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  • The medical staff of The second hospital popularize knowledge of sleep<br />
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The medical staff of The second hospital popularize knowledge of sleep at an activity of a theme-focused education at a kindergarten before the world sleep day in Handan,Hebei,China on 16th March 2016.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
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  • The medical staff of The second hospital popularize knowledge of sleep<br />
<br />
The medical staff of The second hospital popularize knowledge of sleep at an activity of a theme-focused education at a kindergarten before the world sleep day in Handan,Hebei,China on 16th March 2016.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_knowledge_of_sleep3.jpg
  • Jan. 30, 2016 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - DHAKA, BANGLADESH - <br />
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The man who's turning into a TREE: Bangladeshi suffers rare condition that causes tree-like 'roots' to grow from his hands and feet <br />
<br />
A Bangladeshi man dubbed as the tree-man because of wart-like lesions growing from his hands and feet has been admitted to hospital. <br />
Abul Bajandar, 25, from Khulna, has been suffering from a disease known as Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis - a rare and inherited skin disorder - for the past seven years. <br />
Doctors at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) will now decide on his treatment after forming a medical board of experts.<br />
<br />
Dr Samanta Lal Sen, chief coordinator of National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of the DMCH, made the announcement today. <br />
On duty doctors visited Mr Bajandar at the burn unit, where he had been admitted today. <br />
According to the dailystar.net, the ricksaw-van puller was previously taken to the Gazi Medical College Hospital in Khulna. <br />
According to local reports, the original tree-man Dede Koswara, of Indonesia, died today. Tribunnnews.com reported that it wasn't the disease to cause his death. <br />
In 2008 the Discovery Channel told the story Mr Koswara. In the programme, he returned home from hospital after having six kilo warts surgically removed from his body. <br />
An American doctor had previously said the warts were the result of severe Human Pappiloma Virus (HPV) infection and doctors thought his type was the worst in the world. <br />
The father-of-two first noticed the warts on his body after cutting his knee as a teenager.<br />
He was later sacked from his job and shunned by neighbours when the branch-like growths covered much of his body and stopped him from working. <br />
At the time it was reported that he would need at least two operations every year. <br />
Previously, Mr Koswara was forced to take part in a circus act in Bandung in order to make ends meet. <br />
But once his case was publicised donations from the public began to flood in for his treatment. <br />
    Exclusivepix_Tree_Man04.jpg
  • Jan. 30, 2016 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - DHAKA, BANGLADESH - <br />
<br />
The man who's turning into a TREE: Bangladeshi suffers rare condition that causes tree-like 'roots' to grow from his hands and feet <br />
<br />
A Bangladeshi man dubbed as the tree-man because of wart-like lesions growing from his hands and feet has been admitted to hospital. <br />
Abul Bajandar, 25, from Khulna, has been suffering from a disease known as Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis - a rare and inherited skin disorder - for the past seven years. <br />
Doctors at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) will now decide on his treatment after forming a medical board of experts.<br />
<br />
Dr Samanta Lal Sen, chief coordinator of National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of the DMCH, made the announcement today. <br />
On duty doctors visited Mr Bajandar at the burn unit, where he had been admitted today. <br />
According to the dailystar.net, the ricksaw-van puller was previously taken to the Gazi Medical College Hospital in Khulna. <br />
According to local reports, the original tree-man Dede Koswara, of Indonesia, died today. Tribunnnews.com reported that it wasn't the disease to cause his death. <br />
In 2008 the Discovery Channel told the story Mr Koswara. In the programme, he returned home from hospital after having six kilo warts surgically removed from his body. <br />
An American doctor had previously said the warts were the result of severe Human Pappiloma Virus (HPV) infection and doctors thought his type was the worst in the world. <br />
The father-of-two first noticed the warts on his body after cutting his knee as a teenager.<br />
He was later sacked from his job and shunned by neighbours when the branch-like growths covered much of his body and stopped him from working. <br />
At the time it was reported that he would need at least two operations every year. <br />
Previously, Mr Koswara was forced to take part in a circus act in Bandung in order to make ends meet. <br />
But once his case was publicised donations from the public began to flood in for his treatment. <br />
    Exclusivepix_Tree_Man05.jpg
  • Jan. 30, 2016 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - DHAKA, BANGLADESH - <br />
<br />
The man who's turning into a TREE: Bangladeshi suffers rare condition that causes tree-like 'roots' to grow from his hands and feet <br />
<br />
A Bangladeshi man dubbed as the tree-man because of wart-like lesions growing from his hands and feet has been admitted to hospital. <br />
Abul Bajandar, 25, from Khulna, has been suffering from a disease known as Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis - a rare and inherited skin disorder - for the past seven years. <br />
Doctors at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) will now decide on his treatment after forming a medical board of experts.<br />
<br />
Dr Samanta Lal Sen, chief coordinator of National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of the DMCH, made the announcement today. <br />
On duty doctors visited Mr Bajandar at the burn unit, where he had been admitted today. <br />
According to the dailystar.net, the ricksaw-van puller was previously taken to the Gazi Medical College Hospital in Khulna. <br />
According to local reports, the original tree-man Dede Koswara, of Indonesia, died today. Tribunnnews.com reported that it wasn't the disease to cause his death. <br />
In 2008 the Discovery Channel told the story Mr Koswara. In the programme, he returned home from hospital after having six kilo warts surgically removed from his body. <br />
An American doctor had previously said the warts were the result of severe Human Pappiloma Virus (HPV) infection and doctors thought his type was the worst in the world. <br />
The father-of-two first noticed the warts on his body after cutting his knee as a teenager.<br />
He was later sacked from his job and shunned by neighbours when the branch-like growths covered much of his body and stopped him from working. <br />
At the time it was reported that he would need at least two operations every year. <br />
Previously, Mr Koswara was forced to take part in a circus act in Bandung in order to make ends meet. <br />
But once his case was publicised donations from the public began to flood in for his treatment. <br />
    Exclusivepix_Tree_Man07.jpg
  • Jan. 30, 2016 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - DHAKA, BANGLADESH - <br />
<br />
The man who's turning into a TREE: Bangladeshi suffers rare condition that causes tree-like 'roots' to grow from his hands and feet <br />
<br />
A Bangladeshi man dubbed as the tree-man because of wart-like lesions growing from his hands and feet has been admitted to hospital. <br />
Abul Bajandar, 25, from Khulna, has been suffering from a disease known as Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis - a rare and inherited skin disorder - for the past seven years. <br />
Doctors at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) will now decide on his treatment after forming a medical board of experts.<br />
<br />
Dr Samanta Lal Sen, chief coordinator of National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of the DMCH, made the announcement today. <br />
On duty doctors visited Mr Bajandar at the burn unit, where he had been admitted today. <br />
According to the dailystar.net, the ricksaw-van puller was previously taken to the Gazi Medical College Hospital in Khulna. <br />
According to local reports, the original tree-man Dede Koswara, of Indonesia, died today. Tribunnnews.com reported that it wasn't the disease to cause his death. <br />
In 2008 the Discovery Channel told the story Mr Koswara. In the programme, he returned home from hospital after having six kilo warts surgically removed from his body. <br />
An American doctor had previously said the warts were the result of severe Human Pappiloma Virus (HPV) infection and doctors thought his type was the worst in the world. <br />
The father-of-two first noticed the warts on his body after cutting his knee as a teenager.<br />
He was later sacked from his job and shunned by neighbours when the branch-like growths covered much of his body and stopped him from working. <br />
At the time it was reported that he would need at least two operations every year. <br />
Previously, Mr Koswara was forced to take part in a circus act in Bandung in order to make ends meet. <br />
But once his case was publicised donations from the public began to flood in for his treatment. <br />
    Exclusivepix_Tree_Man12.jpg
  • *Note: Mr Steffel did not have any high res to send although gave permission for these 2 images to be used*<br />
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Father Asked strangers to photoshop a photo of his 6- week-old daughter after she passed away<br />
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This touching and tragic story serves to remind us of just how much kindness and compassion there is in the world. When Ohio father Nathan Steffel’s daughter Sophia passed away only six weeks after her birth due to medical complications, he requested on Reddit that someone alter her photo to remove her medical tubing. Because she had spent her entire short life in the hospital, he had no photos of her without it.<br />
Photo shows: before baby Sophia as she was seen every day by her father Nathan Steffel, until she passed away due to medical complications.<br />
©Nathan Steffel/Exclusivepix
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  • The medical staff of The second hospital popularize knowledge of sleep<br />
<br />
The medical staff of The second hospital popularize knowledge of sleep at an activity of a theme-focused education at a kindergarten before the world sleep day in Handan,Hebei,China on 16th March 2016.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_knowledge_of_sleep2.jpg
  • Jan. 30, 2016 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - DHAKA, BANGLADESH - <br />
<br />
The man who's turning into a TREE: Bangladeshi suffers rare condition that causes tree-like 'roots' to grow from his hands and feet <br />
<br />
A Bangladeshi man dubbed as the tree-man because of wart-like lesions growing from his hands and feet has been admitted to hospital. <br />
Abul Bajandar, 25, from Khulna, has been suffering from a disease known as Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis - a rare and inherited skin disorder - for the past seven years. <br />
Doctors at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) will now decide on his treatment after forming a medical board of experts.<br />
<br />
Dr Samanta Lal Sen, chief coordinator of National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of the DMCH, made the announcement today. <br />
On duty doctors visited Mr Bajandar at the burn unit, where he had been admitted today. <br />
According to the dailystar.net, the ricksaw-van puller was previously taken to the Gazi Medical College Hospital in Khulna. <br />
According to local reports, the original tree-man Dede Koswara, of Indonesia, died today. Tribunnnews.com reported that it wasn't the disease to cause his death. <br />
In 2008 the Discovery Channel told the story Mr Koswara. In the programme, he returned home from hospital after having six kilo warts surgically removed from his body. <br />
An American doctor had previously said the warts were the result of severe Human Pappiloma Virus (HPV) infection and doctors thought his type was the worst in the world. <br />
The father-of-two first noticed the warts on his body after cutting his knee as a teenager.<br />
He was later sacked from his job and shunned by neighbours when the branch-like growths covered much of his body and stopped him from working. <br />
At the time it was reported that he would need at least two operations every year. <br />
Previously, Mr Koswara was forced to take part in a circus act in Bandung in order to make ends meet. <br />
But once his case was publicised donations from the public began to flood in for his treatment. <br />
    Exclusivepix_Tree_Man02.jpg
  • Jan. 30, 2016 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - DHAKA, BANGLADESH - <br />
<br />
The man who's turning into a TREE: Bangladeshi suffers rare condition that causes tree-like 'roots' to grow from his hands and feet <br />
<br />
A Bangladeshi man dubbed as the tree-man because of wart-like lesions growing from his hands and feet has been admitted to hospital. <br />
Abul Bajandar, 25, from Khulna, has been suffering from a disease known as Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis - a rare and inherited skin disorder - for the past seven years. <br />
Doctors at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) will now decide on his treatment after forming a medical board of experts.<br />
<br />
Dr Samanta Lal Sen, chief coordinator of National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of the DMCH, made the announcement today. <br />
On duty doctors visited Mr Bajandar at the burn unit, where he had been admitted today. <br />
According to the dailystar.net, the ricksaw-van puller was previously taken to the Gazi Medical College Hospital in Khulna. <br />
According to local reports, the original tree-man Dede Koswara, of Indonesia, died today. Tribunnnews.com reported that it wasn't the disease to cause his death. <br />
In 2008 the Discovery Channel told the story Mr Koswara. In the programme, he returned home from hospital after having six kilo warts surgically removed from his body. <br />
An American doctor had previously said the warts were the result of severe Human Pappiloma Virus (HPV) infection and doctors thought his type was the worst in the world. <br />
The father-of-two first noticed the warts on his body after cutting his knee as a teenager.<br />
He was later sacked from his job and shunned by neighbours when the branch-like growths covered much of his body and stopped him from working. <br />
At the time it was reported that he would need at least two operations every year. <br />
Previously, Mr Koswara was forced to take part in a circus act in Bandung in order to make ends meet. <br />
But once his case was publicised donations from the public began to flood in for his treatment. <br />
    Exclusivepix_Tree_Man01.jpg
  • Jan. 30, 2016 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - DHAKA, BANGLADESH - <br />
<br />
The man who's turning into a TREE: Bangladeshi suffers rare condition that causes tree-like 'roots' to grow from his hands and feet <br />
<br />
A Bangladeshi man dubbed as the tree-man because of wart-like lesions growing from his hands and feet has been admitted to hospital. <br />
Abul Bajandar, 25, from Khulna, has been suffering from a disease known as Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis - a rare and inherited skin disorder - for the past seven years. <br />
Doctors at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) will now decide on his treatment after forming a medical board of experts.<br />
<br />
Dr Samanta Lal Sen, chief coordinator of National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of the DMCH, made the announcement today. <br />
On duty doctors visited Mr Bajandar at the burn unit, where he had been admitted today. <br />
According to the dailystar.net, the ricksaw-van puller was previously taken to the Gazi Medical College Hospital in Khulna. <br />
According to local reports, the original tree-man Dede Koswara, of Indonesia, died today. Tribunnnews.com reported that it wasn't the disease to cause his death. <br />
In 2008 the Discovery Channel told the story Mr Koswara. In the programme, he returned home from hospital after having six kilo warts surgically removed from his body. <br />
An American doctor had previously said the warts were the result of severe Human Pappiloma Virus (HPV) infection and doctors thought his type was the worst in the world. <br />
The father-of-two first noticed the warts on his body after cutting his knee as a teenager.<br />
He was later sacked from his job and shunned by neighbours when the branch-like growths covered much of his body and stopped him from working. <br />
At the time it was reported that he would need at least two operations every year. <br />
Previously, Mr Koswara was forced to take part in a circus act in Bandung in order to make ends meet. <br />
But once his case was publicised donations from the public began to flood in for his treatment. <br />
    Exclusivepix_Tree_Man03.jpg
  • Jan. 30, 2016 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - DHAKA, BANGLADESH - <br />
<br />
The man who's turning into a TREE: Bangladeshi suffers rare condition that causes tree-like 'roots' to grow from his hands and feet <br />
<br />
A Bangladeshi man dubbed as the tree-man because of wart-like lesions growing from his hands and feet has been admitted to hospital. <br />
Abul Bajandar, 25, from Khulna, has been suffering from a disease known as Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis - a rare and inherited skin disorder - for the past seven years. <br />
Doctors at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) will now decide on his treatment after forming a medical board of experts.<br />
<br />
Dr Samanta Lal Sen, chief coordinator of National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of the DMCH, made the announcement today. <br />
On duty doctors visited Mr Bajandar at the burn unit, where he had been admitted today. <br />
According to the dailystar.net, the ricksaw-van puller was previously taken to the Gazi Medical College Hospital in Khulna. <br />
According to local reports, the original tree-man Dede Koswara, of Indonesia, died today. Tribunnnews.com reported that it wasn't the disease to cause his death. <br />
In 2008 the Discovery Channel told the story Mr Koswara. In the programme, he returned home from hospital after having six kilo warts surgically removed from his body. <br />
An American doctor had previously said the warts were the result of severe Human Pappiloma Virus (HPV) infection and doctors thought his type was the worst in the world. <br />
The father-of-two first noticed the warts on his body after cutting his knee as a teenager.<br />
He was later sacked from his job and shunned by neighbours when the branch-like growths covered much of his body and stopped him from working. <br />
At the time it was reported that he would need at least two operations every year. <br />
Previously, Mr Koswara was forced to take part in a circus act in Bandung in order to make ends meet. <br />
But once his case was publicised donations from the public began to flood in for his treatment. <br />
    Exclusivepix_Tree_Man08.jpg
  • Jan. 30, 2016 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - DHAKA, BANGLADESH - <br />
<br />
The man who's turning into a TREE: Bangladeshi suffers rare condition that causes tree-like 'roots' to grow from his hands and feet <br />
<br />
A Bangladeshi man dubbed as the tree-man because of wart-like lesions growing from his hands and feet has been admitted to hospital. <br />
Abul Bajandar, 25, from Khulna, has been suffering from a disease known as Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis - a rare and inherited skin disorder - for the past seven years. <br />
