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There was a little divine intervention when Bentley Boyer's family came across the perfect pal for their son.
Bentley Boyer was born with a cleft lip — a condition that affects 1 in every 1,600 babies in the USA. Although at two years of age he’d already undergone two corrective surgeries, he still has a further operation due when he’s older. But one thing is certainly helping the youngster: he has a buddy with the same condition, thanks to a visit to a farm.
In fact, on a trip to Jackson County Animal Shelter in Michigan to look for some chickens to add to the family’s numerous farm animals, Bentley’s dad got a little side-tracked. While there, he spotted a little puppy called Lacey who also has a cleft lip like his son.
Right away he phoned his wife Ashley and showed her the puppy. Without any hesitation she told her husband: “You need to get her, we need her.”
Bentley’s father spoke to the women at the shelter and explained that his son had a cleft lip and that the family would love to adopt Lacey. According to the Belfast Times, the ladies agreed and believed: “it was meant to be.”
Ashley shared what happened when her son met Lacey and spotted her cleft lip:
Continued below.
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Bentley Boyer was born with a cleft lip — a condition that affects 1 in every 1,600 babies in the USA. Although at two years of age he’d already undergone two corrective surgeries, he still has a further operation due when he’s older. But one thing is certainly helping the youngster: he has a buddy with the same condition, thanks to a visit to a farm.
In fact, on a trip to Jackson County Animal Shelter in Michigan to look for some chickens to add to the family’s numerous farm animals, Bentley’s dad got a little side-tracked. While there, he spotted a little puppy called Lacey who also has a cleft lip like his son.
Right away he phoned his wife Ashley and showed her the puppy. Without any hesitation she told her husband: “You need to get her, we need her.”
Bentley’s father spoke to the women at the shelter and explained that his son had a cleft lip and that the family would love to adopt Lacey. According to the Belfast Times, the ladies agreed and believed: “it was meant to be.”
Ashley shared what happened when her son met Lacey and spotted her cleft lip:
Continued below.
Puppy with cleft lip finds love with little boy who has one!
There was a little divine intervention when Bentley Boyer's family came across the perfect pal for their son.
aleteia.org
