ANN ARBOR, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) – Therapy dogs play a key role in the patient experience at CS Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor.
The dogs are part of the Lipshutz-Dansky Family Paws4Patients Program.
Patients and staff know them by name and greet them as they make their rounds around the hospital.
Rebecca Wright is a nurse in the pediatric palliative care unit.
She arrives to work each day with six-year-old golden retriever Fawn by her side.
Fawn lives with Wright, who is her main handler, while she works in the hospital to bring warmth and comfort to patients.
Mid-morning, she arrives in the NICU and greets some nurses who are taking a break to gather their thoughts.
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