The State of My Heart

Thursday, December 17, 2015, marks two years since Lilly’s death. I remain devastated. It isn’t the all day, every day, kind of grief, but when it bubbles up, it

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Rant: 3 Reasons This Joke About Adverse Dog Vaccine Reactions Makes Me Livid

Imagine your Canine Soul Mate died from an adverse rabies vaccine reaction a bit more than 18 months ago. You fake it really, really well when you have

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1 Year Ago Today

Exactly one year ago today, we made the painful-but-necessary decision to let Lilly go after a 693-day fight for her life. Our grief is better and totally NOT

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5 Biggest Lessons From a Canine Adverse Vaccine Reaction

Grieving continues. Amid walking that sad road, I’ve tried to distill the most important lessons – not just for me, but things most likely to transfer into your

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Veterinary Cost Case Study – How I Afforded Staggering Bills for 23 Months

Once I got over the medical, emotional, and financial shock of Lilly’s vaccine-induced meningoencephalomyelitis, I created a spreadsheet to track every doggone dollar spent in the fight for

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Lilly’s Last Days

It has only been a little more than 3 weeks since we lost Lilly – our incredible, miraculous canine heroine. It feels impossible, like forever, and like yesterday

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Just for Fun A Dog Allergic Reaction, Puffy Faced Dog

This hasn’t been our best week at Chez Champion of My Heart. Lengthy nosebleeds. Sudden, severe dog allergic reaction. BUT, we also got some good news after Lilly’s

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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.

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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,

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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.”

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