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>>> FOR MORE THAN TWO MONTHS
THEY WERE IN AND OUT OF THE
HOSPITAL.
THEY MADE IT OUT OF THIS HOUSE
FOREVER SCARED, A MOM DAD AND
THEIR DOG GOOFY.
THEY GAVE THOUSANDS TO HELP THE
DOG RECOVER AND WHILE THE
FAMILY RECOVERED SO DID THEIR
DOG.
FOR THE FIRST TIME THEY SHARE
THEIR PAINFUL STORY OF
SURVIVAL.
HERE IS MORE.
>> HE STILL HAS PAIN, HE SHOWS
IT.
>> THE PICTURES ARE PAINFUL
ENOUGH TO LOOK AT BUT WHAT THEY
SURVIVED, CANNOT BE CAPTURED IN
A SNAPSHOT.
IMAGES OF HIS WIFE JULIANA
REVEALED HIS EMOTIONAL WOUNDS
THAT HAVE YET TO HEAL.
>> I HAVE NOT SEEN THE PICTURES
BUT I SAW THE PICTURE OF MY
WIFE AND I NEVER SAW HER LIKE
THAT.
>> Reporter: IN SEPTEMBER THEY
SAY A NATURAL GAS LEAK SPARKED
AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE IN THEIR
OAK CLIFF HOME.
HE SPENT A MONTH IN THE
HOSPITAL'S BURN UNIT.
JULIANA WAS THERE FOR EIGHT
WEEKS.
>> I HAVE PERMANENT SCARRING.
>> BUT THE FAMILY PET IS STILL
AT THE VET.
>> Reporter: THEY TOLD YOU
ABOUT THE DOG BEFORE.
AFTER PARAMEDICS TOOK THE DOG
TO THE HOSPITAL, DOZENS OF
OTHERS AS FAR AWAY AS HOUSTON
CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA
PITCHED IN DONATED MORE THAN
$11,000 TO PAY FOR THE DOG'S
THERAPY AND ANTI-BY AT
PARTICULAR.
>> IF YOU I DON'T KNOW HE WAS
IN A FIRE AND HAS THE SCARS HE
HAS YOU WOULD NOT KNOW ANYTHING
HAD HAPPENED TO HIM.
>> HE IS FRIENDLY YET FEISTY
AND SOMEWHAT INTIMIDATED BY OUR
CAMERA.
>> Reporter: THE MENDEZ'S FACE
MANY MORE MONTHS OF THERAPY.
IN FACT THEY TOOK PABLO BACK TO
THE HOSPITAL ON MONDAY FOR
ANOTHER WEEK LONG TREATMENT, HE
WILL RETURN HOME TO A SURPRISE,
HIS BE LOVED DOG WHO KNOWS WHAT
THEY ARE GOING THROUGH.
THE NURSE WHO NURSED THE DOG