Video Update on Lilly’s Brain Inflammation

  I don’t much remember what life with Lilly was like before she got so sick with an adverse rabies vaccine reaction called meningoencephalomyelitis in January 2012. Taking

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Feeling Brave-ish 16 Months into Our Canine Brain Saga

  It’s official. I’ve fallen out of the habit of blogging. It’s complicated. Today, for example, my plans to finish work early so that I could clean my

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Quick Update on Lilly

  Not nearly enough chocolate or ice cream in the house for a week like this, but here is a short recap of this week’s (mostly good) news

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Into the Unknown We Go

We got mostly good news today from Lilly’s blood and basic urine tests. The urine culture takes several more days, but Lilly’s complete blood count (CBC) and senior

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Reeling from Another Setback

<insert string of vociferous profanities here> Lilly is having another set-back. Whether the weakness and wobbling we’re seeing is a result of the antibiotic-resistant infection in her bladder

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Canine Bladder Wars and Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Infections

The good news? A total of 7 weeks of antibiotics (2 different kinds) wiped out Lilly’s e coli bladder infection. The bad news? Now she has an antibiotic-resistant

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Fun With Dog Brains, The Latest Lilly News

Another silly week comes to a close. Lilly received 4 more cytarabine injections Tuesday and Wednesday (that’s cycle #11, if you’re keeping tabs). Somehow, I ended up with

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The Agony and Amusement of Canine Brain Issues

Lilly is doing pretty well, if you don’t count the 2 super-soaker / super-messy diaper days in the last week and the renewed urge to eat paper products.

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Everything OK After Lilly’s Sudden Collapse

The headline is that Lilly is fine, but here is a recap of how she gave me a BIG scare on Wednesday.

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Adverse Rabies Vaccine Reaction Update 6 Weeks After Setback

Whew! We’ve been running around like wild monkeys, with as many as 6 veterinary appointments per week. You have our apologies for not posting about every little shift

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