Best Kiss - WINNER
Suzy, the amazing Dalmation
by Dick Kalfus
(Cape Coral, Fla.)
We were in a Hospice facility, in Fort Lauderdale Florida, visiting my dad who was dying of cancer. Suzy was with us, and she lifted the spirits of the staff, the visitors, and the patients.
Noticing the impact Suzy had on others, a grief-stricken man came to us and explained that his mother was in a coma. She was dying, and his grief revolved around the fact that he never had the opportunity to say goodbye...to kiss and hug her, before she lapsed into the coma. The doctors and nurses said it was hopeless.
Upon entering the mother’s room, Suzy suddenly jumped on her bed and began licking her face. The woman sat up in bed, looked at Suzy and yelled, “Rover!”
Rover was a Dalmatian that this woman had and loved 50 years ago. The woman amazingly was awake. She spoke to her son. They reminisced and hugged. They ate together. They looked at family pictures. They said goodbye, and she put
her head on her pillow and died.
The Doctors were speechless and amazed while her son sobbed his appreciation. The story of Suzy's kiss was published in the newspaper and she became a local hero overnight.
(Click here to see more pictures of Suzy along with the local newspaper article.)
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