[Source.](https://www.newsweek.com/rescue-dog-recovers-after-trauma-1828023) > Sadly, not all dogs have an easy life and many end up in shelters, dreaming of their forever home. > One such dog was Luna, who spent over nine months in a shelter in Texas, after she was picked up as a heartworm positive, pregnant stray. > Luna got her lucky break when Shellby Hall, 34, and Dominic Hall, 33, decided to foster her out of the shelter, but her healing journey had only just begun. > "Once we learned she had heartworm we knew she had a long journey ahead of her," Shellby Hall told Newsweek, "so we decided to foster her for multiple months."