The bigger one of the two dogs I have - Bertha - seems to be mourning all day long when I'm sick. She lays her head on me whenever she can and always keep an eye on me, just in case I'm going out of the bed. The other one - Julia - isn't that attentive... Maybe she is too young to be, I don't...
Sounds really scary... I can't imagine such cold, here in Florida we are having a quite mild winter and it's no problem to go with my dogs for a pee. Do you dress Psyche to anything?
Everytime when our family gets together and we eat, our two French bulldogs sit at the feet of my brother... They are used to being feed by him and they never leave him alone when he is eating something... It is pretty fun to watch, indeed :-)