At Levine Children’s Hospital, therapy dogs provide “a special kind of medicine”
03/27/24 at 02:45 AM
At Levine Children’s Hospital, therapy dogs provide “a special kind of medicine”
Charlotte Magazine, by Jen Tota McGivney; 3/25/24
Last winter, after a little boy at Levine Children’s Hospital entered end-of-life care, his doctors and nurses wanted to give the boy and his family happy moments together in the hospital. They called in a specialist. Enter Sprout, a 4-year-old Labrador retriever. Sprout is the key member of the Art & Barks program at the oncology and hemophilia clinic at Levine Children’s Hospital. ... The family spent hours that day at Art & Barks, drawing and taking pictures together and cuddling Sprout. The mementos became priceless works of art.