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Pig prescription for boy with Down syndrome
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Florida doctor helps family keep pet porker used as emotional therapy animal for child with special needs
- Duration 2:22
- Date Jan 24, 2013
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-- -- -- She's -- -- she calmed him down when he's very agitated he does get very agitated easily.
She house.
As a calming affect his -- She -- and the acceptance.
That not -- special needs people really get in our society unfortunately.
She is six pounds and totally house broken uses the capital into.
Fully equipped with a tail that wags and now she -- -- emotional therapy animals for -- Powell case of who was born with Down syndrome.
And I think that's the most important thing for -- as a mother.
Used to see and get that unconditional.
And a dog or -- -- We're out of the question because case and that has severe allergies.
Miniature pigs however -- -- vote -- yet.
But two months ago the fight started.
At city whole city ordinance does not allow pigs as pets pigs are considered lives.
Two months later the threat of 500 dollar a day fines is finally don't.
Thanks to a doctor's prescription for a Julianna.
Twinkie can officially -- It's an -- -- And a -- its.
Use of did you yeah.
Loosen Luke who voice and -- -- -- kids doing it and if -- -- -- Cleveland you know you wouldn't like could dogs -- well.
Or anything.
Well all's well that ends well going back.
Don't eat the Mike there.
But you know I have to tell you enormous.
I'm starting to become a little emotionally dependent.
On -- -- Quake hit I'll wrestle you for that.
And -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Well he won that -- as well in Coral Springs Derek Hayward 7 NEWS.