{"id":28,"date":"2012-04-02T20:17:16","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T20:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.net\/blog\/?p=28"},"modified":"2012-04-03T16:24:31","modified_gmt":"2012-04-03T16:24:31","slug":"the-best-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/the-best-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_6700.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37\" title=\"Mia\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_6700-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_6700-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_6700-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/IMG_6700.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>My thanksgiving in 2011 came on Tuesday (not Thursday)\u00a0during a therapy dog visit to Kaiser in Irvine, CA\u00a0with Mia. Family was in the room with mom in bed who doesn&#8217;t speak English. She lit up when I asked if I could bring the dog in, so Mia comfortably laid on the bed next to her.\u00a0 The pulmonary nurse comes in to do a procedure and the mom&#8217;s face was struck with pain, she looked at the daughter and said (per translation) &#8220;can Mia stay with me?&#8221;.\u00a0 We looked at the nurse and she said, no reason why not.\u00a0 The mask went on, the vapors swirled around, the mom coughed and coughed and looked at her daughter in pain.\u00a0 Then she looked down at Mia and started petting with both hands.\u00a0 In about 5 minutes mom was asleep and the daughter had tears in her eyes of thanks.\u00a0 She said that her mom dreads this procedure each time she has it and it was the first time she went to sleep during it.\u00a0 Her arm was gently rested on Mia &#8211; Mia was asleep too.\u00a0 We sat there chatting until the procedure was done and when the mask came off, I&#8217;ll never forget the look of thanks on that woman&#8217;s face.\u00a0 It brought tears to my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Pam Becker &amp; Mia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My thanksgiving in 2011 came on Tuesday (not Thursday)\u00a0during a therapy dog visit to Kaiser in Irvine, CA\u00a0with Mia. 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