Children’s Hospital: Paws-itive Experience

Facility Dog, Donatella

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Six-year-old Hadley has a special friend she looks forward to seeing during her visits to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford: Donatella, a 3-year-old Labrador retriever.

Donatella, affectionately known as “Donnie,” and her canine colleagues are part of the Packard Paws Facility Dog Program, providing pet assisted therapy for patients, their families and care team members at Packard Children’s…


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