Priscilla Timmons of Cooper City had been in a coma at Memorial Hospital West for more than 24 hours when something wonderfully odd occurred.

She felt Scrunchie, a Golden Retriever, nuzzle her finger, and reached out to the therapy dog who had been brought to her bedside in the intensive care unit at Memorial West Hospital in Pembroke Pines.

Until then, Timmons, only 38 at the time, said she could hear her family beside her in the ICU praying and encouraging the medical staff to pray. She knew she was fighting for her life, but had been unable to open her eyes or communicate. Her cousin, knowing Timmons is a dog lover, asked for the therapy pet to visit.

“I remember, while unable to open my eyes, having a very special visitor, one of the Memorial’s special therapy dogs,” Timmons said

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