Doctors at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) will now decide on his treatment after forming a medical board of experts.<br />
<br />
Dr Samanta Lal Sen, chief coordinator of National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of the DMCH, made the announcement today. <br />
On duty doctors visited Mr Bajandar at the burn unit, where he had been admitted today. <br />
According to the dailystar.net, the ricksaw-van puller was previously taken to the Gazi Medical College Hospital in Khulna. <br />
According to local reports, the original tree-man Dede Koswara, of Indonesia, died today. Tribunnnews.com reported that it wasn't the disease to cause his death. <br />
In 2008 the Discovery Channel told the story Mr Koswara. In the programme, he returned home from hospital after having six kilo warts surgically removed from his body. <br />
An American doctor had previously said the warts were the result of severe Human Pappiloma Virus (HPV) infection and doctors thought his type was the worst in the world. <br />
The father-of-two first noticed the warts on his body after cutting his knee as a teenager.<br />
He was later sacked from his job and shunned by neighbours when the branch-like growths covered much of his body and stopped him from working. <br />
At the time it was reported that he would need at least two operations every year. <br />
Previously, Mr Koswara was forced to take part in a circus act in Bandung in order to make ends meet. <br />
But once his case was publicised donations from the public began to flood in for his treatment. <br />
    Exclusivepix_Tree_Man09.jpg
  • Jan. 30, 2016 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - DHAKA, BANGLADESH - <br />
<br />
The man who's turning into a TREE: Bangladeshi suffers rare condition that causes tree-like 'roots' to grow from his hands and feet <br />
<br />
A Bangladeshi man dubbed as the tree-man because of wart-like lesions growing from his hands and feet has been admitted to hospital. <br />
Abul Bajandar, 25, from Khulna, has been suffering from a disease known as Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis - a rare and inherited skin disorder - for the past seven years. <br />
Doctors at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) will now decide on his treatment after forming a medical board of experts.<br />
<br />
Dr Samanta Lal Sen, chief coordinator of National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of the DMCH, made the announcement today. <br />
On duty doctors visited Mr Bajandar at the burn unit, where he had been admitted today. <br />
According to the dailystar.net, the ricksaw-van puller was previously taken to the Gazi Medical College Hospital in Khulna. <br />
According to local reports, the original tree-man Dede Koswara, of Indonesia, died today. Tribunnnews.com reported that it wasn't the disease to cause his death. <br />
In 2008 the Discovery Channel told the story Mr Koswara. In the programme, he returned home from hospital after having six kilo warts surgically removed from his body. <br />
An American doctor had previously said the warts were the result of severe Human Pappiloma Virus (HPV) infection and doctors thought his type was the worst in the world. <br />
The father-of-two first noticed the warts on his body after cutting his knee as a teenager.<br />
He was later sacked from his job and shunned by neighbours when the branch-like growths covered much of his body and stopped him from working. <br />
At the time it was reported that he would need at least two operations every year. <br />
Previously, Mr Koswara was forced to take part in a circus act in Bandung in order to make ends meet. <br />
But once his case was publicised donations from the public began to flood in for his treatment. <br />
    Exclusivepix_Tree_Man10.jpg
  • Jan. 30, 2016 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - DHAKA, BANGLADESH - <br />
<br />
The man who's turning into a TREE: Bangladeshi suffers rare condition that causes tree-like 'roots' to grow from his hands and feet <br />
<br />
A Bangladeshi man dubbed as the tree-man because of wart-like lesions growing from his hands and feet has been admitted to hospital. <br />
Abul Bajandar, 25, from Khulna, has been suffering from a disease known as Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis - a rare and inherited skin disorder - for the past seven years. <br />
Doctors at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) will now decide on his treatment after forming a medical board of experts.<br />
<br />
Dr Samanta Lal Sen, chief coordinator of National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of the DMCH, made the announcement today. <br />
On duty doctors visited Mr Bajandar at the burn unit, where he had been admitted today. <br />
According to the dailystar.net, the ricksaw-van puller was previously taken to the Gazi Medical College Hospital in Khulna. <br />
According to local reports, the original tree-man Dede Koswara, of Indonesia, died today. Tribunnnews.com reported that it wasn't the disease to cause his death. <br />
In 2008 the Discovery Channel told the story Mr Koswara. In the programme, he returned home from hospital after having six kilo warts surgically removed from his body. <br />
An American doctor had previously said the warts were the result of severe Human Pappiloma Virus (HPV) infection and doctors thought his type was the worst in the world. <br />
The father-of-two first noticed the warts on his body after cutting his knee as a teenager.<br />
He was later sacked from his job and shunned by neighbours when the branch-like growths covered much of his body and stopped him from working. <br />
At the time it was reported that he would need at least two operations every year. <br />
Previously, Mr Koswara was forced to take part in a circus act in Bandung in order to make ends meet. <br />
But once his case was publicised donations from the public began to flood in for his treatment. <br />
    Exclusivepix_Tree_Man06.jpg
  • Jan. 30, 2016 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - DHAKA, BANGLADESH - <br />
<br />
The man who's turning into a TREE: Bangladeshi suffers rare condition that causes tree-like 'roots' to grow from his hands and feet <br />
<br />
A Bangladeshi man dubbed as the tree-man because of wart-like lesions growing from his hands and feet has been admitted to hospital. <br />
Abul Bajandar, 25, from Khulna, has been suffering from a disease known as Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis - a rare and inherited skin disorder - for the past seven years. <br />
Doctors at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) will now decide on his treatment after forming a medical board of experts.<br />
<br />
Dr Samanta Lal Sen, chief coordinator of National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of the DMCH, made the announcement today. <br />
On duty doctors visited Mr Bajandar at the burn unit, where he had been admitted today. <br />
According to the dailystar.net, the ricksaw-van puller was previously taken to the Gazi Medical College Hospital in Khulna. <br />
According to local reports, the original tree-man Dede Koswara, of Indonesia, died today. Tribunnnews.com reported that it wasn't the disease to cause his death. <br />
In 2008 the Discovery Channel told the story Mr Koswara. In the programme, he returned home from hospital after having six kilo warts surgically removed from his body. <br />
An American doctor had previously said the warts were the result of severe Human Pappiloma Virus (HPV) infection and doctors thought his type was the worst in the world. <br />
The father-of-two first noticed the warts on his body after cutting his knee as a teenager.<br />
He was later sacked from his job and shunned by neighbours when the branch-like growths covered much of his body and stopped him from working. <br />
At the time it was reported that he would need at least two operations every year. <br />
Previously, Mr Koswara was forced to take part in a circus act in Bandung in order to make ends meet. <br />
But once his case was publicised donations from the public began to flood in for his treatment. <br />
    Exclusivepix_Tree_Man11.jpg
  • Desperate Puppy Struck with “Worst Ever” Case skin disease<br />
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Officials at the MSPCA-Angell in Boston have called the skin disease plaguing a homeless puppy the worst they have ever seen and are determined to do everything possible to cure the four-month -old canine before placing her into a loving home<br />
 <br />
Fortunately, the four-month-old bulldog-mix is benefitting from a revolutionary treatment administered by Dr. Klaus Loft of the dermatology service at the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center—a treatment that is harnessing the power of her own immune system to heal her disease.<br />
 <br />
Found on the Street <br />
Sheba was found outside in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester on Feb. 22 and transferred to the MSPCA after a veterinarian at Boston’s Animal Care and Control facility performed an initial assessment.<br />
 <br />
Andrea Bessler, a veterinary technician in the clinic that abuts the adoption center, was shocked at her appearance.  “In my nearly 11 years of practice I’ve never seen a case of mange this severe—she literally had no fur and was covered in oozing, open wounds,” she said.<br />
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Sheba is suffering from Demodectic Mange, an infection caused by tiny, cigar-shaped egg-laying mites.  The mites reside and feed on the hair follicles and oil glands of the skin causing hair loss, severe pain and itching and—when left untreated—open, infected wounds.  The disease is not contagious and no other animals at the adoption center are at risk.<br />
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Breakthrough Medical Treatment<br />
Dr. Loft has been treating Sheba for several weeks with a medication called Cytopoint, which he describes as the “holy grail” for the treatment of severe skin infections.  “Essentially, the drug creates an artificial antibody that turns off the intense ‘itch signal,’ preventing Sheba from further injuring herself through constant scratching.”<br />
 <br />
Sheba is also receiving antibiotics, medicated baths and pain medicine and, according to Bessler, is beginning to turn the corner.  “The wor
    ExPix_Desperate_Puppy_Struck_with_Wo...jpg
  • Desperate Puppy Struck with “Worst Ever” Case skin disease<br />
<br />
Officials at the MSPCA-Angell in Boston have called the skin disease plaguing a homeless puppy the worst they have ever seen and are determined to do everything possible to cure the four-month -old canine before placing her into a loving home<br />
 <br />
Fortunately, the four-month-old bulldog-mix is benefitting from a revolutionary treatment administered by Dr. Klaus Loft of the dermatology service at the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center—a treatment that is harnessing the power of her own immune system to heal her disease.<br />
 <br />
Found on the Street <br />
Sheba was found outside in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester on Feb. 22 and transferred to the MSPCA after a veterinarian at Boston’s Animal Care and Control facility performed an initial assessment.<br />
 <br />
Andrea Bessler, a veterinary technician in the clinic that abuts the adoption center, was shocked at her appearance.  “In my nearly 11 years of practice I’ve never seen a case of mange this severe—she literally had no fur and was covered in oozing, open wounds,” she said.<br />
 <br />
Sheba is suffering from Demodectic Mange, an infection caused by tiny, cigar-shaped egg-laying mites.  The mites reside and feed on the hair follicles and oil glands of the skin causing hair loss, severe pain and itching and—when left untreated—open, infected wounds.  The disease is not contagious and no other animals at the adoption center are at risk.<br />
 <br />
Breakthrough Medical Treatment<br />
Dr. Loft has been treating Sheba for several weeks with a medication called Cytopoint, which he describes as the “holy grail” for the treatment of severe skin infections.  “Essentially, the drug creates an artificial antibody that turns off the intense ‘itch signal,’ preventing Sheba from further injuring herself through constant scratching.”<br />
 <br />
Sheba is also receiving antibiotics, medicated baths and pain medicine and, according to Bessler, is beginning to turn the corner.  “The wor
    ExPix_Desperate_Puppy_Struck_with_Wo...JPG
  • Desperate Puppy Struck with “Worst Ever” Case skin disease<br />
<br />
Officials at the MSPCA-Angell in Boston have called the skin disease plaguing a homeless puppy the worst they have ever seen and are determined to do everything possible to cure the four-month -old canine before placing her into a loving home<br />
 <br />
Fortunately, the four-month-old bulldog-mix is benefitting from a revolutionary treatment administered by Dr. Klaus Loft of the dermatology service at the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center—a treatment that is harnessing the power of her own immune system to heal her disease.<br />
 <br />
Found on the Street <br />
Sheba was found outside in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester on Feb. 22 and transferred to the MSPCA after a veterinarian at Boston’s Animal Care and Control facility performed an initial assessment.<br />
 <br />
Andrea Bessler, a veterinary technician in the clinic that abuts the adoption center, was shocked at her appearance.  “In my nearly 11 years of practice I’ve never seen a case of mange this severe—she literally had no fur and was covered in oozing, open wounds,” she said.<br />
 <br />
Sheba is suffering from Demodectic Mange, an infection caused by tiny, cigar-shaped egg-laying mites.  The mites reside and feed on the hair follicles and oil glands of the skin causing hair loss, severe pain and itching and—when left untreated—open, infected wounds.  The disease is not contagious and no other animals at the adoption center are at risk.<br />
 <br />
Breakthrough Medical Treatment<br />
Dr. Loft has been treating Sheba for several weeks with a medication called Cytopoint, which he describes as the “holy grail” for the treatment of severe skin infections.  “Essentially, the drug creates an artificial antibody that turns off the intense ‘itch signal,’ preventing Sheba from further injuring herself through constant scratching.”<br />
 <br />
Sheba is also receiving antibiotics, medicated baths and pain medicine and, according to Bessler, is beginning to turn the corner.  “The wor
    ExPix_Desperate_Puppy_Struck_with_Wo...JPG
  • Desperate Puppy Struck with “Worst Ever” Case skin disease<br />
<br />
Officials at the MSPCA-Angell in Boston have called the skin disease plaguing a homeless puppy the worst they have ever seen and are determined to do everything possible to cure the four-month -old canine before placing her into a loving home<br />
 <br />
Fortunately, the four-month-old bulldog-mix is benefitting from a revolutionary treatment administered by Dr. Klaus Loft of the dermatology service at the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center—a treatment that is harnessing the power of her own immune system to heal her disease.<br />
 <br />
Found on the Street <br />
Sheba was found outside in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester on Feb. 22 and transferred to the MSPCA after a veterinarian at Boston’s Animal Care and Control facility performed an initial assessment.<br />
 <br />
Andrea Bessler, a veterinary technician in the clinic that abuts the adoption center, was shocked at her appearance.  “In my nearly 11 years of practice I’ve never seen a case of mange this severe—she literally had no fur and was covered in oozing, open wounds,” she said.<br />
 <br />
Sheba is suffering from Demodectic Mange, an infection caused by tiny, cigar-shaped egg-laying mites.  The mites reside and feed on the hair follicles and oil glands of the skin causing hair loss, severe pain and itching and—when left untreated—open, infected wounds.  The disease is not contagious and no other animals at the adoption center are at risk.<br />
 <br />
Breakthrough Medical Treatment<br />
Dr. Loft has been treating Sheba for several weeks with a medication called Cytopoint, which he describes as the “holy grail” for the treatment of severe skin infections.  “Essentially, the drug creates an artificial antibody that turns off the intense ‘itch signal,’ preventing Sheba from further injuring herself through constant scratching.”<br />
 <br />
Sheba is also receiving antibiotics, medicated baths and pain medicine and, according to Bessler, is beginning to turn the corner.  “The wor
    ExPix_Desperate_Puppy_Struck_with_Wo...JPG
  • Desperate Puppy Struck with “Worst Ever” Case skin disease<br />
<br />
Officials at the MSPCA-Angell in Boston have called the skin disease plaguing a homeless puppy the worst they have ever seen and are determined to do everything possible to cure the four-month -old canine before placing her into a loving home<br />
 <br />
Fortunately, the four-month-old bulldog-mix is benefitting from a revolutionary treatment administered by Dr. Klaus Loft of the dermatology service at the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center—a treatment that is harnessing the power of her own immune system to heal her disease.<br />
 <br />
Found on the Street <br />
Sheba was found outside in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester on Feb. 22 and transferred to the MSPCA after a veterinarian at Boston’s Animal Care and Control facility performed an initial assessment.<br />
 <br />
Andrea Bessler, a veterinary technician in the clinic that abuts the adoption center, was shocked at her appearance.  “In my nearly 11 years of practice I’ve never seen a case of mange this severe—she literally had no fur and was covered in oozing, open wounds,” she said.<br />
 <br />
Sheba is suffering from Demodectic Mange, an infection caused by tiny, cigar-shaped egg-laying mites.  The mites reside and feed on the hair follicles and oil glands of the skin causing hair loss, severe pain and itching and—when left untreated—open, infected wounds.  The disease is not contagious and no other animals at the adoption center are at risk.<br />
 <br />
Breakthrough Medical Treatment<br />
Dr. Loft has been treating Sheba for several weeks with a medication called Cytopoint, which he describes as the “holy grail” for the treatment of severe skin infections.  “Essentially, the drug creates an artificial antibody that turns off the intense ‘itch signal,’ preventing Sheba from further injuring herself through constant scratching.”<br />
 <br />
Sheba is also receiving antibiotics, medicated baths and pain medicine and, according to Bessler, is beginning to turn the corner.  “The wor
    ExPix_Desperate_Puppy_Struck_with_Wo...jpg
  • Desperate Puppy Struck with “Worst Ever” Case skin disease<br />
<br />
Officials at the MSPCA-Angell in Boston have called the skin disease plaguing a homeless puppy the worst they have ever seen and are determined to do everything possible to cure the four-month -old canine before placing her into a loving home<br />
 <br />
Fortunately, the four-month-old bulldog-mix is benefitting from a revolutionary treatment administered by Dr. Klaus Loft of the dermatology service at the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center—a treatment that is harnessing the power of her own immune system to heal her disease.<br />
 <br />
Found on the Street <br />
Sheba was found outside in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester on Feb. 22 and transferred to the MSPCA after a veterinarian at Boston’s Animal Care and Control facility performed an initial assessment.<br />
 <br />
Andrea Bessler, a veterinary technician in the clinic that abuts the adoption center, was shocked at her appearance.  “In my nearly 11 years of practice I’ve never seen a case of mange this severe—she literally had no fur and was covered in oozing, open wounds,” she said.<br />
 <br />
Sheba is suffering from Demodectic Mange, an infection caused by tiny, cigar-shaped egg-laying mites.  The mites reside and feed on the hair follicles and oil glands of the skin causing hair loss, severe pain and itching and—when left untreated—open, infected wounds.  The disease is not contagious and no other animals at the adoption center are at risk.<br />
