed I was in distress. He began barking at my husband and ran upstairs, barking the entire way. He saved my life.
Precious babies and loving dogs.......the combination of the two is one of God’s richest blessings. God will take the little one back to heaven and I have to believe the dogs will be reunited with her in the future.......;( My heart goes out to the family.
Cats too. Don’t forget cats.
Some animals show far more empathy than some humans.
My wife feared my German shepherd might be jealous of our new son....this was back some 35 years ago. When we brought him home from the hospital, my ‘Tex’, planted himself under the cradle as his protector and was the boys buddy and protector for the next 5 years that the dog lived.
Gotta love dogs.
Sad, but sweet...
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