Lost dog finds family and provides life saving heroics

This story has it all! A family with a lot of problems saved by the kindness shown to lost dog.

Mom, breast cancer and cervical cancer survivor, divorced, single Mom with two children. A ten year old and a 21 year old with Down Syndrome.

The dog saved the life of one of them but transformed the lives of all of them. Then, the owner of the dog, overjoyed with finding his lost pet, turns around and gives the dog back to the family that found him.

If you want to start your day with a heartwarming story, this is the one you have to read!

Lost and Found Dog Saves Life of Boy with Down Syndrome
by Helena Sung (RSS feed) Aug 11th 2009 5:00PM


Do you believe in canine guardian angels and the kindness of strangers? You just might after reading this story.

Early one morning, Yolanda Segovia's neighbor, Stacey Savige, knocked on her door and asked her to temporarily take in a stray dog she had found. The scruffy terrier mix had no collar or microchip. Segovia eyed the pooch -- burrs sticking to his belly and mud caking his fur -- and reluctantly agreed to foster him for the day.

An erstwhile hairdresser, Segovia hasn't worked since 2006. At 47, she is a survivor of breast cancer and cervical cancer. A divorced single mother of two, Segovia shares her Port Tampa, Florida home with her 10 year-old son Azaiah and 21 year-old son Christian. Her elder son has Down Syndrome; he cannot speak or bathe himself, and he has had heart surgery and a kidney transplant, reports the St. Petersburg Times.
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Lost and Found Dog Saves Life of Boy with Down Syndrome