Rexann resorted to giving the infant a pacifier. "We sort of hoped she would be a thumbsucker and comfort herself," says Brew, of Pasadena, Calif., who admits she and her husband awoke at least ...

Thanks to grants and donations, the clinic can perform urgent surgeries when pet owners have no other options. The source of the blockage: a pacifier Tundra had swallowed whole unbeknownst to Kate.