 <br />
Breakthrough Medical Treatment<br />
Dr. Loft has been treating Sheba for several weeks with a medication called Cytopoint, which he describes as the “holy grail” for the treatment of severe skin infections.  “Essentially, the drug creates an artificial antibody that turns off the intense ‘itch signal,’ preventing Sheba from further injuring herself through constant scratching.”<br />
 <br />
Sheba is also receiving antibiotics, medicated baths and pain medicine and, according to Bessler, is beginning to turn the corner.  “The wor
    ExPix_Desperate_Puppy_Struck_with_Wo...JPG
  • BOY WITH FOOTBALL-SIZED TUMOUR IN HIS TUMMY<br />
<br />
This four-year-old boy gets teased because he looks like he's pregnant - but it's actually a giant tumour in his TUMMY.<br />
<br />
Kittipat Jintana has had the painful cancerous growth in his stomach since he was just one-and-a-half years old. <br />
<br />
Despite having medical treatment, the tumour has continued to grow and is now almost as big as a football.<br />
<br />
Harrowing pictures show the extent of the cancer - and Kittipat is no longer able to stand up or go to the toilet properly.<br />
<br />
Relatives have now made a desperate plea for doctors that can help as his cancer is now stage three with fears that it could spread further.<br />
<br />
Family friend Pensiri Saenghiran said: ''His parents are no longer together and he has to live with his aunty. He wasn't abandoned by them, but they have a lot of problems so can't take care of him fully.<br />
<br />
''We look after him, too. He's desperately in need of proper medical attention. Other children call him pregnant but they don't know how sick he is.''<br />
<br />
Kittipat developed the growth almost three years ago. He's now four years and four months old - and the condition has continued to get gradually worse.<br />
<br />
Thailand's heavily privatised health care system means that effective treatment can cost tens of thousands of pounds. <br />
<br />
While in government hospitals patients such as Kittipat can be left to deteriorate unless they have money to spend on care.<br />
<br />
Pensiri added: ''We have been taking Kittipat to hospital but his condition is getting worse. He is really ill and we're hoping for an expert doctor or consultant who can help him.''<br />
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  • BOY WITH FOOTBALL-SIZED TUMOUR IN HIS TUMMY<br />
<br />
This four-year-old boy gets teased because he looks like he's pregnant - but it's actually a giant tumour in his TUMMY.<br />
<br />
Kittipat Jintana has had the painful cancerous growth in his stomach since he was just one-and-a-half years old. <br />
<br />
Despite having medical treatment, the tumour has continued to grow and is now almost as big as a football.<br />
<br />
Harrowing pictures show the extent of the cancer - and Kittipat is no longer able to stand up or go to the toilet properly.<br />
<br />
Relatives have now made a desperate plea for doctors that can help as his cancer is now stage three with fears that it could spread further.<br />
<br />
Family friend Pensiri Saenghiran said: ''His parents are no longer together and he has to live with his aunty. He wasn't abandoned by them, but they have a lot of problems so can't take care of him fully.<br />
<br />
''We look after him, too. He's desperately in need of proper medical attention. Other children call him pregnant but they don't know how sick he is.''<br />
<br />
Kittipat developed the growth almost three years ago. He's now four years and four months old - and the condition has continued to get gradually worse.<br />
<br />
Thailand's heavily privatised health care system means that effective treatment can cost tens of thousands of pounds. <br />
<br />
While in government hospitals patients such as Kittipat can be left to deteriorate unless they have money to spend on care.<br />
<br />
Pensiri added: ''We have been taking Kittipat to hospital but his condition is getting worse. He is really ill and we're hoping for an expert doctor or consultant who can help him.''<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_BOY_WITH_FOOTBALL_SIZED_TUMOUR...jpg
  • BOY WITH FOOTBALL-SIZED TUMOUR IN HIS TUMMY<br />
<br />
This four-year-old boy gets teased because he looks like he's pregnant - but it's actually a giant tumour in his TUMMY.<br />
<br />
Kittipat Jintana has had the painful cancerous growth in his stomach since he was just one-and-a-half years old. <br />
<br />
Despite having medical treatment, the tumour has continued to grow and is now almost as big as a football.<br />
<br />
Harrowing pictures show the extent of the cancer - and Kittipat is no longer able to stand up or go to the toilet properly.<br />
<br />
Relatives have now made a desperate plea for doctors that can help as his cancer is now stage three with fears that it could spread further.<br />
<br />
Family friend Pensiri Saenghiran said: ''His parents are no longer together and he has to live with his aunty. He wasn't abandoned by them, but they have a lot of problems so can't take care of him fully.<br />
<br />
''We look after him, too. He's desperately in need of proper medical attention. Other children call him pregnant but they don't know how sick he is.''<br />
<br />
Kittipat developed the growth almost three years ago. He's now four years and four months old - and the condition has continued to get gradually worse.<br />
<br />
Thailand's heavily privatised health care system means that effective treatment can cost tens of thousands of pounds. <br />
<br />
While in government hospitals patients such as Kittipat can be left to deteriorate unless they have money to spend on care.<br />
<br />
Pensiri added: ''We have been taking Kittipat to hospital but his condition is getting worse. He is really ill and we're hoping for an expert doctor or consultant who can help him.''<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_BOY_WITH_FOOTBALL_SIZED_TUMOUR...jpg
  • BOY WITH FOOTBALL-SIZED TUMOUR IN HIS TUMMY<br />
<br />
This four-year-old boy gets teased because he looks like he's pregnant - but it's actually a giant tumour in his TUMMY.<br />
<br />
Kittipat Jintana has had the painful cancerous growth in his stomach since he was just one-and-a-half years old. <br />
<br />
Despite having medical treatment, the tumour has continued to grow and is now almost as big as a football.<br />
<br />
Harrowing pictures show the extent of the cancer - and Kittipat is no longer able to stand up or go to the toilet properly.<br />
<br />
Relatives have now made a desperate plea for doctors that can help as his cancer is now stage three with fears that it could spread further.<br />
<br />
Family friend Pensiri Saenghiran said: ''His parents are no longer together and he has to live with his aunty. He wasn't abandoned by them, but they have a lot of problems so can't take care of him fully.<br />
<br />
''We look after him, too. He's desperately in need of proper medical attention. Other children call him pregnant but they don't know how sick he is.''<br />
<br />
Kittipat developed the growth almost three years ago. He's now four years and four months old - and the condition has continued to get gradually worse.<br />
<br />
Thailand's heavily privatised health care system means that effective treatment can cost tens of thousands of pounds. <br />
<br />
While in government hospitals patients such as Kittipat can be left to deteriorate unless they have money to spend on care.<br />
<br />
Pensiri added: ''We have been taking Kittipat to hospital but his condition is getting worse. He is really ill and we're hoping for an expert doctor or consultant who can help him.''<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_BOY_WITH_FOOTBALL_SIZED_TUMOUR...jpg
  • QINGDAO, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 16: (CHINA OUT) <br />
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Staff do medical inspection exercise to prevent Ebola virus on October 16, 2014 in Guangzhou, Guangdong province of China. An Ebola-preventing exercise gets held in Guangzhou on Thursday. 236 medical staff were killed by Ebola virus up to now.<br />
©Exclusivepix
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  • QINGDAO, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 16: (CHINA OUT) <br />
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Staff do medical inspection exercise to prevent Ebola virus on October 16, 2014 in Guangzhou, Guangdong province of China. An Ebola-preventing exercise gets held in Guangzhou on Thursday. 236 medical staff were killed by Ebola virus up to now.<br />
©Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Ebola_Preventing_Exerci...jpg
  • QINGDAO, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 16: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Staff do medical inspection exercise to prevent Ebola virus on October 16, 2014 in Guangzhou, Guangdong province of China. An Ebola-preventing exercise gets held in Guangzhou on Thursday. 236 medical staff were killed by Ebola virus up to now.<br />
©Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Ebola_Preventing_Exerci...jpg
  • QINGDAO, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 16: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Staff do medical inspection exercise to prevent Ebola virus on October 16, 2014 in Guangzhou, Guangdong province of China. An Ebola-preventing exercise gets held in Guangzhou on Thursday. 236 medical staff were killed by Ebola virus up to now.<br />
©Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Ebola_Preventing_Exerci...jpg
  • QINGDAO, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 16: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Staff do medical inspection exercise to prevent Ebola virus on October 16, 2014 in Guangzhou, Guangdong province of China. An Ebola-preventing exercise gets held in Guangzhou on Thursday. 236 medical staff were killed by Ebola virus up to now.<br />
©Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Ebola_Preventing_Exerci...jpg
  • QINGDAO, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 16: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Staff do medical inspection exercise to prevent Ebola virus on October 16, 2014 in Guangzhou, Guangdong province of China. An Ebola-preventing exercise gets held in Guangzhou on Thursday. 236 medical staff were killed by Ebola virus up to now.<br />
©Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Ebola_Preventing_Exerci...jpg
  • QINGDAO, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 16: (CHINA OUT) <br />
<br />
Staff do medical inspection exercise to prevent Ebola virus on October 16, 2014 in Guangzhou, Guangdong province of China. An Ebola-preventing exercise gets held in Guangzhou on Thursday. 236 medical staff were killed by Ebola virus up to now.<br />
©Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Ebola_Preventing_Exerci...jpg
  • *Note: Mr Steffel did not have any high res to send although gave permission for these 2 images to be used*<br />
<br />
Father Asked strangers to photoshop a photo of his 6- week-old daughter after she passed away<br />
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This touching and tragic story serves to remind us of just how much kindness and compassion there is in the world. When Ohio father Nathan Steffel’s daughter Sophia passed away only six weeks after her birth due to medical complications, he requested on Reddit that someone alter her photo to remove her medical tubing. Because she had spent her entire short life in the hospital, he had no photos of her without it.<br />
Photo shows: The result from one user who managed to create this stunning image of Nathan's daughter.<br />
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  • A photographer has captured the touching moment a bride was being aided by her service dog on her big day.<br />
<br />
The sweet snap taken by Maddie Peschong shows bride Valerie Parrott last Saturday before the wedding ceremony as she kneels in her dress while her dog Bella, donning a tutu, places her head against her.<br />
The trained medical alert and psychiatric dog is seen alerting Parrot, 25, that her heart rate was elevated and was trying to calm her down by performing a grounding task<br />
<br />
'Basically, it helps me to take a moment away from what ever is causing the anxiety and keep me from having a panic attack,<br />
<br />
'When she does this, she will do things like lick my hands or lean and put her weight on me and generally gets me to focus on her instead of my surrounding. Also, she was being pretty darn cute.' <br />
Parrott, who married her husband Andrew at a church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was matched with the three-and-a-half-year-old yellow Labrador in October 2013 and the dog has been by her side ever since.<br />
Bella helps Parrott with panic attacks, migraines, high blood pressure and anxiety, according to Mashable.<br />
<br />
the service dog also helps with side effects from medication such as passing out, and also with response tasks such as getting help, getting Parrot to a safe place and sitting or lying down.<br />
<br />
During the couple's wedding at Rustic Hills Community Church, Bella was not the only dog in attendance as the couple's dog, Henry, was at the ceremony.<br />
'One of my biggest goals since being paired with Bella has been to positively impact the service dog community by spreading awareness and helping educate others. This photo not only helps give me a plat form to do that, but it also shows the amazing bond that is formed between service dog and handler,'<br />
<br />
'I just really hope it continues to help educate and show the love service dog teams have for one another dog and human.' <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
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  • A photographer has captured the touching moment a bride was being aided by her service dog on her big day.<br />
<br />
The sweet snap taken by Maddie Peschong shows bride Valerie Parrott last Saturday before the wedding ceremony as she kneels in her dress while her dog Bella, donning a tutu, places her head against her.<br />
The trained medical alert and psychiatric dog is seen alerting Parrot, 25, that her heart rate was elevated and was trying to calm her down by performing a grounding task<br />
<br />
'Basically, it helps me to take a moment away from what ever is causing the anxiety and keep me from having a panic attack,<br />
<br />
'When she does this, she will do things like lick my hands or lean and put her weight on me and generally gets me to focus on her instead of my surrounding. Also, she was being pretty darn cute.' <br />
Parrott, who married her husband Andrew at a church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was matched with the three-and-a-half-year-old yellow Labrador in October 2013 and the dog has been by her side ever since.<br />
Bella helps Parrott with panic attacks, migraines, high blood pressure and anxiety, according to Mashable.<br />
<br />
the service dog also helps with side effects from medication such as passing out, and also with response tasks such as getting help, getting Parrot to a safe place and sitting or lying down.<br />
<br />
During the couple's wedding at Rustic Hills Community Church, Bella was not the only dog in attendance as the couple's dog, Henry, was at the ceremony.<br />
'One of my biggest goals since being paired with Bella has been to positively impact the service dog community by spreading awareness and helping educate others. This photo not only helps give me a plat form to do that, but it also shows the amazing bond that is formed between service dog and handler,'<br />
<br />
'I just really hope it continues to help educate and show the love service dog teams have for one another dog and human.' <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bride_and_her_dog25.JPG
  • A photographer has captured the touching moment a bride was being aided by her service dog on her big day.<br />
<br />
The sweet snap taken by Maddie Peschong shows bride Valerie Parrott last Saturday before the wedding ceremony as she kneels in her dress while her dog Bella, donning a tutu, places her head against her.<br />
The trained medical alert and psychiatric dog is seen alerting Parrot, 25, that her heart rate was elevated and was trying to calm her down by performing a grounding task<br />
<br />
'Basically, it helps me to take a moment away from what ever is causing the anxiety and keep me from having a panic attack,<br />
<br />
'When she does this, she will do things like lick my hands or lean and put her weight on me and generally gets me to focus on her instead of my surrounding. Also, she was being pretty darn cute.' <br />
Parrott, who married her husband Andrew at a church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was matched with the three-and-a-half-year-old yellow Labrador in October 2013 and the dog has been by her side ever since.<br />
Bella helps Parrott with panic attacks, migraines, high blood pressure and anxiety, according to Mashable.<br />
<br />
the service dog also helps with side effects from medication such as passing out, and also with response tasks such as getting help, getting Parrot to a safe place and sitting or lying down.<br />
<br />
During the couple's wedding at Rustic Hills Community Church, Bella was not the only dog in attendance as the couple's dog, Henry, was at the ceremony.<br />
'One of my biggest goals since being paired with Bella has been to positively impact the service dog community by spreading awareness and helping educate others. This photo not only helps give me a plat form to do that, but it also shows the amazing bond that is formed between service dog and handler,'<br />
<br />
'I just really hope it continues to help educate and show the love service dog teams have for one another dog and human.' <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bride_and_her_dog23.JPG
  • A photographer has captured the touching moment a bride was being aided by her service dog on her big day.<br />
<br />
The sweet snap taken by Maddie Peschong shows bride Valerie Parrott last Saturday before the wedding ceremony as she kneels in her dress while her dog Bella, donning a tutu, places her head against her.<br />
The trained medical alert and psychiatric dog is seen alerting Parrot, 25, that her heart rate was elevated and was trying to calm her down by performing a grounding task<br />
<br />
'Basically, it helps me to take a moment away from what ever is causing the anxiety and keep me from having a panic attack,<br />
<br />
'When she does this, she will do things like lick my hands or lean and put her weight on me and generally gets me to focus on her instead of my surrounding. Also, she was being pretty darn cute.' <br />
Parrott, who married her husband Andrew at a church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was matched with the three-and-a-half-year-old yellow Labrador in October 2013 and the dog has been by her side ever since.<br />
Bella helps Parrott with panic attacks, migraines, high blood pressure and anxiety, according to Mashable.<br />
<br />
the service dog also helps with side effects from medication such as passing out, and also with response tasks such as getting help, getting Parrot to a safe place and sitting or lying down.<br />
<br />
During the couple's wedding at Rustic Hills Community Church, Bella was not the only dog in attendance as the couple's dog, Henry, was at the ceremony.<br />
'One of my biggest goals since being paired with Bella has been to positively impact the service dog community by spreading awareness and helping educate others. This photo not only helps give me a plat form to do that, but it also shows the amazing bond that is formed between service dog and handler,'<br />
<br />
'I just really hope it continues to help educate and show the love service dog teams have for one another dog and human.' <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bride_and_her_dog24.JPG
  • A photographer has captured the touching moment a bride was being aided by her service dog on her big day.<br />
<br />
