Advertisement Reunited! Freeway Frida goes home with officer who rescued her Frida was found hurt on Hwy. 99 in April Share Shares Copy Link Copy

Her palms were sweaty, her heart was racing. This was the moment Galt police Officer Sylvia Coelho hoped for but never thought would actually happen. "They're going to bring her out," Coelho whispered to a fellow officer. Then as if on cue, her new German Shepherd, affectionately and appropriately named Freeway Frida, came running from around the corner. Coelho already calls her new pooch "baby girl" and Thursday, nearly three months after she first heard about this mysterious dog, Frida is going home with her. Frida and Coelho first crossed paths on April 10 when dispatchers said a caller reported a German Shepherd had fallen out of a pickup truck on Highway 99 near Galt. Officers were unable to find her at the time, but continued to receive phone calls about the German Shepherd in the center median of the busy road every few days. Five weeks later, Coelho was on the team of officers that finally rescued her. "She's going to go from the freeway to being here -- to a loving home,” Coehlo said. “I'm so happy to give that to her." Since mid-May, Frida has been recovering at the VCA Bradshaw Animal Hospital in Elk Grove. She came in starving, dehydrated and sick, on top of a broken leg. Now, she's regained her weight and her spirit. Her leg is rocking a Fourth of July-themed cast, covered in stars. "We have had such a connection to Frida, and I mean it's a good day," hospital manager Julie Hughes said. "We're kind of sad because she's leaving us. But, we're super happy that she's going home and that she's going home with Officer Coelho." Frida will need a second surgery on her leg and a full recovery could take a year or longer. However, Coelho believes the days of long walks and boat rides on the lake are right around the corner. “It's such an amazing feeling to know that she's going to come home as our new family member,” Coelho said.