Every responsible dog owner adores their pet, but even well-mannered dogs
may occasionally be rather obnoxious. Examples of these behaviors include
barking for food or whimpering to be taken outside for the tenth time in a
row. However, it has been shown that a dog's bark can occasionally save a
life.
Of course, there are police dogs that can locate contraband, security dogs
who use their barks to protect our houses, and trained rescue dogs that can
locate people after tragedies. However, this tale—about a typical dog with a
huge heart—is unique and will win you over.
It turns out that Keola, the life-saving dog, may have been attempting to
save her owner's life while first managing to greatly disturb her family
with her barking. When Keola began barking at Alhanna Butler of Doncaster,
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom, she decided to visit the doctor and was
diagnosed shortly after.
Because Alhanna's illness was so uncommon, medical professionals had to
create a brand-new medicine to combat the bug—something they had never seen
before. Regardless, this 2016 tale demonstrates how much canines may
comprehend about us and how wonderfully they can help us at our significant
life moments. It remains to be known if Keola was genuinely able to sense
something was off, but Alhanna and her husband Ricky Butler are confident in
her unique talent, which appears to outperform that of many skilled medical
professionals.
Alhanna is aware that her dog Keola had a keen sense of intuition—so much
so that Keola was able to save her life! Keola, an Akita, reportedly helped
Alhanna realize that her pregnancy problems were more concerning than the
doctors had initially believed, according to The Mirror.
Keola assisted determine the cause of Alhanna's pregnancy, who was 21 years
old at the time, by providing the negative test that Alhanna had thrown
away. When she looked at it more closely, Alhanna saw a small line, and she
knew she was indeed pregnant! Keola's unique sense of intuition proved to be
crucial in preserving Alhanna's life.
Alhanna started getting sick more frequently as her pregnancy reached week
eighteen. Keola would try to take care of her while patiently waiting with
her next to the restroom. But as time went on, Alhanna started to feel ill
and had excruciating back pain, necessitating hospitalization for a midwife.
She assured Alhanna that there was nothing seriously wrong with her and that
the pregnancy had been challenging because of her petite body.
"It was terrible. Some said to me, 'Oh if you can't manage this, how are
you going to cope with having a baby?' as if I was simply being a wimp. I
could hardly walk, though," Alhanna remarked. Keola seems to detect that
Alhanna's suffering was unusual. She would look at Alhanna for hours on end
and would not stop sobbing and crying. Alhanna was impacted by this behavior
and started to worry that things might not be as well as the doctors had
said.
"She just sat staring at me so intently that it really scared me," Alhanna
said on Facebook after seeing Keola's unusual behavior. "When the doctors
sent me home and said there was nothing seriously wrong," Alhanna said.
Although it was written in jest, Alhanna quickly received calls from friends
and relatives advising her to take Keola's actions seriously.
"My mother then called and told me to pay attention to my dog because she
was trying to tell me something." As it happens, she was dead correct and
preserved our lives. Alhanna expressed her gratitude, saying, "She is the
most amazing dog and I owe her my life."
Alhanna needed to be admitted to critical care after collapsing
unexpectedly on her way to the hospital. It was discovered that Alhanna's
suffering was caused by a "superbug" that was so uncommon that it had only
ever afflicted one other individual in the United Kingdom.
Since the bug was resistant to antibiotics, a new medication specifically
designed to treat the illness in Alhanna had to be developed. Alhanna was
informed that the first two weeks were crucial and that she might not have
been as fortunate if she had arrived even one day later. Alhanna hardly
recalls those two weeks, according to The Mirror, and there's a good chance
that her double kidney infection caused her death.
Nobody truly realized how sick I was, but Keola did. I could never
understand why she had begun doing this all of a sudden; she would nudge me
and weep. Ricky claimed that although she had never complained before, she
was upset every time I left to work, according to Alhanna. "I can now be
certain that Keola was attempting to alert me to a problem. She went on, "I
just wish I had listened to her sooner."
Alhanna persuaded her physicians to allow her to spend a few hours at home
after more than a month in the hospital, just long enough to reassure Keola
of her well-being. Her spouse was able to capture the heartwarming exchange
on camera when she got home. After her baby Lincoln was born, she sent a
thank-you video to Keola, and it soon gained popularity. "I'm positive that
if Keola hadn't happened, neither Lincoln nor I would be here today,"
Alhanna remarked.
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