This heartwarming book is filled with insights about the animal world and the powerful bond between humans and the non-human creatures who love them. Melanie and Steve gave Dillie a chance at life and when Melanie was diagnosed with cancer, the veterinarian who saved the life of a fawn is herself saved by the unconditional love of Dillie the deer. A True Story of Love, Healing, and Family Melanie Butera, Diane Reverand. The tenacious deer quickly became a member of the family, running around the house with the dog, the cat, and the people, and enjoying all of the perks, including her own bedroom, plates of her favorite linguini, and swims in the family’s pool. Melanie doubted the deer would survive, but with the help of her husband Steve she miraculously nursed Dillie back to health. Butera DVM 46 Paperback 5 offers from 29. Butera 11 Paperback 14.99 This item: Dillie the Deer: Love on Hooves in Color Melanie R. She doubted the fawn would survive, but, with the help of Melanie and her family. Dillie the Deer: A True Story of Love, Healing, and Family Melanie Butera 108 Hardcover 26 offers from 3.48 Highest rated Lowest Pricein this set of products The Gift: The Story of Dillie the Deer Dr. In the summer of 2004 my friend, a veterinarian Melanie Butera was brought an ususual patient: a three-day-old, blind, dying fawn. In 2004, veterinarian Melanie Butera received a dying fawn she called Dillie.

She has owned the Elm Ridge Animal Hospital for the past ten years and the Stark County Veterinary Emergency Clinic before that.

A heartwarming story of the profound bond between a deer named Dillie and the veterinarian who saved her life. BUTERA, DVM is a veterinarian with more than twenty years of emergency experience. I would love to come out to your school and share with your students the story about how Dillie the Deer became a house deer.

Dillie the Deer by Melanie Butera