00:00He just suddenly, out of nowhere, became paralyzed.
00:04This story is nothing short of a miracle.
00:08My name is Evan, and I'm a producer at The Dodo.
00:10The story of Lena and Hazel was so inspiring, I just had to reach out.
00:14The vats said he'd never seen anything like it in a greyhound.
00:21I rescued Hazel from a charity in North Wales.
00:25They take in a lot of ex-racing greyhounds.
00:29He was super healthy and super happy, full of spirit dog.
00:36Hazel had only raced about eight times, but they retired, so he hadn't raced a lot.
00:43I literally had a dog that could run 45 mile an hour.
00:54And within seconds, he had become paralyzed.
01:01It turned out that he had a disc herniation.
01:05It hit a main artery in the spine.
01:08She's so strong.
01:10The way they described the injury was, this is like catastrophic.
01:15It wasn't even a choice I had to just go through with the surgery.
01:22A lot of people thought she should have given up on Hazel, but for Lena, that just wasn't an option.
01:29The racing industry does cause a lot of spinal problems in dogs, but I think we don't hear about it
01:36because they get euthanized.
01:42I wanted to at least try to care for him, but they were really pushing me against it.
01:48Just something in me was like, no.
01:50So that first 16 weeks, we had such a bond.
01:54I almost can't even explain it.
01:56It was just a feeling like I just didn't want to give up on him.
02:01Good boy.
02:03When I was with him, he just loved being with me so much.
02:07He just felt that will he wanted to, I could tell.
02:11Those moments when I saw that spark in his eye, I knew he was going to make it.
02:18One day when Lena checked her home camera from work, she couldn't believe her eyes.
02:23I have a camera in my living room so I could check on him when I was at work.
02:28I looked one day and I just couldn't believe it.
02:35He just walked across the room and yeah, it just like bursted.
02:41It's been about 10 months now since he took those first steps on his own.
02:54To see him running now, completely independent, with no help, no harness.
03:08He's gone back to how he was, just very happy, house-grated little doggy.
03:13What are you doing?
03:14What are you doing?
03:20Yeah.
03:26I really believe the impossible can become possible.
03:36He's not in any pain and he's happy.
03:38I'm happy and every improvement is a blessing.
03:47I've become very attached to him.
03:53I've become very happy.
03:55I'm happy.
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