Six year old Leo has undergone three brain surgeries by the age of five. Leo, who lives in Los Angeles with his mother, Yasmine, suffers from multiple brain aneurysms and has seizures because of it. A brain aneurysm can rupture, bleeding into the brain and cause a potentially fatal hemorrhagic stroke, according to the Mayo Clinic. They can also cause significant ongoing health problems.

When Leo was only three years old, Doctors discovered a large bulge in one of his blood vessels after he had collapsed one day.
Leo was taken into hospital to be treated and was there for days. He was very sick but it wasn't until dogs who visit sick children in hospital, came to visit him that Leo started to make a speedy recovery.

As his mother describes it, "As soon as the dogs came, he lit up. He started walking, he started having them do tricks...he was laughing, he was smiling, and within three days he was out of the hospital." Because of Leo's startling progress, Yasmine decided to get him a dog. They settled on Henry, who'd been on a 'kill list' at a local shelter and adopted him.

But rather than just being Leo's companion, Henry has been trained to detect Leo's seizures. Bob Taylor, who trains seizure detection dogs explains just how important a dog's role in this is.
"Dogs can smell the smells that the body is going to let off before the seizure and they learn that this is not normal and will raise the alarm."

Although Henry's role as a seizure detection dog is a crucial one in Leo's life, Henry still is very much part of the family. Mother, Yasmine, lovingly refers to her family now as 'the three musketeers.' But the main difference is that now Henry can help to save Leo's life in more than one way just as Leo and his mom saved Henry's life. It is love at it's very best.