01/07/2026
Today, we celebrate the Sweetest SIXTEENTH Birthday of my most amazingesst angel baby LILY 🐶. As a triple passport-holder (🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷), Lily has an itinerary this summer to rival most, with travel to Rome, Barcelona, Lithuania, Puglia and much more. Though her euro summer admittedly got off to a rocky start, when a few weeks ago, what felt like almost overnight, Lily’s kidney started failing, she lost nearly a kilo (roughly 1/3 of her weight), her hind leg function began severely deteriorating, and she developed anemia. We spent 2 and a half weeks in the care of the Salento Animal Clinic 🇮🇹, having tests and receiving a cocktail of treatments and IVs. This combined with continued out-patient care and a good deal of prayer, bring us to her birthday today where Lily’s kidney levels have returned to normal, her anemia is lowering, her weight returning, and this bad ass FIGHTER of a doggie is making the most miraculous recovery 🥹. To say how grateful I am to celebrate 16 years of my best friend gracing this Earth doesn’t really capture how I feel, so I’ll let my reaction to Lily’s improved blood test speak for itself (Swipe to end).
Lily is the antidote to every wildly overstimulating thing in this world— the best gratitude practice I could ever know.
So happy happy happy birthday my sweet angel! We could’ve been bajillionaires if I actually properly launched you an Only Paws account, but I’ll gladly take every analog moment with you 100 times over.
Please continue to keep my bubs in your prayers as we’re not totally out of the woods yet, but I’m so proud of all the recovery she’s fought for so far. Here’s to our sassy spirited fighting queen! 😘😘
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