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‘Guys, I have never seen a more loyal dog. He follows me everywhere (even into the bathroom! Even into the SHOWER!)’: Supposedly sick shelter dog saved from being unnecessarily put to sleep after his furever mama found his ‘lumps’ were just matted fur

Laurent Shinar

A Snotty Tissue of Sniffly Laughs for People Under the Weather to Sneeze Into

Elna McHilderson

Dad pesters his half-unconscious wife with a 104-degree fever, asking her how to get their 4 kids ready for bed: 'I just snapped and told him to figure it out on his own'

Emmy Pratt

Mom refuses to take her son to the hospital after he spikes a 106.3 degree fever: 'That's over 41 degrees Celsius'

Emmy Pratt

Mom bans 58-year-old grandma from her 6-year-old grandson's hospital room after putting her 'miracle water' into his IV: 'I would rather have her mad at me than my son septic'

Emmy Pratt

Employee forced to come into work despite being sick just because manager can’t find coverage: ‘I’ve never had a job do this before!’

Ben Weiss

‘He chose me as his momma and I will always be his momma’: The emotional story of a cat momma and her cat distribution system delivered soul kitten who survived against the odds and stayed together through evictions and several rounds of ill health

Laurent Shinar

‘I just burst out in tears at the thought of having took him from his family’:A person’s compassionate rescue of a sick and abandoned kitten leads to an emotional crisis of empathy after the rest of the feline family returns

Laurent Shinar

Stressed brother lashes out at sister, after discovering that she started an outdoor workout on her smart watch, while walking to meet at the hospital to see their suddenly-sick dad: 'It's just what I do when I go walk anywhere'

Emma Saven

'Basically half the calendar is 'you can't be sick'': Boss at preschool tries to punish employee for using state-protected sick leave

JR Atkinson

24-year-old boyfriend of 2 years leaves his girlfriend with their sick cats and flies off to hang out with his friends without saying a word, now she's considering breaking up and taking the cats with her

Mariel Ruvinsky

'She said "I forgot that I worked here"': Employees reveal the most unusual excuses they've ever heard from someone calling off work

Lana DeGaetano

32-year-old mom refuses to care for her sick 68-year-old mother-in-law after she tried to get her son to divorce her: 'She told my husband multiple times that he deserves better and that I was too fragile to be a good wife and mother'

Emmy Pratt

"I don't understand how taking a single cat and mother who are obviously sick and/or injured equals me being a thief": A temp worker's attempt to rescue a neglected cat and kitten from a nursing home bush leads to an accusation of theft from her boss

Laurent Shinar

“She was filthy, sick, and starving—and still kinder than anyone around me”: Foster cat’s severe neglect sparks a fallout that exposes owner and ends a toxic relationship

Laurent Shinar

38-year-old man has a meltdown when 29-year-old dog mom girlfriend spends her remaining money on medicine for her sick dog instead of spending it on him: ‘You’re acting like I shouldn’t be prioritizing his comfort or wellbeing’

Blake Seidel