For This Social Worker, a Canine Coworker Makes Every Day Easier

Working Life is a monthly column in which Texans talk about their jobs. Laura Ingram, who is 36, has an office at Baylor Scott & White McLane Children’s Medical Center, in Temple, that looks, well, like an office. There are children’s drawings on the wall, papers littering a desk. But off to the side, sitting on an elevated gray bed, is Gigi, a yellow Lab. She’s a “facility dog”—similar to a therapy dog but with expert training. As a duo, Ingram and Gigi work long hours. They also play fetch. I’m originally from Texas, but I went to Florida for graduate school because I had some friends who lived there and I wanted a change of scenery. While getting my social work degree, I did all of…

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