FAMILY DOG HAD SAVED TEEN’S LIFE, AS HE HAD WAKE EVERYONE WHILE THE KID WAS HAVING A STROKE
When it was the night of August 26, Amanda Tanner, a mother from Spring, Texas, wake up with the barks of her dog, Axel. “He was pawing me more than normal to get me to move,” she said.
As her husband led the dog out of their room, he had kept barking and pawing their 17-year-old son’s room, Gabriel.
As they saw that their son didn’t come from his room to the voices, they went in, and got shocked as they saw him while having a stroke.
Thanks to their dog, Axel, they were able to save their son, Gabriel, from the stroke, as if they wouldn’t notice, he might have lost his life.
“It’s very amazing that their dog alerted and started this whole process of getting everyone awake and going downstairs,” Dr. Sabih Effendi, doctor of Gabriel, from Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center, said.
“When somebody’s acutely having a stroke, the neurons are dying. … If he was not found and another three or four hours went by, there would have been more and more and more brain injury.”
“Our entire lives stopped in time for a bit and basically exploded,” the worried mother, Amanda said from her Facebook account.
“I saw these things in movies and testimonials but never thought I’d ever experience such a thing. No one signs up for this!”
“Life is so fragile and changes in a blink of an eye, just like that, over night but we see GOD has a plan through the most terrible times in life and we see His hand moving at every step, through every healing baby step, with every visit and encouragement that comes with the outpouring of love on Gabriel and our family.”
As Gabriel said, he had no significant problems before he slept, as he said, he only experienced a headache.
As he is recovering from the stroke he experienced, their family dog, Axel, is following him everywhere.
“He’s now tasked with following Gabriel everywhere,” said Amanda, and added, “He’s now sleeping with Gabriel more, and Gabriel’s doors are open so he can go in and out.”
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