I sneaked my dog into the hospital to see my wife, and now, a year later, every time the dog sees a suitcase she thinks we are going to see her.

Full disclosure: This happened one year, three days, and fourteen hours ago. I was inclined to post this after I saw this post.

My wife was in the hospital after a very invasive surgery, which after a few days, looked like it did not produce ideal results. The prognosis was not good. She was able to speak, but was not eating or drinking, and relied completely on her IV and hard pain pills. In one rare instance of cogent speech, she convinced me to sneak our dog into her private room, so she could see her "one more time."

Our dog, Bella, is about a 50 pound Australian Shepherd, and as it turns out, she fits nicely in a normal suitcase. I packed her in, with the lid unzipped, and placed her in the car until we arrived at the hospital. When we arrived, I "explained" to her that I would open the zipper in a few minutes and that she could see her Mommy.

Unbelievably, she never whimpered, barked, or whined. When I walked past the station nurses, I told them I was simply bringing items to make my wife more comfortable. No problem, they said.

When we entered the room, my wife was asleep. I unzipped the suitcase, and Bella immediately jumped on the bed, and gingerly laid across her chest, somehow avoiding the wires and IV. She positioned herself to where she could look directly into my wife's eyes, and laid completely still, until about twenty minutes later, when my wife woke up, and started moaning in pain.

Bella immediately started licking her, and quietly moaned, as if knowing that barking would definitely blow our cover. My wife hugged her for almost an hour, smiling the whole time. We were busted by one nurse who was so touched that she promised not to tell. When my wife finally went back to sleep, I loaded Bella back in the suitcase, and she somewhat sheepishly obliged.

My wife sadly passed a few days later, and now, whenever I grab the suitcase, (any suitcase) Bella thinks we are going to see her again.

TL;DR: Sneaked dog in a suitcase into hospital to see dying wife...wife sadly died. Now whenever the dog sees a suitcase, she thinks we are going to see her.

by Mellifluous

在大部分國家的醫院裡，除了工作犬或導盲犬外，一般的寵物都是禁止帶入的，我想大家都明白什麼原因：寵物的吵鬧聲音可能會打擾病人，也可能會嚇著病人，還可能會傳染疾病。

但是，很多病重而快要離開人世的患者，除了家人朋友以外，他們可能還會想跟心愛的寵物再見一面。今天，分享一個讓人淚流滿面的故事：

幾天前，一位國外的網友Mellifluous，在Reddit論壇上分享了他自己的故事(本文上面英文內容)。去年，他曾偷偷的把一隻狗裝在行李箱裡，帶進病房中。

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為什麼要這麼做呢？因為他的妻子做完一次手術後，引其並發症。醫生表示，可能病況已經無法好轉了。當他們了解這個情形以後，妻子只對他說了一句話：“我想看Bella最後一面。”

Bella，是他們家裡的寵物狗，面對了妻子的要求，這位網友就想方設法讓妻子再見狗狗一面。後來，他發現Bella的體型剛好可以塞進行李箱中。於是他偷偷將Bella藏在行李箱中，帶進了妻子的病房裡。

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這位網友寫下了當時的情形：“當我把Bella帶進病房的時候，妻子正在熟睡。我小心翼翼地打開了行李箱，Bella立刻跳出來跳上了病床，輕輕地爬到妻子的胸前。Bella非常小心地避開了妻子身上的管線，還找了一個她一睜眼就能看到它的地方，然後就乖乖趴著不動了。”

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過了20分鐘後，妻子醒了。她一睜眼就看見了Bella，立刻流下眼淚，而且把它緊緊擁在懷中。那天，他們度過了一段美好的時光，就跟以往的美好日子一般，好像病痛根本不存在一樣。

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最後，護士還是發現了狗狗的存在。在那樣的情況下，護士也網開一面，讓他們見最後一面。幾天后，妻子就過世了。

妻子去世後，Bella一看到他拿行李箱，它就會非常地興奮，可能以為又可以見到媽媽。其實，它再也看不到她了，但是，每天都對那個行李箱抱有希望，希望男主人可以再帶著它去看媽媽 ···

很多網友看完後，紛紛安慰這位丈夫，他做了一件正確的事情，讓妻子在離開人世之前，沒有留下一絲的遺憾。這雖然是一個悲傷的故事，但也讓我們更加認識到狗狗與人之間的這份感情。如果感動了的話，請將這個故事分享出去。

(source:reddit.com and 寵物天空)