First of all Genia I want to commend you on your bravery for going through all of this with your daughter. As moms we hurt so much when our kids are hurting. That must have been awful for you, not to mention for Kelsey. I am so glad that little poodle was able to make a difference.

My church has a program called PAWS (Pets Are Working Saints). They visit nursing homes and bring some cheer to the elderly. Some of these people have no visitors (relatives long deceased) and most of them can remember a canine friend from years past and respond very well to them. At the present time I don't have a dog (all of my babies are at the Rainbow Bridge.....poodles, by the way) so I don't have any first hand knowledge. I only have cats now and don't believe any cats are enrolled in this program. I think that Bandit sounds like a good candidate for such a task. If you are still in the same area as you were when Kelsey was hospitalized you might start there and see how to get Bandit involved. I really do think that pets are angels in little furry bodies and are here to help us humans out more than we know.