Years ago, she rescued a broken, abused dog from the streets and gave him a second chance. When she suddenly collapsed on the kitchen floor clutching her chest, she whispered, “Buddy… help me.” What the dog did next left the 911 operator in absolute shock, proving true loyalty goes beyond human bounds…

her, shaking his head in disbelief, “we would be having a very different, very tragic conversation.”

I spent six grueling days in the cardiac intensive care unit, floating in a haze of morphine and the rhythmic, electronic beeping of monitors. They snaked a catheter through my artery, placed a metal stent to pry open the collapsed vessel in my heart,continue reading …