After a month in a coma from a severe brain injury, a police officer lay unresponsive in the ICU. Doctors had nearly given up hope. With life support set to be withdrawn, they allowed his K9 partner, a young pup named Lari, to say goodbye.
Lari hesitated at first—then suddenly barked, jumped onto the bed, and licked his handler’s face as if calling him back.
Moments later, the monitors beeped. The officer’s heart rate rose. He took a breath. Then—he blinked.
Against all odds, he was waking up.
No one could fully explain it, but one doctor quietly said what they were all thinking:
“Looks like it wasn’t in vain we let the dog in.”