Two-legged dog gives hope to disabled vets

[UrbScotty]

So Rueben turned Faith over to his mother, English professor Jude Stringfellow. At first the family had to carry Faith to keep her off her chest and chin. But with peanut butter and practice, Faith learned to walk on her two hind legs.

Since that day on March 22, 2002, Faith has done the talk show circuit, gone on tour with Ozzy Osbourne and been named an honorary Army sergeant. Jude Stringfellow has become a motivational speaker, written two books about Faith and is working on a third, "Faith Walks."

They get more than 200 letters and e-mails a day, run a Web site and make dozens of appearances every year, including stops at veterans' hospitals across the country to cheer injured soldiers.

That mission is special for Stringfellow, whose son left Iraq in September and is stationed in Alaska. He is scheduled to get out of the Army and head home on Jan. 1.

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[Uncle Joe]

1. Excellent story.

Thanks for the thread, UrbScotty.:thumbsup:

Edit to add, I like this picture.:)

[Joe Chi Minh]

2. This sounds like only the beginning of a journey, but who knows how fast and

far-reaching it may be? So many service-people with amputated limbs.

In tonight's Edinburgh Evening News, there is this encouraging little item:

Climber hails stem cells for saving smashed leg

'A MAN who faced amputation after he broke a leg while rock climbing, spoke today of a revolutionary new stem-cell technique which fused it back together.

Andrew Kent's right leg broke in five places when a large boulder fell on him in the Langdale Pikes in the Lake District in April.

Under the revolutionary new treatment stem cells were removed from the bone marrow in his hip and mixed with a new collagen called Cartfll.'

I believe they do foresee a time when it might be possible cause new organs to grow from stem cells.