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Sweetie Grace, a pit bull, and her owner pull themselves through adversity

Dawn Turner Trice tells the touching story of the union of an abused pit bull and a breast cancer patient. Together they were able to help each other get though hard times. Sweetie Grace is a pit bull that was harshly abused to the point of losing motion in one leg and having burns that covered 50 percent of her body. Many didn't even believe she would survive when dropped off at the Anti-Cruelty Society by an unidentified person. But she had a effervescent personality and never growled, making her a loving companion and with the help of many doctors she survived against all odds. While Sweetie Grace was getting her leg amputated and her torso straightened out, Roberta Miller was having her own troubles. She had just completed 24 weeks of chemotherapy and five weeks of radiation for breast cancer when she adopted Sweetie Grace. Together they made the perfect couple, and though the years have grown closer. Sweetie Grace, is still doing good, and Miller found out that she is cancer free. "It's a story of how sometimes the obstacles one has to go through to get to the right place can be just plain torture," Miller said. "But then sometimes you can come out on the other side."

Dawn Turner Trice

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