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Thanks to the heroic actions of a beloved pet, a Texas woman is recovering after a debilitating fall.
According to WFAA, Janet Wilhelm of McKinney recently slipped in her garage while she was putting away dog food. She lay on the floor, unable to move and in pain, until her rescue dog, a black Lab named Mabel, decided to perform a rescue of her own.
"I grabbed her collar, and she started backing up toward the house," Wilhelm told WFAA. "I was like, 'What is she doing? She's trying to get away from me,' I thought."
But that wasn't the case. Mabel kept pulling her owner toward the home for an hour and a half, eventually helping Wilhelm reach her phone to call her husband.
"I was so happy she was there," Wilhelm told WFAA.
Doctors said Wilhelm's pelvis was fractured in five places. She's undergoing rehabilitation at the Medical Center of McKinney's Wysong Campus and should walk again soon.
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