Boy's best friend

Travis Carpenter was only thirteen when he had to make the life-altering decision to amputate his left leg.

The Utah teen was born with neurofibromatosis, a genetic condition causing countless tumors to grow in his leg. He broke it three times before finally deciding to have it surgically removed.

🐾 ❤️ Who rescued whom?... During the process of deciding about his leg, Travis adopted Lady, a playful pup with one unique trait: she's missing one of her legs, too. 

• "When I saw her get around it really well, I'm like, maybe I should do that so I can get around better than I am right now," Travis said. "I think it’s really cool to have a dog that’s just like me.”