{"id":30177,"date":"2017-05-20T07:38:47","date_gmt":"2017-05-20T07:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=30177"},"modified":"2017-05-20T07:38:47","modified_gmt":"2017-05-20T07:38:47","slug":"tornado-survivor-gets-hospital-reunion-lost-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/tornado-survivor-gets-hospital-reunion-lost-dogs.html","title":{"rendered":"Tornado survivor gets hospital reunion with lost dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Tornado survivor gets hospital reunion with lost dogs<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Tornado survivor gets hospital reunion with lost dogs:- A Wisconsin man thought he lost much more than his home when a tornado touched down on Tuesday.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Ron Belcher says he was knocked out from the violent storm and woke up to find everything gone, including his two dogs.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;They&rsquo;re like my kids,&rdquo; Belcher told WQOW-TV, the ABC affiliate in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Two important bundles of fur, Cocoa the Husky and Taz the Pomeranian, were missing from Belcher&rsquo;s life while he recuperated from his injuries at Lakeview Medical Hospital.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">All of that changed on Thursday when nurse Ciara Rockow, who spent her free time trying to locate Belcher&rsquo;s pets, found them at a local animal hospital.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Belcher was later surprised at his bedside with the best get-well present: Cocoa and Taz.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;This is God&rsquo;s gift, that&rsquo;s what keeps me moving no matter how many bad things happen,&rdquo; the grinning dog owner said.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">According to hospital staff, Belcher&rsquo;s recovery is expected to last another six to eight weeks.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:8px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Source:-&nbsp;http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/tornado-survivor-hospital-reunion-lost-dogs\/story?id=47510406<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/tornado-survivor-gets-hospital-reunion-lost-dogs.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tornado survivor gets hospital reunion with lost dogs Tornado survivor gets hospital reunion with lost dogs:- A Wisconsin man thought he lost much more than his home when a tornado touched down on Tuesday. 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