Ariel and Hadley Jo in her yearbook. LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - When Heather Lange and her 7-year-old daughter, Hadley Jo, opened her school’s yearbook, they were met with a welcome surprise.
Next to Hadley Jo’s picture was a picture of a dog — but not just any dog. It was Hadley Jo’s service dog, Ariel. Hadley Jo suffers from seizures due to epilepsy and Ariel, her Labradoodle service dog, never leaves her side, not even in the yearbook.
St. Patrick Catholic School in Louisville, Kentucky thought it would be a nice surprise for the family to include a significant part of Hadley Jo’s life in her yearbook. “When we picked up that yearbook and saw the photograph, I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, look at the message this school is presenting to the