Our next guest is an amazing woman who has rescued dozens of animals and,
recently, when one of her dogs became sick,
her students set up a lemonade stand to help pay the medical bills.
From Raleigh, North Carolina, please welcome Jen and her fiance Jim.
So which one is Pearl?
Pearl is the one in the, right there.
>> There's Pearly!
>> It looks like you rescue a lot of pit bulls which is good for you.
Look, I know it's controversial, but they're sweet, sweet dogs.
>> They're wonderful.
>> They can be raised the wrong way to do the wrong things, but for
the most part they're amazing dogs.
>> Yes. >> So, good for you for doing that.
>> Thank you.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Yay!
Pit bulls!
[LAUGH] >> I mean, they really are.
They're just, I mean, sometimes they're sweeter than other dogs.
You look at a chihuahua.
Boy, they're mean.
>> Yeah. >> [LAUGH]
>> That little dog complex of like,
overcompensation.
Okay, so, what happened to Pearl?
>> So, Pearl, probably four to six months after we had brought her into our family,
she started to lose a lot of weight and we couldn't figure out why.
We brought her to the vet and they couldn't figure out why and we were
kind of trying a bunch of different stuff, and second, third, fourth, fifth opinion.
We couldn't figure it out, so we finally brought her to the ICU at-
>> NC State.
And that's where they were really able to dedicate the time they needed to and
run tons and tons and tons and tons of tests.
And we finally figured out that she has what's called EPI.
And it means that her pancreas wasn't producing enzymes that were allowing
her to actually absorb any of the food we were giving her.
>> So she was just losing weight and
obviously- >> Yes.
>> That's a bad way to, I mean,
there's nothing you can do when they keep losing weight.
So how much were the medical bills to get her back healthy?
>> They were pricey.
>> [LAUGH] So we're, pretty much at this point, we're probably around 15 or
$16,000.
>> Wow.
>> We had decided from the very beginning that as long as she was not in pain and
she was continue to fight, that we would fight for her.
>> She's not in pain but she's humiliated.
>> I know. I know.
Our dogs are our babies, so it was never any big decision.
>> Yeah. Look, it's a lot of people that don't get
insurance for their dogs because it's a risk but a lot of people can't afford to
do that, so you got lucky because your students heard that your dog was sick and,
that's just adorable, so they put up a lemonade stand-
>> Yes.
>> And they raised how much money?
>> $120.
>> They must- >> [APPLAUSE]
>> They did, yeah.
>> That's a lot of lemonade.
>> They're so wonderful.
>> That's amazing.
>> Look at them.
>> That is a lot of lemonade to sell.
A hundred and twenty dollars.
I don't know how expensive the glasses were, but that's a lot of money.
So good for them.
They must be so proud of themselves and especially for this cause.
So I hope that Pearl is better now, right?
>> She's doing amazing, yes.
>> Good, good.
Well, that's important.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Look at that.
She's so happy. >> She's so happy.
>> Yes,she act's like a puppy again.
>> God, that's adorable.
She's adorable and Pearl.
>> [LAUGH] >> That's hilarious.
All right.
In case you need to raise money again for Pearl or any other dog,
we got you something for those kids, if they wanna help you again.
And come on over.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> My God!
>> So.
>> Look it!
>> It says Pearl's, but hopefully she makes a full recovery, and if she does,
it's just in honor of her name.
And it's to raise money for any other dog that you rescue.
And because you're wonderful people, and Shutterfly has been an amazing partner for
us, and they heard about all the medical expenses, so,
look what a special lemonade stand this is.
[SOUND] They wanna give you $10,000.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> My god.
>> My god.
>> Thank you so much.