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<P><BR><BR>Seizure-Detecting Dog Taken From Boy<BR>Hospital Reviews Service
Animal Policy<BR>By Carissa Lawson/WLKY<BR><BR>POSTED: 10:14 am EDT October 8,
2009<BR><BR>LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A dog that can detect a boy's epileptic seizures
was<BR>taken from the boy's side for several hours after what the parents called
an<BR>emotional experience at Kosair Children's Hospital, WLKY in
Louisville<BR>reported.<BR><BR>When Trey Taylor, 13, had brain surgery for his
seizures last week, his<BR>service dog was by his side. Then, a hospital
employee shocked the parents<BR>with a request that brought them to tears and
forced the hospital to take a<BR>second look at its service dog
policy.<BR><BR>Trey started suffering seizures when he was 2 years old. When his
condition<BR>started to get worse, research led his parents to find out about
dogs that<BR>can help detect them.<BR><BR>Promise the dog came to Trey's
rescue.<BR><BR>"The scent to him is so strong that he'll just bark, and we'll
hear it and<BR>know eventually Trey is going to have a seizure," said his
mother, Tammy<BR>Taylor.<BR><BR>As a last resort to help stop the seizures,
Trey's parents opted for him to<BR>have brain surgery at Kosair.<BR><BR>Just
hours after the surgery, with Trey in ICU and Promise by his side, a<BR>hospital
employee gave the family a surprise request.<BR><BR>"I was asleep next to Trey's
bed and the dog was in between us, and I was<BR>woken up by a lady pretty much
in my face saying, 'You need to get the dog<BR>out of here," said Dell Taylor,
Trey's father.<BR><BR>For the next several hours, Trey's mother sat in a waiting
room with<BR>Promise, fighting to get the dog back in.<BR><BR>"There's my son
laying in ICU, and my wife can't come in because they won't<BR>allow the dog
in," said Dell.<BR><BR>"We're a family that stays with Trey 100 percent, and
we're there for him,<BR>but Promise is a part of Trey," said Tammy.<BR><BR>But
hospital officials said the dog just can't go some places.<BR><BR>"We have
certain sensitive areas that even service animals are not allowed<BR>to
venture," said Kim Scott, the director for risk management at Kosair.<BR><BR>She
said that while the employee was following procedure, when she found
out<BR>about Promise's unique abilities to detect seizures, Scott took a
second<BR>look at the policy and decided, in this case, to make a change
after<BR>consulting an infectious control doctor who made sure the other
patients on<BR>the ICU floor would not be harmed by a dog's presence.<BR><BR>"I
think it was a learning experience, and I think it was a happy ending<BR>because
the needs of Trey for his animal was honored," Scott said.<BR><BR>Service
animals are allowed in Kosair, except for areas where patients may<BR>have
suppressed immune systems or people must wear masks or gloves.<BR><BR>Even if a
patient with a service dog is in a private room on a floor like<BR>ICU, the
hospital rep to whom the station spoke said the policy is still in<BR>place, but
as a result of this experience, they will now review each
case<BR>individually.<BR><BR>don.<BR>every day is a curmudgeonly day!<BR><A
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