The sweet snap taken by Maddie Peschong shows bride Valerie Parrott last Saturday before the wedding ceremony as she kneels in her dress while her dog Bella, donning a tutu, places her head against her.<br />
The trained medical alert and psychiatric dog is seen alerting Parrot, 25, that her heart rate was elevated and was trying to calm her down by performing a grounding task<br />
<br />
'Basically, it helps me to take a moment away from what ever is causing the anxiety and keep me from having a panic attack,<br />
<br />
'When she does this, she will do things like lick my hands or lean and put her weight on me and generally gets me to focus on her instead of my surrounding. Also, she was being pretty darn cute.' <br />
Parrott, who married her husband Andrew at a church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was matched with the three-and-a-half-year-old yellow Labrador in October 2013 and the dog has been by her side ever since.<br />
Bella helps Parrott with panic attacks, migraines, high blood pressure and anxiety, according to Mashable.<br />
<br />
the service dog also helps with side effects from medication such as passing out, and also with response tasks such as getting help, getting Parrot to a safe place and sitting or lying down.<br />
<br />
During the couple's wedding at Rustic Hills Community Church, Bella was not the only dog in attendance as the couple's dog, Henry, was at the ceremony.<br />
'One of my biggest goals since being paired with Bella has been to positively impact the service dog community by spreading awareness and helping educate others. This photo not only helps give me a plat form to do that, but it also shows the amazing bond that is formed between service dog and handler,'<br />
<br />
'I just really hope it continues to help educate and show the love service dog teams have for one another dog and human.' <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bride_and_her_dog22.JPG
  • A photographer has captured the touching moment a bride was being aided by her service dog on her big day.<br />
<br />
The sweet snap taken by Maddie Peschong shows bride Valerie Parrott last Saturday before the wedding ceremony as she kneels in her dress while her dog Bella, donning a tutu, places her head against her.<br />
The trained medical alert and psychiatric dog is seen alerting Parrot, 25, that her heart rate was elevated and was trying to calm her down by performing a grounding task<br />
<br />
'Basically, it helps me to take a moment away from what ever is causing the anxiety and keep me from having a panic attack,<br />
<br />
'When she does this, she will do things like lick my hands or lean and put her weight on me and generally gets me to focus on her instead of my surrounding. Also, she was being pretty darn cute.' <br />
Parrott, who married her husband Andrew at a church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was matched with the three-and-a-half-year-old yellow Labrador in October 2013 and the dog has been by her side ever since.<br />
Bella helps Parrott with panic attacks, migraines, high blood pressure and anxiety, according to Mashable.<br />
<br />
the service dog also helps with side effects from medication such as passing out, and also with response tasks such as getting help, getting Parrot to a safe place and sitting or lying down.<br />
<br />
During the couple's wedding at Rustic Hills Community Church, Bella was not the only dog in attendance as the couple's dog, Henry, was at the ceremony.<br />
'One of my biggest goals since being paired with Bella has been to positively impact the service dog community by spreading awareness and helping educate others. This photo not only helps give me a plat form to do that, but it also shows the amazing bond that is formed between service dog and handler,'<br />
<br />
'I just really hope it continues to help educate and show the love service dog teams have for one another dog and human.' <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bride_and_her_dog21.JPG
  • A photographer has captured the touching moment a bride was being aided by her service dog on her big day.<br />
<br />
The sweet snap taken by Maddie Peschong shows bride Valerie Parrott last Saturday before the wedding ceremony as she kneels in her dress while her dog Bella, donning a tutu, places her head against her.<br />
The trained medical alert and psychiatric dog is seen alerting Parrot, 25, that her heart rate was elevated and was trying to calm her down by performing a grounding task<br />
<br />
'Basically, it helps me to take a moment away from what ever is causing the anxiety and keep me from having a panic attack,<br />
<br />
'When she does this, she will do things like lick my hands or lean and put her weight on me and generally gets me to focus on her instead of my surrounding. Also, she was being pretty darn cute.' <br />
Parrott, who married her husband Andrew at a church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was matched with the three-and-a-half-year-old yellow Labrador in October 2013 and the dog has been by her side ever since.<br />
Bella helps Parrott with panic attacks, migraines, high blood pressure and anxiety, according to Mashable.<br />
<br />
the service dog also helps with side effects from medication such as passing out, and also with response tasks such as getting help, getting Parrot to a safe place and sitting or lying down.<br />
<br />
During the couple's wedding at Rustic Hills Community Church, Bella was not the only dog in attendance as the couple's dog, Henry, was at the ceremony.<br />
'One of my biggest goals since being paired with Bella has been to positively impact the service dog community by spreading awareness and helping educate others. This photo not only helps give me a plat form to do that, but it also shows the amazing bond that is formed between service dog and handler,'<br />
<br />
'I just really hope it continues to help educate and show the love service dog teams have for one another dog and human.' <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bride_and_her_dog18.JPG
  • A photographer has captured the touching moment a bride was being aided by her service dog on her big day.<br />
<br />
The sweet snap taken by Maddie Peschong shows bride Valerie Parrott last Saturday before the wedding ceremony as she kneels in her dress while her dog Bella, donning a tutu, places her head against her.<br />
The trained medical alert and psychiatric dog is seen alerting Parrot, 25, that her heart rate was elevated and was trying to calm her down by performing a grounding task<br />
<br />
'Basically, it helps me to take a moment away from what ever is causing the anxiety and keep me from having a panic attack,<br />
<br />
'When she does this, she will do things like lick my hands or lean and put her weight on me and generally gets me to focus on her instead of my surrounding. Also, she was being pretty darn cute.' <br />
Parrott, who married her husband Andrew at a church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was matched with the three-and-a-half-year-old yellow Labrador in October 2013 and the dog has been by her side ever since.<br />
Bella helps Parrott with panic attacks, migraines, high blood pressure and anxiety, according to Mashable.<br />
<br />
the service dog also helps with side effects from medication such as passing out, and also with response tasks such as getting help, getting Parrot to a safe place and sitting or lying down.<br />
<br />
During the couple's wedding at Rustic Hills Community Church, Bella was not the only dog in attendance as the couple's dog, Henry, was at the ceremony.<br />
'One of my biggest goals since being paired with Bella has been to positively impact the service dog community by spreading awareness and helping educate others. This photo not only helps give me a plat form to do that, but it also shows the amazing bond that is formed between service dog and handler,'<br />
<br />
'I just really hope it continues to help educate and show the love service dog teams have for one another dog and human.' <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bride_and_her_dog19.JPG
  • A photographer has captured the touching moment a bride was being aided by her service dog on her big day.<br />
<br />
The sweet snap taken by Maddie Peschong shows bride Valerie Parrott last Saturday before the wedding ceremony as she kneels in her dress while her dog Bella, donning a tutu, places her head against her.<br />
The trained medical alert and psychiatric dog is seen alerting Parrot, 25, that her heart rate was elevated and was trying to calm her down by performing a grounding task<br />
<br />
'Basically, it helps me to take a moment away from what ever is causing the anxiety and keep me from having a panic attack,<br />
<br />
'When she does this, she will do things like lick my hands or lean and put her weight on me and generally gets me to focus on her instead of my surrounding. Also, she was being pretty darn cute.' <br />
Parrott, who married her husband Andrew at a church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was matched with the three-and-a-half-year-old yellow Labrador in October 2013 and the dog has been by her side ever since.<br />
Bella helps Parrott with panic attacks, migraines, high blood pressure and anxiety, according to Mashable.<br />
<br />
the service dog also helps with side effects from medication such as passing out, and also with response tasks such as getting help, getting Parrot to a safe place and sitting or lying down.<br />
<br />
During the couple's wedding at Rustic Hills Community Church, Bella was not the only dog in attendance as the couple's dog, Henry, was at the ceremony.<br />
'One of my biggest goals since being paired with Bella has been to positively impact the service dog community by spreading awareness and helping educate others. This photo not only helps give me a plat form to do that, but it also shows the amazing bond that is formed between service dog and handler,'<br />
<br />
'I just really hope it continues to help educate and show the love service dog teams have for one another dog and human.' <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bride_and_her_dog16.JPG
  • A photographer has captured the touching moment a bride was being aided by her service dog on her big day.<br />
<br />
The sweet snap taken by Maddie Peschong shows bride Valerie Parrott last Saturday before the wedding ceremony as she kneels in her dress while her dog Bella, donning a tutu, places her head against her.<br />
The trained medical alert and psychiatric dog is seen alerting Parrot, 25, that her heart rate was elevated and was trying to calm her down by performing a grounding task<br />
<br />
'Basically, it helps me to take a moment away from what ever is causing the anxiety and keep me from having a panic attack,<br />
<br />
'When she does this, she will do things like lick my hands or lean and put her weight on me and generally gets me to focus on her instead of my surrounding. Also, she was being pretty darn cute.' <br />
Parrott, who married her husband Andrew at a church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was matched with the three-and-a-half-year-old yellow Labrador in October 2013 and the dog has been by her side ever since.<br />
Bella helps Parrott with panic attacks, migraines, high blood pressure and anxiety, according to Mashable.<br />
<br />
the service dog also helps with side effects from medication such as passing out, and also with response tasks such as getting help, getting Parrot to a safe place and sitting or lying down.<br />
<br />
During the couple's wedding at Rustic Hills Community Church, Bella was not the only dog in attendance as the couple's dog, Henry, was at the ceremony.<br />
'One of my biggest goals since being paired with Bella has been to positively impact the service dog community by spreading awareness and helping educate others. This photo not only helps give me a plat form to do that, but it also shows the amazing bond that is formed between service dog and handler,'<br />
<br />
'I just really hope it continues to help educate and show the love service dog teams have for one another dog and human.' <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bride_and_her_dog17.JPG
  • A photographer has captured the touching moment a bride was being aided by her service dog on her big day.<br />
<br />
The sweet snap taken by Maddie Peschong shows bride Valerie Parrott last Saturday before the wedding ceremony as she kneels in her dress while her dog Bella, donning a tutu, places her head against her.<br />
The trained medical alert and psychiatric dog is seen alerting Parrot, 25, that her heart rate was elevated and was trying to calm her down by performing a grounding task<br />
<br />
'Basically, it helps me to take a moment away from what ever is causing the anxiety and keep me from having a panic attack,<br />
<br />
'When she does this, she will do things like lick my hands or lean and put her weight on me and generally gets me to focus on her instead of my surrounding. Also, she was being pretty darn cute.' <br />
Parrott, who married her husband Andrew at a church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was matched with the three-and-a-half-year-old yellow Labrador in October 2013 and the dog has been by her side ever since.<br />
Bella helps Parrott with panic attacks, migraines, high blood pressure and anxiety, according to Mashable.<br />
<br />
the service dog also helps with side effects from medication such as passing out, and also with response tasks such as getting help, getting Parrot to a safe place and sitting or lying down.<br />
<br />
During the couple's wedding at Rustic Hills Community Church, Bella was not the only dog in attendance as the couple's dog, Henry, was at the ceremony.<br />
'One of my biggest goals since being paired with Bella has been to positively impact the service dog community by spreading awareness and helping educate others. This photo not only helps give me a plat form to do that, but it also shows the amazing bond that is formed between service dog and handler,'<br />
<br />
'I just really hope it continues to help educate and show the love service dog teams have for one another dog and human.' <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bride_and_her_dog15.JPG
  • A photographer has captured the touching moment a bride was being aided by her service dog on her big day.<br />
<br />
The sweet snap taken by Maddie Peschong shows bride Valerie Parrott last Saturday before the wedding ceremony as she kneels in her dress while her dog Bella, donning a tutu, places her head against her.<br />
The trained medical alert and psychiatric dog is seen alerting Parrot, 25, that her heart rate was elevated and was trying to calm her down by performing a grounding task<br />
<br />
'Basically, it helps me to take a moment away from what ever is causing the anxiety and keep me from having a panic attack,<br />
<br />
'When she does this, she will do things like lick my hands or lean and put her weight on me and generally gets me to focus on her instead of my surrounding. Also, she was being pretty darn cute.' <br />
Parrott, who married her husband Andrew at a church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was matched with the three-and-a-half-year-old yellow Labrador in October 2013 and the dog has been by her side ever since.<br />
Bella helps Parrott with panic attacks, migraines, high blood pressure and anxiety, according to Mashable.<br />
<br />
the service dog also helps with side effects from medication such as passing out, and also with response tasks such as getting help, getting Parrot to a safe place and sitting or lying down.<br />
<br />
During the couple's wedding at Rustic Hills Community Church, Bella was not the only dog in attendance as the couple's dog, Henry, was at the ceremony.<br />
'One of my biggest goals since being paired with Bella has been to positively impact the service dog community by spreading awareness and helping educate others. This photo not only helps give me a plat form to do that, but it also shows the amazing bond that is formed between service dog and handler,'<br />
<br />
'I just really hope it continues to help educate and show the love service dog teams have for one another dog and human.' <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bride_and_her_dog14.JPG
  • A photographer has captured the touching moment a bride was being aided by her service dog on her big day.<br />
<br />
The sweet snap taken by Maddie Peschong shows bride Valerie Parrott last Saturday before the wedding ceremony as she kneels in her dress while her dog Bella, donning a tutu, places her head against her.<br />
The trained medical alert and psychiatric dog is seen alerting Parrot, 25, that her heart rate was elevated and was trying to calm her down by performing a grounding task<br />
<br />
'Basically, it helps me to take a moment away from what ever is causing the anxiety and keep me from having a panic attack,<br />
<br />
'When she does this, she will do things like lick my hands or lean and put her weight on me and generally gets me to focus on her instead of my surrounding. Also, she was being pretty darn cute.' <br />
Parrott, who married her husband Andrew at a church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was matched with the three-and-a-half-year-old yellow Labrador in October 2013 and the dog has been by her side ever since.<br />
Bella helps Parrott with panic attacks, migraines, high blood pressure and anxiety, according to Mashable.<br />
<br />
the service dog also helps with side effects from medication such as passing out, and also with response tasks such as getting help, getting Parrot to a safe place and sitting or lying down.<br />
<br />
During the couple's wedding at Rustic Hills Community Church, Bella was not the only dog in attendance as the couple's dog, Henry, was at the ceremony.<br />
'One of my biggest goals since being paired with Bella has been to positively impact the service dog community by spreading awareness and helping educate others. This photo not only helps give me a plat form to do that, but it also shows the amazing bond that is formed between service dog and handler,'<br />
<br />
'I just really hope it continues to help educate and show the love service dog teams have for one another dog and human.' <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bride_and_her_dog10.JPG
  • A photographer has captured the touching moment a bride was being aided by her service dog on her big day.<br />
<br />
The sweet snap taken by Maddie Peschong shows bride Valerie Parrott last Saturday before the wedding ceremony as she kneels in her dress while her dog Bella, donning a tutu, places her head against her.<br />
The trained medical alert and psychiatric dog is seen alerting Parrot, 25, that her heart rate was elevated and was trying to calm her down by performing a grounding task<br />
<br />
'Basically, it helps me to take a moment away from what ever is causing the anxiety and keep me from having a panic attack,<br />
<br />
'When she does this, she will do things like lick my hands or lean and put her weight on me and generally gets me to focus on her instead of my surrounding. Also, she was being pretty darn cute.' <br />
Parrott, who married her husband Andrew at a church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was matched with the three-and-a-half-year-old yellow Labrador in October 2013 and the dog has been by her side ever since.<br />
Bella helps Parrott with panic attacks, migraines, high blood pressure and anxiety, according to Mashable.<br />
<br />
the service dog also helps with side effects from medication such as passing out, and also with response tasks such as getting help, getting Parrot to a safe place and sitting or lying down.<br />
<br />
During the couple's wedding at Rustic Hills Community Church, Bella was not the only dog in attendance as the couple's dog, Henry, was at the ceremony.<br />
'One of my biggest goals since being paired with Bella has been to positively impact the service dog community by spreading awareness and helping educate others. This photo not only helps give me a plat form to do that, but it also shows the amazing bond that is formed between service dog and handler,'<br />
<br />
'I just really hope it continues to help educate and show the love service dog teams have for one another dog and human.' <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bride_and_her_dog13.JPG
