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Thursday, December 9.1993
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Bear the health dog has run of boy's Med Center room
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He helps the 11-year-old deal with nerve disorder
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Eleven-year-old Ted Mustion doesn't go anywhere without his dog Bear — even to the hospital.
Bear, a certified "health dog," was the first dog allowed to check in with a patient at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. He also was the first dog allowed to stay with a patient on the pediatric ward at the city's St. Luke's Hospital.
Ted, a fifth-grader at Fox Hill Elementary School, has a nerve disorder that affects his balance, muscle development and motor skills. Bear helps him by providing service and, perhaps more importantly, companionship.
"Bear is always there with Ted," said his mother, Robin Mustion.
The two were at the medical center last week when Ted had steel rods inserted in his back to straighten his spine.
Bear sleep on the boy's bed, kept him company and even visited the intensive care waiting room.
"We had some initial reservations," Greg Horton, one of Ted's doctors, said about Bear's stay. "But it seemed to go off without a hitch. The dog hasn't proven to be a problem. He didn't interfere with Ted's convalescence and has comforted the child and the family."
Bear never left Ted's side except during the seven hours the boy spent in surgery and the three days he was in intensive care. The separation depressed both, Ted's mother said.
"Bear keeps Ted's spirits up," she said.
She said the dog was protective, but not aggressive toward the doctors and nurses who visit Ted's bedside.
When Ted was a patient at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., Bear got between a doctor and Ted after the youngster had need for 20 minutes during a pain procedure.
"Bear just moved the doctor back and away from Ted," Mustion said.
Before the surgery at KU, the Mustions met with Ted's doctor, Marc Asher, the head nurse and the head of disease control at the hospital.
"We try to do everything ahead of time to avoid problems."Mustion said.
But Bear is rarely a problem. He draws attention from the staff, other patients and visitors, but the attention is always positive, Mus汀 said.
"They show up and say, 'We hear there's a dog here,'" she said.
Mutition spent several years searching for a dog for her son because many of the agencies that provide specialty dogs told her Ted's speech problems made him a poor candidate for their programs, she said.
Then Mustum heard about the Kansas Specialty Dog Service in Washington. Ted met Bear there 2 years ago.
Ted, his mother, and his father, Richard, attended a two-week training session to learn commands, grooming and ways to deal with the public's questions and concerns about the dog.
Bear stays with Ted during school and carries Ted's supplies on his back. He is trained to pick up things that Ted drops and to turn in Ted's papers. Bear's harness is connected to Ted's wheelchair, and he helps Ted get around.
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