The dog was cowering in a corner, head down, eyes desperate.

Thanks to a team of nurses in Michigan, an unexpected hospital prom turned out okay in the end.

Grandma never expected the following scenario when she opened her front door one winter night.

‘Most of the people in my classes, whether it was community college or here, are in their 20-somethings. I’m old enough to be their mom. Some of them, their grandma!’

‘He thinks he’s the most handsome thing there ever was and we just let him think that.’

‘I just wanted to come and thank you for being a hero for everybody.’

‘It’s as if he knows his life has been saved.’

A whole team of people came together from across the globe to make sure she was given a hefty dose of thanks.

‘My hope is the kindness and goodness he daily puts out in the world will shine back on him.’

Medical professionals of all kinds are using 280 characters to share some of their most heartwarming and bittersweet stories with the world.