Adverse Vaccine Reactions – The Price We Pay

A few weeks ago on Twitter, someone responded to one of our posts about Lilly’s vaccine-induced meningoencephalomyelitis by saying essentially this, “It’s the price we pay for having

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Wordless Wednesday: Lilly’s Chin

I adore just about every inch of Lilly’s funny, ballerina-like body. My fav part, though? The tiny pink spot on her little white chin. While nesting outside with

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Chemo, Ho! Treating Brain Inflammation After Adverse Rabies Vaccine Reaction

Lilly stands on the frontier of veterinary medicine as we take on the next chapter in her attempted recovery from a severe adverse rabies vaccine reaction — meningoencephalomyelitis

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Adverse Rabies Vaccine Reaction Relapse – The New Treatment Plan

Compared to the almost-coma-like, unresponsive ragdoll of a few weeks ago, Lilly has made great gains. Monday was a tad dicey, with a morning of dullness and lethargy,

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Adverse Vaccine Reaction Treatment Costs Top $15K

It’s official. I hadn’t added everything up since the end of June, but I did on Friday, and we topped $15,000 in expenses to treat Lilly’s severe rabies

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Wordless Wednesday, The Sun Also Rises

These wild daisy-like flowers seem to shower Lilly with adoration. In truth, they lean toward the morning sun … which from this vantage point is behind where Lilly

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Wordless Wednesday – Sister from Another Mother

While we are VERY tempted to adopt this border collie puppy who went missing in our canyon for 8 days this spring, there are many, MANY reasons that

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Early June 2012 – Lilly Neurology Update

Simply put, everything makes me worry. When Lilly seems neurologically stronger, she often acts out-of-her-mind fussy from the daily steroids aimed at shutting down her most recent relapse

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Border Collie Puppy Up for Adoption – Colorado!

This is Oreo — the border collie puppy who went missing for 8 days in our canyon recently. She is currently being fostered by one of our neighbors

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Lilly’s Neurological Relapse

We’re still reeling and consumed by mourning and mourning-related tasks, but I wanted to post a quick update for those who haven’t been following the news on our

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