A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
A South Carolina family is celebrating a miracle after two sheriff’s deputies sprang into action and helped save the life of a little girl who stopped breathing after falling into a swimming pool.
Source: Dramatic Video Shows South Carolina Deputies Saving Child’s Life
Well done.
A Navy veteran buried alone receives support from strangers who gather to honor his service.
I have to include this, which really moved me:
Through the cemetery’s Standing with Fallen Comrades program, community members can sign up to be notified of an unaccompanied burial. Almost 1,000 people have opted in, Buck said.
Facebook douses “kerosene on the fire,” he said. When a subscriber to the program posts an open call about a veteran’s interment, the message spreads even farther.
“Sometimes social media drives me insane, but in cases like this, it’s awesome. It brings great folks like you out here,” he said to the crowd.
Wow.
For the first time in years, Amanda Smith does not carry insulin.
So cool.
Researchers at Kyoto University Hospital in Japan began administering an experimental tooth-regeneration drug to human volunteers, marking the world’s first Phase I trial of a medicine designed to stimulate the biological growth of new teeth in adults.
Source: Human trials begin for drug that could let adults regrow teeth for the first time
Very cool.
Biotech engineers in Zurich used micro-sized robots and stem cells to restore normal movement in a mouse whose spinal cord was cut.
Source: Mouse with Severed Spinal Cord Recovers ‘Normal’ Movement After Potentially Revolutionary Treatment
This could be amazing.
Ukrainian soldiers have used a drone to evacuate a cat and her five kittens from frontline positions. The special operation was given the codename Meow-Meow.
Source: Operation Meow-Meow: Ukrainian soldiers evacuate cat and five kittens by drone – photos
I love it!
Dearah Jordan reunited with mini Australian shepherd Daisy days after collision on Highway 33
Source: Kelowna dog safe at home after surviving, running away from rollover crash
Nice. I love happy endings.
The Dutch inventor who dropped out of engineering school at 18 to clean the world’s oceans has now removed more than 50 million kilograms of plastic, is targeting 30 of the world’s dirtiest cities by 2030, and believes clean oceans are achievable within a decade for less than $1 billion.
Cool.
Nobody told them it would work. Nobody was studying that. The patients just started noticing that the urge to drink was gone, the cigarettes had lost their
Source: They Gave 600,000 Veterans a Diabetes Drug. It Also Quietly Ended Their Addiction. – thefirmo
Wow!
McConnell credits staying active, social connections, and hope for his recovery and longevity
Source: Texas Man Celebrates 100th Birthday After Defying Odds and Surviving Stage 4 Lung Cancer
Wow.