Kingsport family's lost, sick dog returns for Christmas
By Phillip Murrell
Published: December 24, 2010
A Kingsport family has been searching for their sick dog since Saturday.
The Nelson family went on vacation, leaving Piper at her local animal hospital.
While an employee walked her, she accidently slipped off her harness.
The Nelsons and the animal hospital have been looking for Piper, hoping to find her so she could get her medicine for her illness.
She has a disease that causes inflammation of her spinal chord.
Thanks to dozens of flyers and a helpful neighbor, they found her.
Larry Lyon looked through a wooded area in his neighborhood of Preston Forest, and found Piper laying down at the bottom of a hill.
An 11 Connects crew captured the moments leading up to a Lyon finding her.
"Oh...Merry Christmas to the Nelson family. This is great! I've got to call everybody," exclaimed Marsha Nelson.
Piper is doing well tonight - she's set to receive chemo treatment for her illness on Monday.
Watch the video above to see the amazing reunion.
Source: http://www2.tricities.com/news/2010/dec/24/kingsport-familys-lost-sick-dog-returns-christmas-ar-735553/?referer=http://twitter.com/&shorturl=http://tricities.com/ar/735553/
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