Wasilla Teen Loses Service Dog to Cancer

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Teen struggles on after loss of service dog

CINTHIA RITCHIE The Seward Phoenix LOG

SEWARD, Alaska — The first few days were the hardest.

That's when Breeann Campbell missed her dog the most. Ingram Gerard Shay-Campbell, as he was formally called, died of vascular cancer June 24.

"We bawled for three weeks straight," said Angela Campbell, Breeann's mother.

Campbell, a shiny-haired young women about to leave for college, had Ingram for five years. The 9-year-old golden retriever entered her life as a service dog her first year in high school. Ingram was to help Campbell, who has cerebral palsy, carry books, pick up dropped pencils and open doors.

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