This is heartbreaking and probably happens all too often. When my mom first went to a rehab facility after a fall she had a sweet roommate. The roommate was in there recovering from a stroke. She had left her dog in the care of a friend until she recovered. She eventually found out that the friend had taken it to a shelter because she assumed that this woman would never again be able to properly care for the dog. I never saw this woman cry about her own health situation but the tears would come when she spoke about her dog. My mom is no longer in that facility and I often wonder what became of that woman and her dog.