An Unexpected Lesson in Gratitude

A pill bottle sits next to my laptop. The label is fading. The dispense date is June 2006. A prescription for 15 pills. Canine pills. For Holly, collie mix. The pills are Deramaxx. This afternoon I decided to clean out the medicine cabinet. As I filtered through the medications, checking expiration dates, I came across…

An All Too Familiar Ache

I can’t believe I’m actually writing this post. Howard, our puppy, had distemper. This past weekend, we had to put him down. And now our family is once again dealing with the heartache of losing a pet. Unbelievable. It’s been an exhausting and emotional week. In the midst of it all, I’ve been doing a…

One Year Later: A lesson in faith

It’s been a year since Holly died. And my heart still hurts. I miss her so much. The Sunday after she was gone, we went to church as usual, even though I didn’t want to get out of bed much less get dressed and go anywhere public. I had no interest in the service, the…

How to Save A Life

This week, some of the search terms that led people to my blog included: deramaxx and border collies my dog is still sick from deramaxx my dog can not walk after taking deramaxx my dog is no deramaxx deramaxx made dog lame can deramaxx make a dog sick deramaxx shot is deramaxs compatible with thyroxine…

Deramaxx Killed My Best Friend

This is a hard post to write. And it’s going to be a hard post to read. But please read it. And tell your friends to read it. And help spread the word so this doesn’t happen to anyone else. On November 10, 2010 I took Holly, my McNab (border collie mix), to see the…