Dog leaves home alone, finds Iowa hospital where owner is undergoing cancer treatment

[kpete]

PHOTO: A miniature schnauzer named Sissy in Cedar Rapids, Iowa is captured on security footage after she ran away from home to find her owner at a hospital 15 blocks away.


Call it coincidence or love, but a miniature Schnauzer in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, ended up at the hospital where her owner is battling cancer -- even though the dog was originally 20 blocks away at home.

A surveillance camera in the hospital lobby caught the dog entering through the automatic doors and wandering around.

The dog, named Sissy, belongs to Nancy Franck, 64, who has been at Mercy Medical Center for about two weeks following surgery. Her husband, Dale Franck, 66, had been taking care of Sissy and her brother Barney, also a miniature Schnauzer, back home.

“She was on a mission that night to see her mom," Dale Franck told ABC News today, "but she couldn't find the right elevator to take."


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[shenmue]

1. Askuze me, where is mah hoomin?

[3catwoman3]

2. I hope she got to see...

...her mama.

In my first bedside nursing job, I walked into our utility room one evening shift to find a mom washing a small dog in one of the sinks. Her daughter, sadly, was terminally ill with a malignancy, and the mom thought it might cheer her up to see the dog, so she put it in her purse. Once she got to the pediatric unit, she decided the dog was too dirty and needed to be washed first. It was an odd moment.

Unfortunately, everyone was in denial about this young lady's prognosis, and we nurses were forbidden to discuss anything with her. One night, she was feeling very sad, and as I sat with her, she said that she tried to think about positive things, but she couldn't come up with any. It would have been the perfect moment to let her express her fears and feelings about what she was going thru, but my hands were tied by her parents' and her doctors' orders. I felt so bad for her, because she basically had to deal with dying all by herself. It wasn't right. this was in 1974, and I still think about her and remember her name.

[Omaha Steve]

3. Next time a story like this comes up....

IF I don't reply or R it, email me. I've had a bad cold the last couple days and have missed a lot.

OS