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Therapy dogs aid kids dealing with illness in family
For the first five years of their sister Brianna’s life, Faryal and Jenna Mohammed, now 12 and 10, respectively, watched as their parents spent weeks at the hospital with her.
Brianna, 8, was born with kidney failure. She was hospitalized for most of her young life and underwent two kidney transplants.
During this time, her sisters took refuge at SIBSPlace, a free program established...
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