  • A photographer has captured the touching moment a bride was being aided by her service dog on her big day.<br />
<br />
The sweet snap taken by Maddie Peschong shows bride Valerie Parrott last Saturday before the wedding ceremony as she kneels in her dress while her dog Bella, donning a tutu, places her head against her.<br />
The trained medical alert and psychiatric dog is seen alerting Parrot, 25, that her heart rate was elevated and was trying to calm her down by performing a grounding task<br />
<br />
'Basically, it helps me to take a moment away from what ever is causing the anxiety and keep me from having a panic attack,<br />
<br />
'When she does this, she will do things like lick my hands or lean and put her weight on me and generally gets me to focus on her instead of my surrounding. Also, she was being pretty darn cute.' <br />
Parrott, who married her husband Andrew at a church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was matched with the three-and-a-half-year-old yellow Labrador in October 2013 and the dog has been by her side ever since.<br />
Bella helps Parrott with panic attacks, migraines, high blood pressure and anxiety, according to Mashable.<br />
<br />
the service dog also helps with side effects from medication such as passing out, and also with response tasks such as getting help, getting Parrot to a safe place and sitting or lying down.<br />
<br />
During the couple's wedding at Rustic Hills Community Church, Bella was not the only dog in attendance as the couple's dog, Henry, was at the ceremony.<br />
'One of my biggest goals since being paired with Bella has been to positively impact the service dog community by spreading awareness and helping educate others. This photo not only helps give me a plat form to do that, but it also shows the amazing bond that is formed between service dog and handler,'<br />
<br />
'I just really hope it continues to help educate and show the love service dog teams have for one another dog and human.' <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bride_and_her_dog12.JPG
  • A photographer has captured the touching moment a bride was being aided by her service dog on her big day.<br />
<br />
The sweet snap taken by Maddie Peschong shows bride Valerie Parrott last Saturday before the wedding ceremony as she kneels in her dress while her dog Bella, donning a tutu, places her head against her.<br />
The trained medical alert and psychiatric dog is seen alerting Parrot, 25, that her heart rate was elevated and was trying to calm her down by performing a grounding task<br />
<br />
'Basically, it helps me to take a moment away from what ever is causing the anxiety and keep me from having a panic attack,<br />
<br />
'When she does this, she will do things like lick my hands or lean and put her weight on me and generally gets me to focus on her instead of my surrounding. Also, she was being pretty darn cute.' <br />
Parrott, who married her husband Andrew at a church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was matched with the three-and-a-half-year-old yellow Labrador in October 2013 and the dog has been by her side ever since.<br />
Bella helps Parrott with panic attacks, migraines, high blood pressure and anxiety, according to Mashable.<br />
<br />
the service dog also helps with side effects from medication such as passing out, and also with response tasks such as getting help, getting Parrot to a safe place and sitting or lying down.<br />
<br />
During the couple's wedding at Rustic Hills Community Church, Bella was not the only dog in attendance as the couple's dog, Henry, was at the ceremony.<br />
'One of my biggest goals since being paired with Bella has been to positively impact the service dog community by spreading awareness and helping educate others. This photo not only helps give me a plat form to do that, but it also shows the amazing bond that is formed between service dog and handler,'<br />
<br />
'I just really hope it continues to help educate and show the love service dog teams have for one another dog and human.' <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bride_and_her_dog09.JPG
  • A photographer has captured the touching moment a bride was being aided by her service dog on her big day.<br />
<br />
The sweet snap taken by Maddie Peschong shows bride Valerie Parrott last Saturday before the wedding ceremony as she kneels in her dress while her dog Bella, donning a tutu, places her head against her.<br />
The trained medical alert and psychiatric dog is seen alerting Parrot, 25, that her heart rate was elevated and was trying to calm her down by performing a grounding task<br />
<br />
'Basically, it helps me to take a moment away from what ever is causing the anxiety and keep me from having a panic attack,<br />
<br />
'When she does this, she will do things like lick my hands or lean and put her weight on me and generally gets me to focus on her instead of my surrounding. Also, she was being pretty darn cute.' <br />
Parrott, who married her husband Andrew at a church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was matched with the three-and-a-half-year-old yellow Labrador in October 2013 and the dog has been by her side ever since.<br />
Bella helps Parrott with panic attacks, migraines, high blood pressure and anxiety, according to Mashable.<br />
<br />
the service dog also helps with side effects from medication such as passing out, and also with response tasks such as getting help, getting Parrot to a safe place and sitting or lying down.<br />
<br />
During the couple's wedding at Rustic Hills Community Church, Bella was not the only dog in attendance as the couple's dog, Henry, was at the ceremony.<br />
'One of my biggest goals since being paired with Bella has been to positively impact the service dog community by spreading awareness and helping educate others. This photo not only helps give me a plat form to do that, but it also shows the amazing bond that is formed between service dog and handler,'<br />
<br />
'I just really hope it continues to help educate and show the love service dog teams have for one another dog and human.' <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bride_and_her_dog08.JPG
  • A photographer has captured the touching moment a bride was being aided by her service dog on her big day.<br />
<br />
The sweet snap taken by Maddie Peschong shows bride Valerie Parrott last Saturday before the wedding ceremony as she kneels in her dress while her dog Bella, donning a tutu, places her head against her.<br />
The trained medical alert and psychiatric dog is seen alerting Parrot, 25, that her heart rate was elevated and was trying to calm her down by performing a grounding task<br />
<br />
'Basically, it helps me to take a moment away from what ever is causing the anxiety and keep me from having a panic attack,<br />
<br />
'When she does this, she will do things like lick my hands or lean and put her weight on me and generally gets me to focus on her instead of my surrounding. Also, she was being pretty darn cute.' <br />
Parrott, who married her husband Andrew at a church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was matched with the three-and-a-half-year-old yellow Labrador in October 2013 and the dog has been by her side ever since.<br />
Bella helps Parrott with panic attacks, migraines, high blood pressure and anxiety, according to Mashable.<br />
<br />
the service dog also helps with side effects from medication such as passing out, and also with response tasks such as getting help, getting Parrot to a safe place and sitting or lying down.<br />
<br />
During the couple's wedding at Rustic Hills Community Church, Bella was not the only dog in attendance as the couple's dog, Henry, was at the ceremony.<br />
'One of my biggest goals since being paired with Bella has been to positively impact the service dog community by spreading awareness and helping educate others. This photo not only helps give me a plat form to do that, but it also shows the amazing bond that is formed between service dog and handler,'<br />
<br />
'I just really hope it continues to help educate and show the love service dog teams have for one another dog and human.' <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bride_and_her_dog07.JPG
  • A photographer has captured the touching moment a bride was being aided by her service dog on her big day.<br />
<br />
The sweet snap taken by Maddie Peschong shows bride Valerie Parrott last Saturday before the wedding ceremony as she kneels in her dress while her dog Bella, donning a tutu, places her head against her.<br />
The trained medical alert and psychiatric dog is seen alerting Parrot, 25, that her heart rate was elevated and was trying to calm her down by performing a grounding task<br />
<br />
'Basically, it helps me to take a moment away from what ever is causing the anxiety and keep me from having a panic attack,<br />
<br />
'When she does this, she will do things like lick my hands or lean and put her weight on me and generally gets me to focus on her instead of my surrounding. Also, she was being pretty darn cute.' <br />
Parrott, who married her husband Andrew at a church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was matched with the three-and-a-half-year-old yellow Labrador in October 2013 and the dog has been by her side ever since.<br />
Bella helps Parrott with panic attacks, migraines, high blood pressure and anxiety, according to Mashable.<br />
<br />
the service dog also helps with side effects from medication such as passing out, and also with response tasks such as getting help, getting Parrot to a safe place and sitting or lying down.<br />
<br />
During the couple's wedding at Rustic Hills Community Church, Bella was not the only dog in attendance as the couple's dog, Henry, was at the ceremony.<br />
'One of my biggest goals since being paired with Bella has been to positively impact the service dog community by spreading awareness and helping educate others. This photo not only helps give me a plat form to do that, but it also shows the amazing bond that is formed between service dog and handler,'<br />
<br />
'I just really hope it continues to help educate and show the love service dog teams have for one another dog and human.' <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bride_and_her_dog05.JPG
  • A photographer has captured the touching moment a bride was being aided by her service dog on her big day.<br />
<br />
The sweet snap taken by Maddie Peschong shows bride Valerie Parrott last Saturday before the wedding ceremony as she kneels in her dress while her dog Bella, donning a tutu, places her head against her.<br />
The trained medical alert and psychiatric dog is seen alerting Parrot, 25, that her heart rate was elevated and was trying to calm her down by performing a grounding task<br />
<br />
'Basically, it helps me to take a moment away from what ever is causing the anxiety and keep me from having a panic attack,<br />
<br />
'When she does this, she will do things like lick my hands or lean and put her weight on me and generally gets me to focus on her instead of my surrounding. Also, she was being pretty darn cute.' <br />
Parrott, who married her husband Andrew at a church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was matched with the three-and-a-half-year-old yellow Labrador in October 2013 and the dog has been by her side ever since.<br />
Bella helps Parrott with panic attacks, migraines, high blood pressure and anxiety, according to Mashable.<br />
<br />
the service dog also helps with side effects from medication such as passing out, and also with response tasks such as getting help, getting Parrot to a safe place and sitting or lying down.<br />
<br />
During the couple's wedding at Rustic Hills Community Church, Bella was not the only dog in attendance as the couple's dog, Henry, was at the ceremony.<br />
'One of my biggest goals since being paired with Bella has been to positively impact the service dog community by spreading awareness and helping educate others. This photo not only helps give me a plat form to do that, but it also shows the amazing bond that is formed between service dog and handler,'<br />
<br />
'I just really hope it continues to help educate and show the love service dog teams have for one another dog and human.' <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bride_and_her_dog06.JPG
  • A photographer has captured the touching moment a bride was being aided by her service dog on her big day.<br />
<br />
The sweet snap taken by Maddie Peschong shows bride Valerie Parrott last Saturday before the wedding ceremony as she kneels in her dress while her dog Bella, donning a tutu, places her head against her.<br />
The trained medical alert and psychiatric dog is seen alerting Parrot, 25, that her heart rate was elevated and was trying to calm her down by performing a grounding task<br />
<br />
'Basically, it helps me to take a moment away from what ever is causing the anxiety and keep me from having a panic attack,<br />
<br />
'When she does this, she will do things like lick my hands or lean and put her weight on me and generally gets me to focus on her instead of my surrounding. Also, she was being pretty darn cute.' <br />
Parrott, who married her husband Andrew at a church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was matched with the three-and-a-half-year-old yellow Labrador in October 2013 and the dog has been by her side ever since.<br />
Bella helps Parrott with panic attacks, migraines, high blood pressure and anxiety, according to Mashable.<br />
<br />
the service dog also helps with side effects from medication such as passing out, and also with response tasks such as getting help, getting Parrot to a safe place and sitting or lying down.<br />
<br />
During the couple's wedding at Rustic Hills Community Church, Bella was not the only dog in attendance as the couple's dog, Henry, was at the ceremony.<br />
'One of my biggest goals since being paired with Bella has been to positively impact the service dog community by spreading awareness and helping educate others. This photo not only helps give me a plat form to do that, but it also shows the amazing bond that is formed between service dog and handler,'<br />
<br />
'I just really hope it continues to help educate and show the love service dog teams have for one another dog and human.' <br />
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  • A photographer has captured the touching moment a bride was being aided by her service dog on her big day.<br />
<br />
The sweet snap taken by Maddie Peschong shows bride Valerie Parrott last Saturday before the wedding ceremony as she kneels in her dress while her dog Bella, donning a tutu, places her head against her.<br />
The trained medical alert and psychiatric dog is seen alerting Parrot, 25, that her heart rate was elevated and was trying to calm her down by performing a grounding task<br />
<br />
'Basically, it helps me to take a moment away from what ever is causing the anxiety and keep me from having a panic attack,<br />
<br />
'When she does this, she will do things like lick my hands or lean and put her weight on me and generally gets me to focus on her instead of my surrounding. Also, she was being pretty darn cute.' <br />
Parrott, who married her husband Andrew at a church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was matched with the three-and-a-half-year-old yellow Labrador in October 2013 and the dog has been by her side ever since.<br />
Bella helps Parrott with panic attacks, migraines, high blood pressure and anxiety, according to Mashable.<br />
<br />
the service dog also helps with side effects from medication such as passing out, and also with response tasks such as getting help, getting Parrot to a safe place and sitting or lying down.<br />
<br />
During the couple's wedding at Rustic Hills Community Church, Bella was not the only dog in attendance as the couple's dog, Henry, was at the ceremony.<br />
'One of my biggest goals since being paired with Bella has been to positively impact the service dog community by spreading awareness and helping educate others. This photo not only helps give me a plat form to do that, but it also shows the amazing bond that is formed between service dog and handler,'<br />
<br />
'I just really hope it continues to help educate and show the love service dog teams have for one another dog and human.' <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
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  • A photographer has captured the touching moment a bride was being aided by her service dog on her big day.<br />
<br />
The sweet snap taken by Maddie Peschong shows bride Valerie Parrott last Saturday before the wedding ceremony as she kneels in her dress while her dog Bella, donning a tutu, places her head against her.<br />
The trained medical alert and psychiatric dog is seen alerting Parrot, 25, that her heart rate was elevated and was trying to calm her down by performing a grounding task<br />
<br />
'Basically, it helps me to take a moment away from what ever is causing the anxiety and keep me from having a panic attack,<br />
<br />
'When she does this, she will do things like lick my hands or lean and put her weight on me and generally gets me to focus on her instead of my surrounding. Also, she was being pretty darn cute.' <br />
Parrott, who married her husband Andrew at a church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was matched with the three-and-a-half-year-old yellow Labrador in October 2013 and the dog has been by her side ever since.<br />
Bella helps Parrott with panic attacks, migraines, high blood pressure and anxiety, according to Mashable.<br />
<br />
the service dog also helps with side effects from medication such as passing out, and also with response tasks such as getting help, getting Parrot to a safe place and sitting or lying down.<br />
<br />
During the couple's wedding at Rustic Hills Community Church, Bella was not the only dog in attendance as the couple's dog, Henry, was at the ceremony.<br />
'One of my biggest goals since being paired with Bella has been to positively impact the service dog community by spreading awareness and helping educate others. This photo not only helps give me a plat form to do that, but it also shows the amazing bond that is formed between service dog and handler,'<br />
<br />
'I just really hope it continues to help educate and show the love service dog teams have for one another dog and human.' <br />
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  • STOP ACID ATTACKS<br />
<br />
They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence. <br />
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”.   <br />
<br />
Photo shows: Nitu, 24, lives in Agra and works at Sheroes Hangout. She was attacked with acid by her father when she was very young, as her mother gave him daughters, though he wanted to have sons. <br />
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  • STOP ACID ATTACKS<br />
<br />
They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence. <br />
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”.   <br />
<br />
Photo shows: Rupa has always wanted to be a fashion designer. Today, she designs clothes, no matter what happened in her life before.  She wants financial independence and be able to open her shop in Delhi or Mumbai.  She’s already got approximately 100 unique personal creations. For the moment, she exhibits some of them at Sheroes Hangout in Agra, a café restaurant founded by Stop Acid Attacks members. <br />
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  • STOP ACID ATTACKS<br />
<br />
They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence. <br />
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”.   <br />
<br />
Photo shows: Laxmi and Ritu at Chhanv.  Chhanv operates out of a three-room flat in Laxminagar, a middle-class area of east Delhi. It is a rare meeting place for all acid attacks survivors, where they come to share joys, sing, dance and joke, without revisiting their pain and anguish. They organize trainings, workshops, counseling and many other programs to support the survivors. Much of this endeavor boosts their self-confidence, powers their self-esteem and sets them on a path to self-reliance. Being a campaign, their attempt is to create a wave, a flow of social awareness and sensitivity, and their continuous engagement through activities at Chhanv keeps this in motion. <br />
