Just call him Bubba, the one-eyed miracle dog. The 8-year-old Chihuahua mix has been credited with giving his dying owner the will to live after the two were reunited at a Kentucky hospital. Bubba's owner, James Wathen, 73, from Whitley County, Kentucky, has been at Baptist Health Corbin since mid-September. Scroll down for video Just what the doctor ordered: James Wathen, 73, wasn't eating and couldn't speak above a whisper before his reunion with his beloved dog, Bubba, last weekend Health crisis: Wathen, 73, from Whitley County, Kentucky, has been at Baptist Health Corbin since mid-September, and his 8-year-old pooch, pictured here during their second meeting, has been staying in a shelter
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James Wathen, 73, wasn't eating and couldn't speak above a whisper before his reunion with Bubba
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The 8-year-old Chihuahua mix who was staying with foster family also stopped eating
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Nurses at Baptist Health Corbin in Kentucky contacted animal shelter and had staff bring Bubba to Wathen in violation of no-pets policy
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A shivering Bubba was carried in a blanket to Wathen, who burst into tears
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After their second meeting, the patient sat up in bed and starting eating again
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The hospital now plans to implement a new pet visitation policy
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One of the social workers at the hospital recently visited the patient and learned from him that Wathen was pining for his beloved rescue Chihuahua, @placeholder.