A new staff member at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute is bringing joy to pediatric patients.
Opry, a year-and-a-half-old golden retriever, was donated to the Boston institute with a mission to comfort children battling cancer.
“Knowing that she’s here specifically for them has been so awesome,” said Kate Nixon, a child life specialist at the institute. “We’ve had a few comments from parents who say, ‘We don’t have to get a dog now because we have one here.'”
After two years of training Opry, she is now the institute’s first in-residence faculty dog.