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  • A photographer has captured the touching moment a bride was being aided by her service dog on her big day.<br />
<br />
The sweet snap taken by Maddie Peschong shows bride Valerie Parrott last Saturday before the wedding ceremony as she kneels in her dress while her dog Bella, donning a tutu, places her head against her.<br />
The trained medical alert and psychiatric dog is seen alerting Parrot, 25, that her heart rate was elevated and was trying to calm her down by performing a grounding task<br />
<br />
'Basically, it helps me to take a moment away from what ever is causing the anxiety and keep me from having a panic attack,<br />
<br />
'When she does this, she will do things like lick my hands or lean and put her weight on me and generally gets me to focus on her instead of my surrounding. Also, she was being pretty darn cute.' <br />
Parrott, who married her husband Andrew at a church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was matched with the three-and-a-half-year-old yellow Labrador in October 2013 and the dog has been by her side ever since.<br />
Bella helps Parrott with panic attacks, migraines, high blood pressure and anxiety, according to Mashable.<br />
<br />
the service dog also helps with side effects from medication such as passing out, and also with response tasks such as getting help, getting Parrot to a safe place and sitting or lying down.<br />
<br />
During the couple's wedding at Rustic Hills Community Church, Bella was not the only dog in attendance as the couple's dog, Henry, was at the ceremony.<br />
'One of my biggest goals since being paired with Bella has been to positively impact the service dog community by spreading awareness and helping educate others. This photo not only helps give me a plat form to do that, but it also shows the amazing bond that is formed between service dog and handler,'<br />
<br />
'I just really hope it continues to help educate and show the love service dog teams have for one another dog and human.' <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bride_and_her_dog20.JPG
  • A photographer has captured the touching moment a bride was being aided by her service dog on her big day.<br />
<br />
The sweet snap taken by Maddie Peschong shows bride Valerie Parrott last Saturday before the wedding ceremony as she kneels in her dress while her dog Bella, donning a tutu, places her head against her.<br />
The trained medical alert and psychiatric dog is seen alerting Parrot, 25, that her heart rate was elevated and was trying to calm her down by performing a grounding task<br />
<br />
'Basically, it helps me to take a moment away from what ever is causing the anxiety and keep me from having a panic attack,<br />
<br />
'When she does this, she will do things like lick my hands or lean and put her weight on me and generally gets me to focus on her instead of my surrounding. Also, she was being pretty darn cute.' <br />
Parrott, who married her husband Andrew at a church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was matched with the three-and-a-half-year-old yellow Labrador in October 2013 and the dog has been by her side ever since.<br />
Bella helps Parrott with panic attacks, migraines, high blood pressure and anxiety, according to Mashable.<br />
<br />
the service dog also helps with side effects from medication such as passing out, and also with response tasks such as getting help, getting Parrot to a safe place and sitting or lying down.<br />
<br />
During the couple's wedding at Rustic Hills Community Church, Bella was not the only dog in attendance as the couple's dog, Henry, was at the ceremony.<br />
'One of my biggest goals since being paired with Bella has been to positively impact the service dog community by spreading awareness and helping educate others. This photo not only helps give me a plat form to do that, but it also shows the amazing bond that is formed between service dog and handler,'<br />
<br />
'I just really hope it continues to help educate and show the love service dog teams have for one another dog and human.' <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bride_and_her_dog11.JPG
  • A photographer has captured the touching moment a bride was being aided by her service dog on her big day.<br />
<br />
The sweet snap taken by Maddie Peschong shows bride Valerie Parrott last Saturday before the wedding ceremony as she kneels in her dress while her dog Bella, donning a tutu, places her head against her.<br />
The trained medical alert and psychiatric dog is seen alerting Parrot, 25, that her heart rate was elevated and was trying to calm her down by performing a grounding task<br />
<br />
'Basically, it helps me to take a moment away from what ever is causing the anxiety and keep me from having a panic attack,<br />
<br />
'When she does this, she will do things like lick my hands or lean and put her weight on me and generally gets me to focus on her instead of my surrounding. Also, she was being pretty darn cute.' <br />
Parrott, who married her husband Andrew at a church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was matched with the three-and-a-half-year-old yellow Labrador in October 2013 and the dog has been by her side ever since.<br />
Bella helps Parrott with panic attacks, migraines, high blood pressure and anxiety, according to Mashable.<br />
<br />
the service dog also helps with side effects from medication such as passing out, and also with response tasks such as getting help, getting Parrot to a safe place and sitting or lying down.<br />
<br />
During the couple's wedding at Rustic Hills Community Church, Bella was not the only dog in attendance as the couple's dog, Henry, was at the ceremony.<br />
'One of my biggest goals since being paired with Bella has been to positively impact the service dog community by spreading awareness and helping educate others. This photo not only helps give me a plat form to do that, but it also shows the amazing bond that is formed between service dog and handler,'<br />
<br />
'I just really hope it continues to help educate and show the love service dog teams have for one another dog and human.' <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Bride_and_her_dog04.JPG
  • STOP ACID ATTACKS<br />
<br />
They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence. <br />
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”.   <br />
<br />
Photo shows: Family portrait of Gita with her husband and her two daughters in Agra. Gita had acid thrown on her and her two daughters by her husband, whom she ended up staying with because she was seemingly faced with no other choice. Women are still viewed and treated as second-class citizens in many parts of the world, and in Gita’s case, her husband carried out his crime while inebriated because he was angry that the couple bore daughters and not sons. Their youngest daughter did not survive the acid attack. Gita’s eldest daughter, Nitu, 24, did survive. She works today with her mother at Sheroes hangout in Agra. She aspires to be a singer.<br />
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  • STOP ACID ATTACKS<br />
<br />
They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence. <br />
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”.   <br />
<br />
Photo shows: Dolly in her house in Agra with her mum and sister<br />
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  • STOP ACID ATTACKS<br />
<br />
They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence. <br />
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”.   <br />
<br />
Photo shows: Dolly is 14 years old. She lives in Agra with her family. She was just 12 when she was attacked with acid by a man twice her age, who had tried to force her to have sex with him. Her dream is to become a doctor. <br />
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  • STOP ACID ATTACKS<br />
<br />
They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence. <br />
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”.   <br />
<br />
Photo shows: Door of Chhanv. Chhanv was inaugurated on May 19, 2013. It provides a shelter home to acid attack survivors undergoing treatment in New Delhi. Located in Laxminagar, Delhi, it is first of its kind rehabilitation center in the country.<br />
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  • STOP ACID ATTACKS<br />
<br />
They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence. <br />
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”.   <br />
<br />
Photo shows: Ritu serves customers at Café sheroes in Agra. More and more visitors, both Indian and foreign, are coming to visit the place and spend some quality time there. <br />
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  • STOP ACID ATTACKS<br />
<br />
They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence. <br />
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”.   <br />
<br />
Photo shows: Stop Acid Attacks is a campaign against acid violence. They work as a bridge between survivors and the society, as most of the victims of this kind of brutal crime, which is much more grave in its impact than a rape, have isolated themselves after losing their face. Due to ignorance of the government and civil society, most survivors find no hope and stay like an outcast, in solitude. Stop Acid Attacks aims to research and track acid attack cases and compile a data to get the actual situation of survivors.<br />
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  • STOP ACID ATTACKS<br />
<br />
They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence. <br />
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”.   <br />
<br />
Photo shows: When dreams die, they do not make much noise. When hopes are crushed, the sighs are soundless. Acid corrodes gently. Eating away at their skin, bones and their dreams. The rest of their life begins now. A battle against unending, excruciating pain, deformity, social negligence, ostracisation and an invisible justice system. <br />
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  • STOP ACID ATTACKS<br />
<br />
They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence. <br />
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”.   <br />
<br />
Photo shows: Sheroes Hangout is an initiative by Stop Acid Attacks. It is located in Agra, a few minutes away from the touristic spot of the Taj Mahal and is run by Acid Attacks fighters. It offers Readers’Café open everyday, Activism workshops and Handicrafts & Exhibition Space. More about Sheroes Hangout on their website http://sheroeshangout.com/<br />
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  • STOP ACID ATTACKS<br />
<br />
They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence. <br />
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”.   <br />
<br />
Photo shows: The prime motives for acid attacks are generally a one-sided love affair, with almost 80% cases falling out of these affairs leading to the intent to disfigure the survivor. Then there are failed relationships and familial problems. Although women are the majority of people attacked with acid, men too, are increasingly becoming victims. <br />
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  • STOP ACID ATTACKS<br />
<br />
They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence. <br />
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”.   <br />
<br />
Photo shows: Ritu and Atul Kumar. Atul is also working for the Stop Acid Attacks campaign. <br />
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  • STOP ACID ATTACKS<br />
<br />
They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence. <br />
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”.   <br />
<br />
Photo shows: Picnic on a Sunday afternoon at the India Gate, one of the sights of Delhi<br />
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  • STOP ACID ATTACKS<br />
<br />
They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence. <br />
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”.   <br />
<br />
Photo shows: The girls are meeting Chhanv in Delhi<br />
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  • STOP ACID ATTACKS<br />
<br />
They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence. <br />
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”.   <br />
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Photo shows: Ritu and Sonia are walking down the streets in north Delhi. “It is important to know that this is not your fault and that you don’t have to hide. You have to be proud of what you are and become an example of strength, as this could help other people then, who have to face the same problems as you” says Ritu. <br />
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  • STOP ACID ATTACKS<br />
<br />
They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence. <br />
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”.   <br />
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Photo shows: After her mother's death, Rupa was living with her stepmother in her native village in Uttar Pradesh. She didn’t want to take care of her anymore. One night, her stepmother poured acid on her while she was sleeping. Her stepmother tried her best to kill Rupa and left her without any first aid for 6 hours until her uncle reached and moved Rupa to a nearby hospital. When the facilities at the local hospital seemed inefficient in providing any relief to the girl, her uncle got Rupa to Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi, where she as admitted for the next 3 months. <br />
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  • STOP ACID ATTACKS<br />
<br />
They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence. <br />
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”.   <br />
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Photo shows:  Laxmi is 24 years old. She was 16 when a suitor threw acid on her after she refused his advances. “I'm from a poor family. My father worked as a chef in a South Delhi home. I became friend with another girl in the neighborhood and her brother soon started proposing to me. I was only 15 and he was 32. On April 18, he messaged me: I love you.  I ignored it, but the next day he messaged again: I want an instant reply.  Again, I didn't respond. Three days later, I was waiting for a bus in a crowded Central Delhi area in daytime. He approached me with his brother’s girlfriend. Before I knew it, they had flung me onto the road, pinned me down and threw acid on my face. I kept screaming for help but no one stepped forth. Everyone ran in the opposite direction. I could feel my flesh burning and I covered my eyes with my arms. That reflex action saved me from losing my visio
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  • STOP ACID ATTACKS<br />
<br />
They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence. <br />
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”.   <br />
<br />
Photo shows: “I am Soniya Choudhari. I am 30 years old. I am from a place near Ghaziabad. I wanted to be a beautician.  Today, I still want to do this. My attack happened in 2004, in Ghaziabad. It happened when I was working at VLCC, it’s a famous institute for slimming and beauty products. I was coming back home from work, I was walking alone. Just one street before I arrived home, two boys came on bikes and threw acid on me. They are my neighbors. They  did this because of a family dispute. The story started from there. I wanted to buy cellphone, and had no ID proof so I couldn’t buy a cellphone myself. They helped me to buy a cellphone, as you need ID phone to buy one. But they sold me a stolen cellphone. After that, the police contacted me and I sent the police to them. They were so angry as the police jailed them for a while.  They had also stolen something from my father�
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  • STOP ACID ATTACKS<br />
<br />
They got attacked with acid when they were so young. By people who tried to disfigure them, to destroy their identity, who thought that they could do anything to women and that they could lead them to darkness and silence. <br />
Today, here they are. They started campaigning in Delhi in 2013 to help and rehabilitate acid attacks survivors. The campaign is called “STOP ACID ATTACKS”. Their action spread out all over India. They go to meet survivors in their families and help them come out, intervene when the police do not take up a complaint and follow up on the medical treatment and the ensuing legal procedure. They also report the news cases to the authorities and the medias. The girls don’t want to hide. They design clothes, they opened a café-restaurant in Agra, they do painting, they want to smile, they have different life projects. They also interact with other minorities as rape victims, LGBT communities, old people abandoned by their families, sharing their strength and experience. They refuse to be called “victims” but prefer the term “fighters”.   <br />
<br />
Photo shows: Ritu is 20 years old. She was born in Rohtak, Haryana. “On May 26, 2012, the face I was born with had become history. It was the consequence of a property dispute. There were some property matters between my father and his sister. My aunt couldn’t have revenge on my father, so she decided to have a revenge on me. She asked guys to attack me. Like every day, I was going to the volley-ball court to practice. Around 4:30pm, two young men approached me on a motorbike. Before I could take evasive action, the pillion rider had splashed acid over me. Shopkeepers crowded around as I lay there, squirming in pain. But nobody stepped forth to help. Fortunately, my elder brother was passing by. He spotted me and rushed me to the hospital. Three of the accused were booked under attempt to murder and five others under criminal conspiracy. The Punjab and Haryana High Court has rece
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  • Exclusive <br />
Baby can smile after docs cut to size his giant tongue that was choking on him<br />
<br />
An infant born with a giant tongue that could have choked him to death can finally smile after surgeons slice off half of it. <br />
<br />
Aparajit Lodhi, from Jabalpur of north Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, suffers from a rare congenital anomaly called Macroglossia, a medical term for an unusually large tongue. <br />
<br />
The congenital overgrowth disorder was discovered at birth and the doctors had told Aparajit’s parents to give up on her. That she was not going to live any longer. <br />
<br />
The rare condition caused his tongue to swell so big that choked on his mouth. <br />
<br />
“I was horrified to see the baby with her own tongue stuffing her month. She was crying continuously. I knew he was in pain and also hungry. But I was helpless. I could neither share his pain nor nurse him because the overgrowth had clogged his month. But we were determined to save our child come what may,” says mother Mini Lodhi, 28. <br />
<br />
Fearing Aparajit, all of seven days old, wouldn't survive as breathing apparatus was required to keep him alive.<br />
<br />
On the fourth day after birth, the infant underwent a surgery that reduced the size of his tongue tumor. <br />
<br />
“The baby was four-days-old when we operated on her. He was not able to swallow anything because of this giant tongue. This is a very rare condition called macroglossia that happens to one in 500,000 live births. Not only after birth, the baby was not able to swallow anything because of this condition in the womb also. After the operation, he was able to swallow anything for the first time ever.”<br />
<br />
It was a big tumor in the tongue and it took two hours to the team of doctors to remove the growth. “We had to remove the tumor completely as we couldn’t have left any remnant of it. But at the same time, you had to take care that the tongue doesn’t lose its function,” said Dr Agarwal, who heads the pediatric and newborn surgery department at the state-run facility. <br />
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  • Exclusive <br />
Baby can smile after docs cut to size his giant tongue that was choking on him<br />
<br />
