Baxter the therapy dog spent most of his 19 years on this earth (19 years!) providing care and comfort to patients at the end of their lives. And even when Baxter was at the end of his, he never stopped healing people.
Even though, at 19 years old, Baxter stopped being able to walk, he still provided comfort to hospice patients by sitting in their beds, licking their faces, and staying with them in their final hours. He is truly the definition of love!
Melissa Joseph, Baxter's owner, explains what happened whenever Baxter was in a room. "When he gets in bed with a patient, or with a family member on the sofa, something happens in the room. The pain eviscerates, the tears dry into smiles, and all of a sudden, for a moment, you would think that everybody was alive. Really alive."
Baxter has since passed away, but his memory lives on forever.
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