Disabled War Vet Saves Drowning Dog With CPR

Greetings and Salutations to All my Kith and Kin and All the Ships in Outer Space:

Are you a dog lover?

I love dogs, especially if they're grilled, and served with chili and mustard.

I just now saw this report from the Reuters News Service, and I just have to share it.

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VETERAN SAVES HIS DROWNING DOG WITH CPR

DISABLED FORMER AIRMAN RESCUES TEN MONTH OLD ENGLISH BULLDOG FROM LAKE

CHICAGO -------

If a dog is man's best friend, a disabled United States Air Force veteran showed the feeling is mutual by saving his drowning pet with mouth to snout Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation.

Lucy, a ten month old English bulldog, chased ducks into a partly frozen lake near Randy Gurchin's home in Papillion, Nebraska, but quickly became paralyzed in the icy water and briefly went under.

The fifty pound dog was unresponsive and had a blue face and bloody foam around its muzzle when Gurchin, who flew combat missions over Iraq and Afghanistan, edged onto the ice.

"The ice started to crack under me.

I just picked her up," he said.

"I thought she was dead."

But Gurchin, fifty one years old, put his military first aid training to use.

He closed Lucy's mouth, put his mouth over her nose and started forcing air into her lungs and pushing on her chest.

Within minutes, the dog began breathing shallowly and was rushed to a nearby veterinarian.

Doctors soaked Lucy in warm water, injected steroids and muscle relaxants, and put her in an oxygen chamber.

She has since made a full recovery.

"Our little Lucy is back," said Gurchin's wife, Kelley.

Her husband, who retired from the military with a back injury in Two Thousand Five, and walks with a cane, has vowed not to let the dog out of his sight, she said.

"He would never say he loved her until this rescue mission," she said.

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Ain't that something?

All together now, let's hear a big long - - -

"Awwwww!!!"

Don't that just give you the warm fuzzies?

Thank You.

John Robert "SAIGON" Mallernee, KB3KWS
Official Bard of Clan Henderson
Armed Forces Retirement Home
Washington, D.C. 20011-8400

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