The moment they finally figure out what's wrong. We talked to Chewy's foster mom, who told us about his mystery symptoms, and the day that everything started to change.
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00:00He was slumped over.
00:04I definitely think Chewy was scared in the shelter.
00:09He was in the back of the shelter, and everyone else was coming to the front.
00:16And his eyes were so human-like.
00:19They just looked like they were looking at the depths of your soul.
00:24And there was just something that the team saw, and they were like, we have to call this
00:29When we got Chewy, he was a broken little soul.
00:33In hindsight, I think he was actually not feeling well at all.
00:38We put him in the volunteer's car, and then he went to his foster home.
00:43He wouldn't eat in the beginning.
00:46He just stayed in his pen area at the foster's.
00:52He would really only eat if someone left the room.
00:55So we knew right away something wasn't quite right.
00:59There was some sort of emotional abuse.
01:05He was not feeling well.
01:06He did have an upper respiratory infection.
01:10His upper respiratory infection cleared up, and he still wasn't feeling right.
01:16He was ravenous, so hungry, so thirsty all the time, peeing all the time.
01:23I was like, we have to get Chewy in immediately.
01:27We need to figure out what's going on with him.
01:32As soon as Chewy was diagnosed with diabetes, although it was sad, it was such a relief.
01:38We immediately put him on insulin.
01:41He had a little glucose monitor on his body.
01:45You're so sweet.
01:49After the first insulin dose, his personality started to shine through.
01:56He started to become so strong, and he lit up being outside.
02:03He never wanted to come back inside.
02:05I will never forget, I was sitting on the couch watching a movie, and he popped out
02:11of the X-Pen and just sat at my feet.
02:13It was the most incredible moment, because I was like, he feels safe.
02:18He went from peeing on himself, because he was so scared of humans, to wanting love and
02:23affection from every human that walked by.
02:27There was no such thing as personal space.
02:29Chewy, I have to tell you something.
02:32Did you know that you got adopted, and you're going to go to Washington?
02:37Yeah.
02:40Within 10 minutes of talking to DeeDee, I was like, this is his home.
02:47He went right up to her and gave her a kiss, like, oh, yeah, I know you.
02:52It was so magical to witness.
02:55Honey, you're so beautiful, I can't believe it.
02:58As soon as I saw Morris, I knew he was perfect.
03:01Like I was already in love with him.
03:03Hi, Mo.
03:04Come here.
03:05Morris, hi, good morning.
03:09He's come so far, it's amazing.
03:12Every day he gets more safe and comfortable.
03:16Mo has been a perfect addition to our home.
03:18He fits in so great.
03:21I feel so lucky that they picked me for him.
03:24It was like a meeting of the souls.