Hi, I'm Triscuit. I'm a Pembroke Welsh Corgi, which means I have very short legs and very big opinions about who needs a visit. I'm also a certified therapy dog, and that's the part I take seriously.

Most weeks you'll find me at Dignity Health Glendale Memorial Hospital and around Southern California, working. My job is simple but it isn't small: I sit with patients who are having a hard day, with families waiting on news they're scared to hear, and with the nurses and doctors who give everything they have and then somehow find a little more.

I've watched a patient breathe easier the moment I rest my head on the edge of their bed. I've had nurses sink down to the floor at the end of a brutal shift just to sit with me for a minute. I can't fix what brought anyone to the hospital — but I can remind people they're not alone in it. Turns out that matters more than I understood when I started.

That's why my human and I walk in the Heart & Stroke Walk every year. The American Heart Association funds the research, the CPR training, and the prevention programs that help hearts before they ever end up in a hospital bed. I'm in favor of fewer hospital beds. I'd rather meet you at a community event.

So we're walking again. If you're able to give, we'd be honored — and I promise to put every one of my short legs to good use.

— Triscuit ð¾

(handled, as always, by Jacquie)