Devin and Hero Devin and his Grandmother came into Petco one Saturday on their way to his 5th birthday party. Devins Grandmother explained to us that he was born with an extremely rare condition that he and only one other child in the US has. As a result, he has had about 8 surgeries so far and is expected that he will have more. While we were getting the story on Devin, he was in the pen with 6 dogs. He walked around looking at them all and trying to communicate with them and trying to get them to play with him. As the Grandmother was finishing telling us his story, he had picked "his" dog, the one with the blue collar. They had spent more time there than planned and had to rush off to the party. We got a call about 3 hours later and the grandmother was making sure we were still there. We assured her that we would stay until they could get back. When they returned, Devin got back in the pen and went straight to Hero, "his" dog. While he was laying on the floor petting Hero, we talked more with the Grandmother and explained that Hero couldn't go home today but would have to go to the vet and get fixed first. When she told him Hero couldn't go home with him but would have to have a surgery first, he said in a very sweet little voice "will he have to ride the elevator like I do,,,,, and will someone be there to hold his hand?" We couldn't hold back the tears but somehow held it together enough to reassure him that someone certainly would be there to hold Hero's hand. |