McKinney Woman Rescued By Her Dog
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McKINNEY (KRLD) - A McKinney woman has her rescue dog to thank for a recent rescue at her home. Janet Wilhelm tells KRLD's Susan Darwin it started about a week and a half ago when she spilled some dog food in the garage.Wilhelm says she fell and fractured her hip in 5 places and had no one to help her. She then made an effort to get to the garage door that leads into the house.
"As they came out (the dogs) I was on the floor, of course, trying to get into the house and the dog came up to me, my black lab, Mabel, and she's licking my face. I grabbed onto her collar just because I was in so much pain, and she just started to back up into the house and drag me into the house," said Wilhelm. "And I had to stop several times because it was so painful, but as I let go, she kept coming back and kissing my face and trying to tell me it's okay. I ended up grabbing her collar again and she kept backing up. And little my by little she dragged me all the way into the house until I could get to my phone."
Wilhelm is recovering at Medical Center of McKinney and hopes to go home Wednesday. She'll continue rehab for the next several weeks and hopes to back to work in about 8 weeks.
Wilhelm works at the hospital, she's a labor and delivery nurse.
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