Triad therapy dog rings cancer bell after going into remission

ASHEBORO, N.C. — Quinn is a therapy dog at Randolph Health. He was diagnosed with lymphoma in June of 2023. 

His last chemo therapy treatment was on November 27, 2023. 

Now, Quinn is in remission and has rung the cancer bell at the same hospital he used to work at. 

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“We just knew that he was gonna beat this and so it's just such a full circle moment for us here at Randolph Health,” Director of Clinical Support at Randolph Health, Tabitha Dixon said. 

Quinn started working with Randolph Health staff and patients in a time where they needed him most, the pandemic.

“It was a really uncertain time, things were constantly changing and evolving with the care and it was an emotional time for us and so when Quinn came in, it just changed the moral of the entire department,” Dixon said. 

Although he can't provide traditional medical care, or even speak for that matter, he can and did provide comfort to all he encountered.

“It's such an unexpected comfort that we can bring in cause it's not normal to see animals in a hospital setting. So, it kind of brings a creature comforts of home, maybe they have pets at home that bring them comfort and it kind of takes their mind off of the things that are happening to them in the moment,” Nurse and TikTok Influencer with 3.3 million followers, Jen Hamilton said. 

Not only did Quinn beat cancer, the nurses at Randolph Health say he's made history at the hospital.

You don't see these celebrations often, I mean we have cancer patients that you know beat cancer, you just don't see animals getting this kind of treatment and getting through it and surviving,” Clinical Supervisor of PICU at Randolph Health, Randolph Health, Larissa Skipper said.

Quinn's job has always been to help people through some of their darkest times but luckily for Quinn, he was able to see the favor returned.