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"COMPASSION"

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" Compassion! " as animal lover, Sabrina A. Parisi of Dolce Sinfonia in Beverly Hills not only invested countless hours and thousands of thousand dollars to save a 6 years old female Yorkie, Milly; moreover by presenting "Milly as gift of love" she also helped and brought happiness and love to a young breast cancer victim. 

But let's go back to the origin of this story.  It all started in the 2001. 

Who is Milly?  Milly is the nickname for Millestelle, the Italian translation for “One thousand Stars”. They shiny and bright and softly light the dark sky. Milly is an 8 Lb Yorkshire terrier. She is tall and skinny. She is not from Sabrina's kennel but taken in as part of Sabrina’s family.  Milly is spayed, so she is not able to produce puppies. Milly has big, brown and intelligent eyes, very intelligent and always there to greet and wag her short tail for anyone that she saw.  If Milly could talk she would say only loving words as Milly knows how to give and knows how to receive love.  But Milly is also a stubborn terrier and perhaps her bossy personality caused her to be terribly injured.  This injury caused Milly a horrible jaw fracture.  Sabrina's compassion began that same day she took Milly back in her home. 

Who is Sabrina?  Sabrina is a fashionable, eccentric a competitive young woman that created the first stylish/brand kennel in the word.  Sabrina is the founder of Dolce Sinfonia Yorkies now located in Beverly Hills.  A name that lists over 100 championships obtained worldwide.  Sabrina is also the founder and president of "America Health For All" a non-profit organization that raises money for those individuals that cannot afford to pay for medical and/or veterinary costs.

How and why Milly got injured?  This is a mystery since many questions were never answered. Most likely she got injured fighting against a bigger animal.  When this happed Milly and other Yorkies were left at a ranch in Northern California to be taken care while the family went on a vacation in Italy.  When they returned to the States they took the dogs back.  While at home Sabrina noticed that Milly was not eating normally.  One week later, Milly did not move her mouth as the jaw dropped and was loose.  Sabrina immediately took her to the emergency.  The X-rays showed that Milly had a fractured jaw.

The vet was very clear, Milly’s injury was so bad and so costly that the vet suggested to put her to sleep. Sabrina was devastated to learn about this.  But Sabrina is stubborn perhaps just like those amazing Yorkies she raises  By looking in Milly's eyes, Sabrina understood her despair and need to live.  Many sad days followed for Sabrina’s family.  Milly's feeling was so strong that Sabrina refused to abandon Milly.  Sabrina could see in those sweet eyes that the Milly wanted love and wanted to be cared for.    Therefore, Sabrina, known by her eccentricity, decides not to oblige the vet’s suggestions to put the dog down.  She decided instead to do everything possible to save this lively dog's life.

One day, two very well-known breeders told Sabrina how insane and nonsense it was to save this dog’s life.  “You have other dogs, a family, a life, why would you invest all of this time and money for a dog that after all it is not going to be used for breeding? She is not even that pretty, anyway with that terrible jaw!”

But Sabrina does not have anything in common with many of the other breeders.  She loves animals and she cares for them almost as humans.  She raises dogs for passion of this breed not for financial purposes.  Her answer to these two breeders was: “By deciding to own a dog you accept all responsibilities to own and to support your dogs.  Animals are not cars.  They are amazing creatures created to teach us the real word of “love”. Even, if there would only be a small possibility of a positive result with surgeries, I wil do all that it takes to keep Milly alive”.

Therefore Milly was put under her first surgery.  Then a second one, then a third one... Milly needs to wear a cast and she cannot eat on her own.  Sabrina spent five to six months hand-feeding and caring for Milly as well her taking care for her two little one and two year old girls.  Times went by and Milly's jaw reconstruction did not seem to work. But Sabrina wanted to win and achieve the positive result.  Milly needed lots of care and no-one except Sabrina could really took care of her.  Sabrina sang to Milly while holding her in her arms so Milly could quietly fall asleep and forget the trauma.  Sabrina talked to her and shares her affection with this dog that did not want to die!  Milly survived as a result of Sabrina’s persistence, compassion and love.  Finally Milly was driven to San Diego where three surgeons are asked to save this dog.  Millie's two hour long, fifth and last surgery was considered a success.  Milly's lower jaw had to be reduced in size as it could not be connected properly to the upper jaw.  Now Milly looked like a cartoon... she had a permanent crooked smile, she was funny to see but she was finally able to move her mouth and eat her first baby-food on her own.  Milly was finally happy and looked with gratitude at the family with her big expressive brown eyes! 

Now, you think this is the "happy ending". But let's continue as the story does not end here.

Sabrina, Milly and Stefanie are connected by destiny.

Compassion got stronger as Sabrina met a wonderful and brave young woman (through a mutual friend Robert R.), Stefanie La Rue inflicted by breast cancer.  Stefanie has big blue eyes.  She is lively; she is full of joy and energy.  Stefanie does not want to die! Doctors told Stefanie that her cancer is too aggressive and she undergoes many surgeries and therapies.  Stefanie needed lots of care and just like Milly, Stefanie has so much love to give and the need to receive much love in exchange. Sabrina understandood that this girl needed affection and the support of something that would give her unconditional love, Milly similarly a survivor.  Therefore, Sabrina decided to surprise Stefanie and Milly became a gift of love.  Milly was now fine, she did not need more surgeries, she could eat on her own, she could play and began her normal life.  Sabrina drove to Stefanie's house, she had something very important for Stefanie.  Sabrina brought a gift of love. Milly is given as a present (no money involved) to Stefanie as message of kindness.  Sabrina is a symbol of compassion and Milly's life is a mission of love.  Maybe there was a reason that Milly survived, her road crossed Stephanies and together they supported each other as they fought for survival and happiness.  Both are defiant and yet happy and joyus, loving life no matter the trials they had to face.   

Sabrina looked at Stefanie and asked:  “Does it bother you that Milly has a crooked smile?”  Stefanie had a pale face that day, two days before she had anther painful surgery.  Her answer was immediate: “Is Milly bothered by my bold head and my missing breast?”

The separation was hard.  Sabrina and her family loves Milly immensely but they knew that what she was doing was the best thing ever for Milly and for Stephanie. No other creature would be able to share that love and understanding with Stefanie.  They were born to be together.  Sabrina cried mixed tears of loss and at the same time of happiness as she knew that there was a reason for all that happened that past year.  The story continues as Stephanie considered herself a survivor also thanks to Milly's immense love and to Sabrina's compassion! 

The moral of this story is: Each one of us as a mission.  There are not worthless animals as there are not worthless people.  One day a vet told Sabrina "why would you invest all these money and time for a worthless dog?  This is a dog that is not going to be used for breeding?  A dog that after all will remain handicapped"  Sabrina did show that nevertheless, Milly wasn't worthless at all as Milly had an important mission in life and the mission was to help a young human survive and battle of a devastating cancer.

Now Milly and Stephanie are inseparable as a family.  They move about the city for shopping, to the doctor’s office and just for walks, always together.  They are now one happy soul and destined to be together as long as God wished.  God bless are care for them both.

" Sabrina, Milly has been extremely instrumental in my healing process and has been pure therapy for me through my treatments. Example: I took her almost EVERY day (for 7 weeks) to radiation with me. She kept me in good company in times when I felt so alone. She also helped bring joyous smiles to all others that waited with us in the radiation waiting room. It seemed as if everyday other patients waited for our arrival. I made so many friends during
that time, old and young, struggling just to get through the process. Hopefully we made a difference in their lives as they certainly impacted mine and Milly's! " Stefanie La Rue (breast cancer warrior)