Champion of My Heart Tribute Video
Sharing a lifetime of photos and video of Lilly, our dearly departed canine heroine. Approximately 5-minute tribute video for my Heart Dog -- my canine soul mate -- Lilly Elizabeth Hawn.
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Rest in Peace Champion of My Heart
Today, Lilly Elizabeth Hawn earned the angel’s wings we always knew she had. She was my Heart Dog – my canine soul mate. Gone from this life, she lives forever in my heart. Goodbye, beautiful…
Just for Fun An Allergic Reaction, Puffy Faced Dog
This hasn't been our best week at Chez Champion of My Heart. Lengthy nosebleeds. Sudden allergic reaction. BUT, we also got some good news after Lilly's recheck date with our veterinary internal medicine and veterinary…
Juggling a Cascade of Canine Side-Effects
Lilly's case is getting increasingly complicated. Every decision we make in consultation with our growing team of veterinary specialists has consequences. Each time we prioritize medical concerns, each time we add / increase / remove…
Monitoring the Miracle of Lilly
Before Thanksgiving gobbles up all our time and energy, here is the news from both Ginko’s and Lilly’s recheck appointments this week. Warning! Cute pictures below.
Bearing Witness
Remember BB, Lilly’s magic comfort bear a friend sent us a while back? Well, there’s a new bear on the case. She is small enough to fit in a pocket, and the story of her name never…
Quick Dog Care Tip — Memory Foam Bat Mats
We spend a lot of time on the floor with Lilly. Likely for a variety of reasons, she often is not comfortable on softer surfaces. She chooses to hunker down on the hard floor. Great…
It’s Like Standing in a Batting Cage With Fastballs Flying at Your Head
Coming at us like fastballs aimed at our heads, Lilly's medical problems continue to mount. On top of last week's out-of-the-blue blood clot in her right rear leg, we've been dealing with more bleeding (due…
Canine Blood Clots Ahoy
Another day. Another run to the veterinary ER. As one of three veterinary emergency and critical care specialists on Team Lilly likes to say, "Lilly doesn't read textbooks." The news we got yesterday (Tuesday, October…
Lilly Video Update – Feeling Better
We threw together a quick 90-second video, showing how Lilly is doing 2 weeks since her most recent setback and 5 days since the ER run to find out why she was feeling so lethargic.…
5 Days of Lethargy, 5 Hours in the Veterinary ER
Thanks to some medicine heroics in response to Lilly's neurological setback Saturday, October 12, 2013, Lilly did seem to stabilize and improve slightly. Starting Thursday, October 17, however, she seemed exhausted and as if she…
Guest Post: Why I Approved 1 Border Collie’s Adoption to 1 Particular Family
Sunday, October 20, 2013, marks the 9th anniversary of Lilly's adoption. Here is that story through the eyes of the adoption counselor who gave us the green light. On a sunny October day in 2004,…
Canine Brain Inflammation Surge and Other News
Hectic doesn't begin to describe the last week or so. In addition to learning about Ginko's scary heart problems, all kinds of things went wrong deep in the programming bowels of our blog site. Then,…
Chance to Attend a LIVE Web Chat with Roxanne and Lilly from Champion of My Heart
Sunday, October 20, is the 9th anniversary of Lilly's adoption, so we figure it's a great time to celebrate with our first-ever LIVE video chat event. Details below.
Canine Bladder Wars Continued
During Colorado's recent "1,000-year flood," we made a mad dash to the veterinary emergency room because there were clear (and icky) signs that Lilly had another bad bladder infection. We drew another urine culture Saturday…