An infant born with a giant tongue that could have choked him to death can finally smile after surgeons slice off half of it. <br />
<br />
Aparajit Lodhi, from Jabalpur of north Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, suffers from a rare congenital anomaly called Macroglossia, a medical term for an unusually large tongue. <br />
<br />
The congenital overgrowth disorder was discovered at birth and the doctors had told Aparajit’s parents to give up on her. That she was not going to live any longer. <br />
<br />
The rare condition caused his tongue to swell so big that choked on his mouth. <br />
<br />
“I was horrified to see the baby with her own tongue stuffing her month. She was crying continuously. I knew he was in pain and also hungry. But I was helpless. I could neither share his pain nor nurse him because the overgrowth had clogged his month. But we were determined to save our child come what may,” says mother Mini Lodhi, 28. <br />
<br />
Fearing Aparajit, all of seven days old, wouldn't survive as breathing apparatus was required to keep him alive.<br />
<br />
On the fourth day after birth, the infant underwent a surgery that reduced the size of his tongue tumor. <br />
<br />
“The baby was four-days-old when we operated on her. He was not able to swallow anything because of this giant tongue. This is a very rare condition called macroglossia that happens to one in 500,000 live births. Not only after birth, the baby was not able to swallow anything because of this condition in the womb also. After the operation, he was able to swallow anything for the first time ever.”<br />
<br />
It was a big tumor in the tongue and it took two hours to the team of doctors to remove the growth. “We had to remove the tumor completely as we couldn’t have left any remnant of it. But at the same time, you had to take care that the tongue doesn’t lose its function,” said Dr Agarwal, who heads the pediatric and newborn surgery department at the state-run facility. <br />
<br />
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  • Exclusive <br />
Baby can smile after docs cut to size his giant tongue that was choking on him<br />
<br />
An infant born with a giant tongue that could have choked him to death can finally smile after surgeons slice off half of it. <br />
<br />
Aparajit Lodhi, from Jabalpur of north Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, suffers from a rare congenital anomaly called Macroglossia, a medical term for an unusually large tongue. <br />
<br />
The congenital overgrowth disorder was discovered at birth and the doctors had told Aparajit’s parents to give up on her. That she was not going to live any longer. <br />
<br />
The rare condition caused his tongue to swell so big that choked on his mouth. <br />
<br />
“I was horrified to see the baby with her own tongue stuffing her month. She was crying continuously. I knew he was in pain and also hungry. But I was helpless. I could neither share his pain nor nurse him because the overgrowth had clogged his month. But we were determined to save our child come what may,” says mother Mini Lodhi, 28. <br />
<br />
Fearing Aparajit, all of seven days old, wouldn't survive as breathing apparatus was required to keep him alive.<br />
<br />
On the fourth day after birth, the infant underwent a surgery that reduced the size of his tongue tumor. <br />
<br />
“The baby was four-days-old when we operated on her. He was not able to swallow anything because of this giant tongue. This is a very rare condition called macroglossia that happens to one in 500,000 live births. Not only after birth, the baby was not able to swallow anything because of this condition in the womb also. After the operation, he was able to swallow anything for the first time ever.”<br />
<br />
It was a big tumor in the tongue and it took two hours to the team of doctors to remove the growth. “We had to remove the tumor completely as we couldn’t have left any remnant of it. But at the same time, you had to take care that the tongue doesn’t lose its function,” said Dr Agarwal, who heads the pediatric and newborn surgery department at the state-run facility. <br />
<br />
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    ExPix_Baby_can_smile_after_docs_cut_...jpg
  • Exclusive <br />
Baby can smile after docs cut to size his giant tongue that was choking on him<br />
<br />
An infant born with a giant tongue that could have choked him to death can finally smile after surgeons slice off half of it. <br />
<br />
Aparajit Lodhi, from Jabalpur of north Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, suffers from a rare congenital anomaly called Macroglossia, a medical term for an unusually large tongue. <br />
<br />
The congenital overgrowth disorder was discovered at birth and the doctors had told Aparajit’s parents to give up on her. That she was not going to live any longer. <br />
<br />
The rare condition caused his tongue to swell so big that choked on his mouth. <br />
<br />
“I was horrified to see the baby with her own tongue stuffing her month. She was crying continuously. I knew he was in pain and also hungry. But I was helpless. I could neither share his pain nor nurse him because the overgrowth had clogged his month. But we were determined to save our child come what may,” says mother Mini Lodhi, 28. <br />
<br />
Fearing Aparajit, all of seven days old, wouldn't survive as breathing apparatus was required to keep him alive.<br />
<br />
On the fourth day after birth, the infant underwent a surgery that reduced the size of his tongue tumor. <br />
<br />
“The baby was four-days-old when we operated on her. He was not able to swallow anything because of this giant tongue. This is a very rare condition called macroglossia that happens to one in 500,000 live births. Not only after birth, the baby was not able to swallow anything because of this condition in the womb also. After the operation, he was able to swallow anything for the first time ever.”<br />
<br />
It was a big tumor in the tongue and it took two hours to the team of doctors to remove the growth. “We had to remove the tumor completely as we couldn’t have left any remnant of it. But at the same time, you had to take care that the tongue doesn’t lose its function,” said Dr Agarwal, who heads the pediatric and newborn surgery department at the state-run facility. <br />
<br />
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    ExPix_Baby_can_smile_after_docs_cut_...jpg
  • Exclusive <br />
Baby can smile after docs cut to size his giant tongue that was choking on him<br />
<br />
An infant born with a giant tongue that could have choked him to death can finally smile after surgeons slice off half of it. <br />
<br />
Aparajit Lodhi, from Jabalpur of north Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, suffers from a rare congenital anomaly called Macroglossia, a medical term for an unusually large tongue. <br />
<br />
The congenital overgrowth disorder was discovered at birth and the doctors had told Aparajit’s parents to give up on her. That she was not going to live any longer. <br />
<br />
The rare condition caused his tongue to swell so big that choked on his mouth. <br />
<br />
“I was horrified to see the baby with her own tongue stuffing her month. She was crying continuously. I knew he was in pain and also hungry. But I was helpless. I could neither share his pain nor nurse him because the overgrowth had clogged his month. But we were determined to save our child come what may,” says mother Mini Lodhi, 28. <br />
<br />
Fearing Aparajit, all of seven days old, wouldn't survive as breathing apparatus was required to keep him alive.<br />
<br />
On the fourth day after birth, the infant underwent a surgery that reduced the size of his tongue tumor. <br />
<br />
“The baby was four-days-old when we operated on her. He was not able to swallow anything because of this giant tongue. This is a very rare condition called macroglossia that happens to one in 500,000 live births. Not only after birth, the baby was not able to swallow anything because of this condition in the womb also. After the operation, he was able to swallow anything for the first time ever.”<br />
<br />
It was a big tumor in the tongue and it took two hours to the team of doctors to remove the growth. “We had to remove the tumor completely as we couldn’t have left any remnant of it. But at the same time, you had to take care that the tongue doesn’t lose its function,” said Dr Agarwal, who heads the pediatric and newborn surgery department at the state-run facility. <br />
<br />
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    ExPix_Baby_can_smile_after_docs_cut_...jpg
  • Exclusive <br />
Baby can smile after docs cut to size his giant tongue that was choking on him<br />
<br />
An infant born with a giant tongue that could have choked him to death can finally smile after surgeons slice off half of it. <br />
<br />
Aparajit Lodhi, from Jabalpur of north Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, suffers from a rare congenital anomaly called Macroglossia, a medical term for an unusually large tongue. <br />
<br />
The congenital overgrowth disorder was discovered at birth and the doctors had told Aparajit’s parents to give up on her. That she was not going to live any longer. <br />
<br />
The rare condition caused his tongue to swell so big that choked on his mouth. <br />
<br />
“I was horrified to see the baby with her own tongue stuffing her month. She was crying continuously. I knew he was in pain and also hungry. But I was helpless. I could neither share his pain nor nurse him because the overgrowth had clogged his month. But we were determined to save our child come what may,” says mother Mini Lodhi, 28. <br />
<br />
Fearing Aparajit, all of seven days old, wouldn't survive as breathing apparatus was required to keep him alive.<br />
<br />
On the fourth day after birth, the infant underwent a surgery that reduced the size of his tongue tumor. <br />
<br />
“The baby was four-days-old when we operated on her. He was not able to swallow anything because of this giant tongue. This is a very rare condition called macroglossia that happens to one in 500,000 live births. Not only after birth, the baby was not able to swallow anything because of this condition in the womb also. After the operation, he was able to swallow anything for the first time ever.”<br />
<br />
It was a big tumor in the tongue and it took two hours to the team of doctors to remove the growth. “We had to remove the tumor completely as we couldn’t have left any remnant of it. But at the same time, you had to take care that the tongue doesn’t lose its function,” said Dr Agarwal, who heads the pediatric and newborn surgery department at the state-run facility. <br />
<br />
<br />
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    ExPix_Baby_can_smile_after_docs_cut_...jpg
  • Exclusive <br />
Baby can smile after docs cut to size his giant tongue that was choking on him<br />
<br />
An infant born with a giant tongue that could have choked him to death can finally smile after surgeons slice off half of it. <br />
<br />
Aparajit Lodhi, from Jabalpur of north Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, suffers from a rare congenital anomaly called Macroglossia, a medical term for an unusually large tongue. <br />
<br />
The congenital overgrowth disorder was discovered at birth and the doctors had told Aparajit’s parents to give up on her. That she was not going to live any longer. <br />
<br />
The rare condition caused his tongue to swell so big that choked on his mouth. <br />
<br />
“I was horrified to see the baby with her own tongue stuffing her month. She was crying continuously. I knew he was in pain and also hungry. But I was helpless. I could neither share his pain nor nurse him because the overgrowth had clogged his month. But we were determined to save our child come what may,” says mother Mini Lodhi, 28. <br />
<br />
Fearing Aparajit, all of seven days old, wouldn't survive as breathing apparatus was required to keep him alive.<br />
<br />
On the fourth day after birth, the infant underwent a surgery that reduced the size of his tongue tumor. <br />
<br />
“The baby was four-days-old when we operated on her. He was not able to swallow anything because of this giant tongue. This is a very rare condition called macroglossia that happens to one in 500,000 live births. Not only after birth, the baby was not able to swallow anything because of this condition in the womb also. After the operation, he was able to swallow anything for the first time ever.”<br />
<br />
It was a big tumor in the tongue and it took two hours to the team of doctors to remove the growth. “We had to remove the tumor completely as we couldn’t have left any remnant of it. But at the same time, you had to take care that the tongue doesn’t lose its function,” said Dr Agarwal, who heads the pediatric and newborn surgery department at the state-run facility. <br />
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  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
MSPCA-Angell Rescues Dog Who Chewed Off his Own Foot While Tethered Outside<br />
 <br />
Organization’s Adoption Center Raising Funds for Surgery While its Law Enforcement Team Pursues Felony Cruelty Conviction<br />
 <br />
 An emaciated two-year-old long-haired German Shepherd is lucky to be alive after chewing his own foot off in a desperate bid to free himself from the tether that was twisted around his leg for days, if not weeks, the MSPCA-Angell announced today.<br />
 <br />
“Maverick” was seized on July 12 by MSPCA Law Enforcement Officer Chelsea Weiand after the Middleboro, Mass. animal control officer discovered the dog and rushed him to a nearby animal clinic, where he was sedated so veterinarians could clean the severe wound to his right rear foot.  Officer Weiand later took Maverick to the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston for ongoing treatment.<br />
 <br />
Weiand noted that Maverick’s other legs were covered in rope burns and scars that had healed over.  “Clearly he had been entangled by his own leash many times in the past; unfortunately he was unable to free himself this last time,” she said.  Weiand estimates that Maverick had been tethered and unattended for at least a full day before he injured himself.<br />
 <br />
On July 19 Weiand charged the dog’s previous owner, Kevin Kennedy of Middleboro, with one count of felony animal cruelty for neglect and failure to pursue necessary veterinary care.  Kennedy will be arraigned in Wareham District Court on August 18.<br />
 <br />
One-of-a-Kind Surgery <br />
An injury such as Maverick’s would typically be addressed by amputating the entire leg.  But, according to Dr. Mike Pavletic, head of surgery at Angell, the dog’s hips are also compromised, taking that treatment option off the table.  “His pelvic dysplasia has advanced to the stage that he simply wouldn’t be able to walk if we took his leg off,” said Pavletic.<br />
 <br />
Pavletic will instead deploy a technique he himself developed years ago: he will reconstruct for Maverick a funct
    ExPix_Dog_Chewed_Off_Own_Foot13.JPG
  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
MSPCA-Angell Rescues Dog Who Chewed Off his Own Foot While Tethered Outside<br />
 <br />
Organization’s Adoption Center Raising Funds for Surgery While its Law Enforcement Team Pursues Felony Cruelty Conviction<br />
 <br />
 An emaciated two-year-old long-haired German Shepherd is lucky to be alive after chewing his own foot off in a desperate bid to free himself from the tether that was twisted around his leg for days, if not weeks, the MSPCA-Angell announced today.<br />
 <br />
“Maverick” was seized on July 12 by MSPCA Law Enforcement Officer Chelsea Weiand after the Middleboro, Mass. animal control officer discovered the dog and rushed him to a nearby animal clinic, where he was sedated so veterinarians could clean the severe wound to his right rear foot.  Officer Weiand later took Maverick to the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston for ongoing treatment.<br />
 <br />
Weiand noted that Maverick’s other legs were covered in rope burns and scars that had healed over.  “Clearly he had been entangled by his own leash many times in the past; unfortunately he was unable to free himself this last time,” she said.  Weiand estimates that Maverick had been tethered and unattended for at least a full day before he injured himself.<br />
 <br />
On July 19 Weiand charged the dog’s previous owner, Kevin Kennedy of Middleboro, with one count of felony animal cruelty for neglect and failure to pursue necessary veterinary care.  Kennedy will be arraigned in Wareham District Court on August 18.<br />
 <br />
One-of-a-Kind Surgery <br />
An injury such as Maverick’s would typically be addressed by amputating the entire leg.  But, according to Dr. Mike Pavletic, head of surgery at Angell, the dog’s hips are also compromised, taking that treatment option off the table.  “His pelvic dysplasia has advanced to the stage that he simply wouldn’t be able to walk if we took his leg off,” said Pavletic.<br />
 <br />
Pavletic will instead deploy a technique he himself developed years ago: he will reconstruct for Maverick a funct
    ExPix_Dog_Chewed_Off_Own_Foot12.JPG
  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
MSPCA-Angell Rescues Dog Who Chewed Off his Own Foot While Tethered Outside<br />
 <br />
Organization’s Adoption Center Raising Funds for Surgery While its Law Enforcement Team Pursues Felony Cruelty Conviction<br />
 <br />
 An emaciated two-year-old long-haired German Shepherd is lucky to be alive after chewing his own foot off in a desperate bid to free himself from the tether that was twisted around his leg for days, if not weeks, the MSPCA-Angell announced today.<br />
 <br />
“Maverick” was seized on July 12 by MSPCA Law Enforcement Officer Chelsea Weiand after the Middleboro, Mass. animal control officer discovered the dog and rushed him to a nearby animal clinic, where he was sedated so veterinarians could clean the severe wound to his right rear foot.  Officer Weiand later took Maverick to the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston for ongoing treatment.<br />
 <br />
Weiand noted that Maverick’s other legs were covered in rope burns and scars that had healed over.  “Clearly he had been entangled by his own leash many times in the past; unfortunately he was unable to free himself this last time,” she said.  Weiand estimates that Maverick had been tethered and unattended for at least a full day before he injured himself.<br />
 <br />
On July 19 Weiand charged the dog’s previous owner, Kevin Kennedy of Middleboro, with one count of felony animal cruelty for neglect and failure to pursue necessary veterinary care.  Kennedy will be arraigned in Wareham District Court on August 18.<br />
 <br />
One-of-a-Kind Surgery <br />
An injury such as Maverick’s would typically be addressed by amputating the entire leg.  But, according to Dr. Mike Pavletic, head of surgery at Angell, the dog’s hips are also compromised, taking that treatment option off the table.  “His pelvic dysplasia has advanced to the stage that he simply wouldn’t be able to walk if we took his leg off,” said Pavletic.<br />
 <br />
Pavletic will instead deploy a technique he himself developed years ago: he will reconstruct for Maverick a funct
    ExPix_Dog_Chewed_Off_Own_Foot11.JPG
  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
MSPCA-Angell Rescues Dog Who Chewed Off his Own Foot While Tethered Outside<br />
 <br />
Organization’s Adoption Center Raising Funds for Surgery While its Law Enforcement Team Pursues Felony Cruelty Conviction<br />
 <br />
 An emaciated two-year-old long-haired German Shepherd is lucky to be alive after chewing his own foot off in a desperate bid to free himself from the tether that was twisted around his leg for days, if not weeks, the MSPCA-Angell announced today.<br />
 <br />
“Maverick” was seized on July 12 by MSPCA Law Enforcement Officer Chelsea Weiand after the Middleboro, Mass. animal control officer discovered the dog and rushed him to a nearby animal clinic, where he was sedated so veterinarians could clean the severe wound to his right rear foot.  Officer Weiand later took Maverick to the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston for ongoing treatment.<br />
 <br />
