Dr. Emmy

Emmy had a unique opportunity to play "doctor" today. This summer, Bill is interning part time with Holland Hospital as an Assistant Chaplain. While he has a variety of responsibilities in the hospital, Bill has also taken particular interest in the canine version of care...the Pet Therapy program. A few weeks ago, Bill shadowed the pet therapy coordinator to see what the pets do to care for patients in the hospital and after it all thought, "Emmy could do that!". Well, today she got just that chance. After Bill reported to the hospital this morning, he found out that they were short on therapy dogs coming in today and they had a backlog of requests for therapy pet visits throughout the hospital. When her heard their cry of need...Bill knew just the dog to step in..."Super Dog"....a.k.a. Dr. Emmy! He raced home to get her and brought her back where Emmy was able to visit with 6 patients of ranging ages. Emmy was AMAZING and was the perfect representative for Paws with a Cause! She was SUPER solid on her commands and the most touching thing of all...she knew exactly what to do to make each person feel better. Whether it be a sniff on the hand, or a nose rested on the bed...she brought a smile to the patients' faces...and of course there was lots of oooooo's and ahhhh's from the nurses station! Emmy was a hit! When she got home, Amy was already home for lunch and she ran in, tail waving high in the air with an attitude of, "MOOOOOOOOMMMM! Guess what I did today?!?! I WAS SO GOOD!!!" You could tell she was so proud of herself...it just brought tears to my eyes...and of course a great big peanut butter kong for Emmy too! GOOD JOB EMMY!