GROTTOES, Va. (WHSV) – A Grottoes girl has constructed a particular bond with a brand new animal addition to her family, named after a really particular person in her life.
Robin Sipe started seeing specialists at Sentara RMH a number of years in the past for points along with her lungs, one in every of them was pulmonary doctor Dr. Earl King.
“Dr. King has saved my life at least three times,” Sipe mentioned.
Dr. King has handled Sipe for her completely different issues over the years, however a unique sort of well being subject arose at a recent appointment.
“I was very very sad. Dr. King asked me why I was so sad because he was concerned about my overall well-being. I told him I had lost my beloved pet, a cat, and I was very sad about her loss,” Sipe mentioned.
That was when Dr. King obtained inventive together with his remedy.
“I’d recommended that proceed to get a new cat and I actually wrote her a prescription to get a cat. Cats and dogs are important for patients for comfort or touch or wellbeing of their cardiovascular health, lung health,” Dr. King mentioned.
Sipe mentioned she left Dr. King’s workplace that day and went to a farm to select up some produce, that was when she got here throughout little Earlene.
“She’s a three-legged kitten,” Sipe mentioned.
Earlene suffered an damage shortly after she was born and misplaced most of one in every of her entrance paws. But, immediately Sipe knew the 2 had an prompt bond and mentioned that she got here into her life at simply the fitting time.
“I live here alone and she’s a lot of company to me, she likes to play I like to play. We do great, we love each other, we respect each other,” Sipe mentioned.
As Earlene grows up, Robin mentioned she hopes to pay it ahead with the identical care that Dr. King confirmed her.
“He was compassionate, he was caring, he went the extra mile for me. And I hope that everyone can have a doctor in their life just like Dr. King.”
Sipe added that she want to take Earlene on visits to services that assist veterans or these coping with limb loss.
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