A lonely trucker almost passed the starving dog in the storm-then his headlights caught what the animal was hiding under its body…

brought in a four-year-old boy from a motel parking lot north of the city. The child had been found locked in a car under a blanket that smelled of cigarette smoke, his breathing shallow, his body thin in a way that made the nurses move more quietly around him.

Luke did what training had carved into him. He ordered warmed fluids, oxygen support, antibiotics,continue reading …