Weiand noted that Maverick’s other legs were covered in rope burns and scars that had healed over.  “Clearly he had been entangled by his own leash many times in the past; unfortunately he was unable to free himself this last time,” she said.  Weiand estimates that Maverick had been tethered and unattended for at least a full day before he injured himself.<br />
 <br />
On July 19 Weiand charged the dog’s previous owner, Kevin Kennedy of Middleboro, with one count of felony animal cruelty for neglect and failure to pursue necessary veterinary care.  Kennedy will be arraigned in Wareham District Court on August 18.<br />
 <br />
One-of-a-Kind Surgery <br />
An injury such as Maverick’s would typically be addressed by amputating the entire leg.  But, according to Dr. Mike Pavletic, head of surgery at Angell, the dog’s hips are also compromised, taking that treatment option off the table.  “His pelvic dysplasia has advanced to the stage that he simply wouldn’t be able to walk if we took his leg off,” said Pavletic.<br />
 <br />
Pavletic will instead deploy a technique he himself developed years ago: he will reconstruct for Maverick a funct
    ExPix_Dog_Chewed_Off_Own_Foot9.JPG
  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
MSPCA-Angell Rescues Dog Who Chewed Off his Own Foot While Tethered Outside<br />
 <br />
Organization’s Adoption Center Raising Funds for Surgery While its Law Enforcement Team Pursues Felony Cruelty Conviction<br />
 <br />
 An emaciated two-year-old long-haired German Shepherd is lucky to be alive after chewing his own foot off in a desperate bid to free himself from the tether that was twisted around his leg for days, if not weeks, the MSPCA-Angell announced today.<br />
 <br />
“Maverick” was seized on July 12 by MSPCA Law Enforcement Officer Chelsea Weiand after the Middleboro, Mass. animal control officer discovered the dog and rushed him to a nearby animal clinic, where he was sedated so veterinarians could clean the severe wound to his right rear foot.  Officer Weiand later took Maverick to the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston for ongoing treatment.<br />
 <br />
Weiand noted that Maverick’s other legs were covered in rope burns and scars that had healed over.  “Clearly he had been entangled by his own leash many times in the past; unfortunately he was unable to free himself this last time,” she said.  Weiand estimates that Maverick had been tethered and unattended for at least a full day before he injured himself.<br />
 <br />
On July 19 Weiand charged the dog’s previous owner, Kevin Kennedy of Middleboro, with one count of felony animal cruelty for neglect and failure to pursue necessary veterinary care.  Kennedy will be arraigned in Wareham District Court on August 18.<br />
 <br />
One-of-a-Kind Surgery <br />
An injury such as Maverick’s would typically be addressed by amputating the entire leg.  But, according to Dr. Mike Pavletic, head of surgery at Angell, the dog’s hips are also compromised, taking that treatment option off the table.  “His pelvic dysplasia has advanced to the stage that he simply wouldn’t be able to walk if we took his leg off,” said Pavletic.<br />
 <br />
Pavletic will instead deploy a technique he himself developed years ago: he will reconstruct for Maverick a funct
    ExPix_Dog_Chewed_Off_Own_Foot10.JPG
  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
MSPCA-Angell Rescues Dog Who Chewed Off his Own Foot While Tethered Outside<br />
 <br />
Organization’s Adoption Center Raising Funds for Surgery While its Law Enforcement Team Pursues Felony Cruelty Conviction<br />
 <br />
 An emaciated two-year-old long-haired German Shepherd is lucky to be alive after chewing his own foot off in a desperate bid to free himself from the tether that was twisted around his leg for days, if not weeks, the MSPCA-Angell announced today.<br />
 <br />
“Maverick” was seized on July 12 by MSPCA Law Enforcement Officer Chelsea Weiand after the Middleboro, Mass. animal control officer discovered the dog and rushed him to a nearby animal clinic, where he was sedated so veterinarians could clean the severe wound to his right rear foot.  Officer Weiand later took Maverick to the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston for ongoing treatment.<br />
 <br />
Weiand noted that Maverick’s other legs were covered in rope burns and scars that had healed over.  “Clearly he had been entangled by his own leash many times in the past; unfortunately he was unable to free himself this last time,” she said.  Weiand estimates that Maverick had been tethered and unattended for at least a full day before he injured himself.<br />
 <br />
On July 19 Weiand charged the dog’s previous owner, Kevin Kennedy of Middleboro, with one count of felony animal cruelty for neglect and failure to pursue necessary veterinary care.  Kennedy will be arraigned in Wareham District Court on August 18.<br />
 <br />
One-of-a-Kind Surgery <br />
An injury such as Maverick’s would typically be addressed by amputating the entire leg.  But, according to Dr. Mike Pavletic, head of surgery at Angell, the dog’s hips are also compromised, taking that treatment option off the table.  “His pelvic dysplasia has advanced to the stage that he simply wouldn’t be able to walk if we took his leg off,” said Pavletic.<br />
 <br />
Pavletic will instead deploy a technique he himself developed years ago: he will reconstruct for Maverick a funct
    ExPix_Dog_Chewed_Off_Own_Foot8.JPG
  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
MSPCA-Angell Rescues Dog Who Chewed Off his Own Foot While Tethered Outside<br />
 <br />
Organization’s Adoption Center Raising Funds for Surgery While its Law Enforcement Team Pursues Felony Cruelty Conviction<br />
 <br />
 An emaciated two-year-old long-haired German Shepherd is lucky to be alive after chewing his own foot off in a desperate bid to free himself from the tether that was twisted around his leg for days, if not weeks, the MSPCA-Angell announced today.<br />
 <br />
“Maverick” was seized on July 12 by MSPCA Law Enforcement Officer Chelsea Weiand after the Middleboro, Mass. animal control officer discovered the dog and rushed him to a nearby animal clinic, where he was sedated so veterinarians could clean the severe wound to his right rear foot.  Officer Weiand later took Maverick to the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston for ongoing treatment.<br />
 <br />
Weiand noted that Maverick’s other legs were covered in rope burns and scars that had healed over.  “Clearly he had been entangled by his own leash many times in the past; unfortunately he was unable to free himself this last time,” she said.  Weiand estimates that Maverick had been tethered and unattended for at least a full day before he injured himself.<br />
 <br />
On July 19 Weiand charged the dog’s previous owner, Kevin Kennedy of Middleboro, with one count of felony animal cruelty for neglect and failure to pursue necessary veterinary care.  Kennedy will be arraigned in Wareham District Court on August 18.<br />
 <br />
One-of-a-Kind Surgery <br />
An injury such as Maverick’s would typically be addressed by amputating the entire leg.  But, according to Dr. Mike Pavletic, head of surgery at Angell, the dog’s hips are also compromised, taking that treatment option off the table.  “His pelvic dysplasia has advanced to the stage that he simply wouldn’t be able to walk if we took his leg off,” said Pavletic.<br />
 <br />
Pavletic will instead deploy a technique he himself developed years ago: he will reconstruct for Maverick a funct
    ExPix_Dog_Chewed_Off_Own_Foot7.JPG
  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
MSPCA-Angell Rescues Dog Who Chewed Off his Own Foot While Tethered Outside<br />
 <br />
Organization’s Adoption Center Raising Funds for Surgery While its Law Enforcement Team Pursues Felony Cruelty Conviction<br />
 <br />
 An emaciated two-year-old long-haired German Shepherd is lucky to be alive after chewing his own foot off in a desperate bid to free himself from the tether that was twisted around his leg for days, if not weeks, the MSPCA-Angell announced today.<br />
 <br />
“Maverick” was seized on July 12 by MSPCA Law Enforcement Officer Chelsea Weiand after the Middleboro, Mass. animal control officer discovered the dog and rushed him to a nearby animal clinic, where he was sedated so veterinarians could clean the severe wound to his right rear foot.  Officer Weiand later took Maverick to the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston for ongoing treatment.<br />
 <br />
Weiand noted that Maverick’s other legs were covered in rope burns and scars that had healed over.  “Clearly he had been entangled by his own leash many times in the past; unfortunately he was unable to free himself this last time,” she said.  Weiand estimates that Maverick had been tethered and unattended for at least a full day before he injured himself.<br />
 <br />
On July 19 Weiand charged the dog’s previous owner, Kevin Kennedy of Middleboro, with one count of felony animal cruelty for neglect and failure to pursue necessary veterinary care.  Kennedy will be arraigned in Wareham District Court on August 18.<br />
 <br />
One-of-a-Kind Surgery <br />
An injury such as Maverick’s would typically be addressed by amputating the entire leg.  But, according to Dr. Mike Pavletic, head of surgery at Angell, the dog’s hips are also compromised, taking that treatment option off the table.  “His pelvic dysplasia has advanced to the stage that he simply wouldn’t be able to walk if we took his leg off,” said Pavletic.<br />
 <br />
Pavletic will instead deploy a technique he himself developed years ago: he will reconstruct for Maverick a funct
    ExPix_Dog_Chewed_Off_Own_Foot6.JPG
  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
MSPCA-Angell Rescues Dog Who Chewed Off his Own Foot While Tethered Outside<br />
 <br />
Organization’s Adoption Center Raising Funds for Surgery While its Law Enforcement Team Pursues Felony Cruelty Conviction<br />
 <br />
 An emaciated two-year-old long-haired German Shepherd is lucky to be alive after chewing his own foot off in a desperate bid to free himself from the tether that was twisted around his leg for days, if not weeks, the MSPCA-Angell announced today.<br />
 <br />
“Maverick” was seized on July 12 by MSPCA Law Enforcement Officer Chelsea Weiand after the Middleboro, Mass. animal control officer discovered the dog and rushed him to a nearby animal clinic, where he was sedated so veterinarians could clean the severe wound to his right rear foot.  Officer Weiand later took Maverick to the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston for ongoing treatment.<br />
 <br />
Weiand noted that Maverick’s other legs were covered in rope burns and scars that had healed over.  “Clearly he had been entangled by his own leash many times in the past; unfortunately he was unable to free himself this last time,” she said.  Weiand estimates that Maverick had been tethered and unattended for at least a full day before he injured himself.<br />
 <br />
On July 19 Weiand charged the dog’s previous owner, Kevin Kennedy of Middleboro, with one count of felony animal cruelty for neglect and failure to pursue necessary veterinary care.  Kennedy will be arraigned in Wareham District Court on August 18.<br />
 <br />
One-of-a-Kind Surgery <br />
An injury such as Maverick’s would typically be addressed by amputating the entire leg.  But, according to Dr. Mike Pavletic, head of surgery at Angell, the dog’s hips are also compromised, taking that treatment option off the table.  “His pelvic dysplasia has advanced to the stage that he simply wouldn’t be able to walk if we took his leg off,” said Pavletic.<br />
 <br />
Pavletic will instead deploy a technique he himself developed years ago: he will reconstruct for Maverick a funct
    ExPix_Dog_Chewed_Off_Own_Foot5.JPG
  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
MSPCA-Angell Rescues Dog Who Chewed Off his Own Foot While Tethered Outside<br />
 <br />
Organization’s Adoption Center Raising Funds for Surgery While its Law Enforcement Team Pursues Felony Cruelty Conviction<br />
 <br />
 An emaciated two-year-old long-haired German Shepherd is lucky to be alive after chewing his own foot off in a desperate bid to free himself from the tether that was twisted around his leg for days, if not weeks, the MSPCA-Angell announced today.<br />
 <br />
“Maverick” was seized on July 12 by MSPCA Law Enforcement Officer Chelsea Weiand after the Middleboro, Mass. animal control officer discovered the dog and rushed him to a nearby animal clinic, where he was sedated so veterinarians could clean the severe wound to his right rear foot.  Officer Weiand later took Maverick to the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston for ongoing treatment.<br />
 <br />
Weiand noted that Maverick’s other legs were covered in rope burns and scars that had healed over.  “Clearly he had been entangled by his own leash many times in the past; unfortunately he was unable to free himself this last time,” she said.  Weiand estimates that Maverick had been tethered and unattended for at least a full day before he injured himself.<br />
 <br />
On July 19 Weiand charged the dog’s previous owner, Kevin Kennedy of Middleboro, with one count of felony animal cruelty for neglect and failure to pursue necessary veterinary care.  Kennedy will be arraigned in Wareham District Court on August 18.<br />
 <br />
One-of-a-Kind Surgery <br />
An injury such as Maverick’s would typically be addressed by amputating the entire leg.  But, according to Dr. Mike Pavletic, head of surgery at Angell, the dog’s hips are also compromised, taking that treatment option off the table.  “His pelvic dysplasia has advanced to the stage that he simply wouldn’t be able to walk if we took his leg off,” said Pavletic.<br />
 <br />
Pavletic will instead deploy a technique he himself developed years ago: he will reconstruct for Maverick a funct
    ExPix_Dog_Chewed_Off_Own_Foot3.JPG
  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
MSPCA-Angell Rescues Dog Who Chewed Off his Own Foot While Tethered Outside<br />
 <br />
Organization’s Adoption Center Raising Funds for Surgery While its Law Enforcement Team Pursues Felony Cruelty Conviction<br />
 <br />
 An emaciated two-year-old long-haired German Shepherd is lucky to be alive after chewing his own foot off in a desperate bid to free himself from the tether that was twisted around his leg for days, if not weeks, the MSPCA-Angell announced today.<br />
 <br />
“Maverick” was seized on July 12 by MSPCA Law Enforcement Officer Chelsea Weiand after the Middleboro, Mass. animal control officer discovered the dog and rushed him to a nearby animal clinic, where he was sedated so veterinarians could clean the severe wound to his right rear foot.  Officer Weiand later took Maverick to the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston for ongoing treatment.<br />
 <br />
Weiand noted that Maverick’s other legs were covered in rope burns and scars that had healed over.  “Clearly he had been entangled by his own leash many times in the past; unfortunately he was unable to free himself this last time,” she said.  Weiand estimates that Maverick had been tethered and unattended for at least a full day before he injured himself.<br />
 <br />
On July 19 Weiand charged the dog’s previous owner, Kevin Kennedy of Middleboro, with one count of felony animal cruelty for neglect and failure to pursue necessary veterinary care.  Kennedy will be arraigned in Wareham District Court on August 18.<br />
 <br />
One-of-a-Kind Surgery <br />
An injury such as Maverick’s would typically be addressed by amputating the entire leg.  But, according to Dr. Mike Pavletic, head of surgery at Angell, the dog’s hips are also compromised, taking that treatment option off the table.  “His pelvic dysplasia has advanced to the stage that he simply wouldn’t be able to walk if we took his leg off,” said Pavletic.<br />
 <br />
Pavletic will instead deploy a technique he himself developed years ago: he will reconstruct for Maverick a funct
    ExPix_Dog_Chewed_Off_Own_Foot4.JPG
  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
MSPCA-Angell Rescues Dog Who Chewed Off his Own Foot While Tethered Outside<br />
 <br />
Organization’s Adoption Center Raising Funds for Surgery While its Law Enforcement Team Pursues Felony Cruelty Conviction<br />
 <br />
 An emaciated two-year-old long-haired German Shepherd is lucky to be alive after chewing his own foot off in a desperate bid to free himself from the tether that was twisted around his leg for days, if not weeks, the MSPCA-Angell announced today.<br />
 <br />
“Maverick” was seized on July 12 by MSPCA Law Enforcement Officer Chelsea Weiand after the Middleboro, Mass. animal control officer discovered the dog and rushed him to a nearby animal clinic, where he was sedated so veterinarians could clean the severe wound to his right rear foot.  Officer Weiand later took Maverick to the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston for ongoing treatment.<br />
 <br />
Weiand noted that Maverick’s other legs were covered in rope burns and scars that had healed over.  “Clearly he had been entangled by his own leash many times in the past; unfortunately he was unable to free himself this last time,” she said.  Weiand estimates that Maverick had been tethered and unattended for at least a full day before he injured himself.<br />
 <br />
On July 19 Weiand charged the dog’s previous owner, Kevin Kennedy of Middleboro, with one count of felony animal cruelty for neglect and failure to pursue necessary veterinary care.  Kennedy will be arraigned in Wareham District Court on August 18.<br />
 <br />
One-of-a-Kind Surgery <br />
An injury such as Maverick’s would typically be addressed by amputating the entire leg.  But, according to Dr. Mike Pavletic, head of surgery at Angell, the dog’s hips are also compromised, taking that treatment option off the table.  “His pelvic dysplasia has advanced to the stage that he simply wouldn’t be able to walk if we took his leg off,” said Pavletic.<br />
 <br />
Pavletic will instead deploy a technique he himself developed years ago: he will reconstruct for Maverick a funct
    ExPix_Dog_Chewed_Off_Own_Foot1.JPG
  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
MSPCA-Angell Rescues Dog Who Chewed Off his Own Foot While Tethered Outside<br />
 <br />
Organization’s Adoption Center Raising Funds for Surgery While its Law Enforcement Team Pursues Felony Cruelty Conviction<br />
 <br />
 An emaciated two-year-old long-haired German Shepherd is lucky to be alive after chewing his own foot off in a desperate bid to free himself from the tether that was twisted around his leg for days, if not weeks, the MSPCA-Angell announced today.<br />
 <br />
“Maverick” was seized on July 12 by MSPCA Law Enforcement Officer Chelsea Weiand after the Middleboro, Mass. animal control officer discovered the dog and rushed him to a nearby animal clinic, where he was sedated so veterinarians could clean the severe wound to his right rear foot.  Officer Weiand later took Maverick to the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston for ongoing treatment.<br />
 <br />
Weiand noted that Maverick’s other legs were covered in rope burns and scars that had healed over.  “Clearly he had been entangled by his own leash many times in the past; unfortunately he was unable to free himself this last time,” she said.  Weiand estimates that Maverick had been tethered and unattended for at least a full day before he injured himself.<br />
 <br />
On July 19 Weiand charged the dog’s previous owner, Kevin Kennedy of Middleboro, with one count of felony animal cruelty for neglect and failure to pursue necessary veterinary care.  Kennedy will be arraigned in Wareham District Court on August 18.<br />
 <br />
One-of-a-Kind Surgery <br />
An injury such as Maverick’s would typically be addressed by amputating the entire leg.  But, according to Dr. Mike Pavletic, head of surgery at Angell, the dog’s hips are also compromised, taking that treatment option off the table.  “His pelvic dysplasia has advanced to the stage that he simply wouldn’t be able to walk if we took his leg off,” said Pavletic.<br />
 <br />
Pavletic will instead deploy a technique he himself developed years ago: he will reconstruct for Maverick a funct
    ExPix_Dog_Chewed_Off_Own_Foot2.JPG
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