Kim Campbell Thornton, MSNBC
JANUARY 26, 2009Pamela Plante’s dog knew something she didn’t.
Plante's leg was feeling sore when she walked and, as usual, she tried to ignore her aches and pains. But this time her 7-pound Yorkshire terrier, Morgan, wouldn't let her. The dog kept jumping at her aching leg, making it worse. At first, Plante thought something was wrong with Morgan.
“After she jumped on my leg, she would sit and look at me and shake or shiver,�?says the Smithfield, R.I., woman. “From past experience, I knew she would shake like that when she was in pain, so I picked her up and checked her all over trying to find out what was wrong and couldn't find anything. When I put her down she would jump on my leg again.�?
Finally, Plante inspected her leg in a mirror and discovered it was red up to the knee.
Plante called her doctor who told her to get checked immediately. She was diagnosed with sepsis and spent a week in the hospital recovering from the infection that started in her leg and spread through her body. |
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