03/12/2024
Proud of you Maxy boy 5 years of visiting the Children at Royal Derby Hospital every Friday - bringing the smiles.
People always ask me how and why I started this and I realise I have never told the story ….. when I was a patient at the Children’s Hospital I had been in a long time and was really struggling - one afternoon in visiting a gentleman walked in with a black Labrador and I burst into tears - the man was blind and thought I was scared of the dog so my Mum explained that it was tears of joy to see a dog - so he instructed the dog to come and sit with me while he visited his relative - I have NEVER forgotten the impact that made on me in that moment in that hospital bed.
When I found out that Pets As Therapy existed as a charity I knew Max would be the man for the job and the rest as they say is history!