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Sunday Night Open Thread

by John Cole|  November 18, 201811:16 pm| 44 Comments

This post is in: Dog Blogging, Pet Rescue

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Watching Homecoming with my girl.

Lily jumped up on to the bed today for the first time since she was diagnosed with cancer. I’ve had to lift her ever since. Until today.

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  1. 1.

    JamesKPolkEsq

    November 18, 2018 at 11:20 pm

    Fuck yeah Lily.

    Not gonna lie, I took Lily’s diagnosis almost as hard as I took Hair Fuhrer’s election…

    Cherish your days with your loved ones folks!

  2. 2.

    zhena gogolia

    November 18, 2018 at 11:23 pm

    Yay Lily!

  3. 3.

    Mary G

    November 18, 2018 at 11:26 pm

    Saw that on twitter and was so happy. Little Lily was not ready to go yet, thank Dog.

  4. 4.

    Mohagan

    November 18, 2018 at 11:27 pm

    What wonderful news!

  5. 5.

    Mnemosyne

    November 18, 2018 at 11:30 pm

    Yay Lily!

    The stupid urgent care center made me go to the ER for my asthma attack because they didn’t have any oxygen, so it cost me $200 instead of $50. Plus I felt stupid walking into the ER with moderate asthma that was making me uncomfortable, but luckily it was a quiet afternoon.

  6. 6.

    Mike in NC

    November 18, 2018 at 11:31 pm

    Good Lily!

  7. 7.

    Debg

    November 18, 2018 at 11:32 pm

    She’s a fighter and a sweetie—the Wonder Woman of dogs.

  8. 8.

    M. Bouffant

    November 18, 2018 at 11:33 pm

    Getting the energy back:
    YES!!

  9. 9.

    WaterGirl

    November 18, 2018 at 11:40 pm

    I was so happy to read that on Twitter earlier. Now I’m happy because you shared that with us here. I was hoping you would!

    The picture of Lily doesn’t show up for me. Sometimes when I load the page, I get the big box with a question mark inside. If I reload, I don’t get that but there is no indication that there should be a photo there, except that there is an extra line of space.

    But if I click in the white space, a HUGE photo appears. Sweet Lily.

  10. 10.

    Mike in NC

    November 18, 2018 at 11:41 pm

    @Mnemosyne: Several years ago when I wasn’t on regular medication, I had my wife take me to the local ER because I felt an oncoming asthma attack. The ER bill was about $300 but they did call me the next day to ask how I was doing.

  11. 11.

    sukabi

    November 18, 2018 at 11:44 pm

    I look forward to next week when Miss Lily jumps up on your bed to wake your ass up to take her out to pee.

    Can’t wait for the curmudgeonly rant.??????

  12. 12.

    Yarrow

    November 18, 2018 at 11:45 pm

    Lily! She’s just the best, sweetest girl.

    @Mnemosyne: Wow, that sounds scary. Could you appeal to the insurance company for the $150 difference since it’s not your fault they didn’t have oxygen?

  13. 13.

    Yutsano

    November 18, 2018 at 11:45 pm

    Yay Lilypuppeh!!!

    Also: why does that look like Rumsfeld on your screen?

  14. 14.

    cbear

    November 18, 2018 at 11:50 pm

    Lily jumped up on to the bed today for the first time since she was diagnosed with cancer.

    Aw, man, that’s wonderful, Cole. She’s a good girl!

  15. 15.

    Yarrow

    November 18, 2018 at 11:53 pm

    @WaterGirl: That’s like that post from Alain the other day that had the scary Yule loaf or whatever it was that looked like body parts. Showed up in Cole’s Twitter feed for the tweet for that post but I couldn’t see it in the actual post at all.

  16. 16.

    cain

    November 18, 2018 at 11:57 pm

    @Yutsano:

    Also: why does that look like Rumsfeld on your screen?

    Right wing porn. Who knows what Rumsfeld is doing leaning down like that..

  17. 17.

    David Hunt

    November 18, 2018 at 11:57 pm

    At the risk of writing the same thing that every other decent human being writes in this comment section. That is great news about Lily. I’m so happy that she’s feeling better.

  18. 18.

    TaMara (HFG)

    November 18, 2018 at 11:59 pm

    She’s so pretty and she looks really healthy, fur, weight and ears.

  19. 19.

    WaterGirl

    November 19, 2018 at 12:02 am

    @Yarrow:

    Could you appeal to the insurance company for the $150 difference since it’s not your fault they didn’t have oxygen?

    Pardon my jumping in to reply for Mnem, but

    ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

  20. 20.

    eclare

    November 19, 2018 at 12:09 am

    So happy for you and Lily!

  21. 21.

    TomatoQueen

    November 19, 2018 at 12:14 am

    Lily looks perky and lovely, so glad she has jump on the bed energy.

  22. 22.

    NotoriousJRT

    November 19, 2018 at 12:14 am

    Hooray!

  23. 23.

    Redshift

    November 19, 2018 at 12:15 am

    Great news about Lily!

    Hugo, the neighborhood stray cat my good friends took in a couple of months ago, wasn’t eating last week and was diagnosed with cancer, which makes me very sad. However, he was put on anti-nausea drugs and painkillers, and he’s now eating like a horse and acting like his old self. With luck he’ll have at least a couple of good years, and he might get really lucky and go into remission. (That’s all I know; I don’t know the specifics yet.)

  24. 24.

    Redshift

    November 19, 2018 at 12:18 am

    And in happier news, my good friend Jennifer Boysko easily won the nomination for Jennifer Wexton’s state senate seat. Even better, 2600+ people came out to vote for the nomination yesterday, and when the Republicans had their nominating meeting today, they had 69 people voting.

  25. 25.

    phantomist

    November 19, 2018 at 12:21 am

    She seems to be having a pretty good time despite her worrying. That’s Lily.

    Dashiell Hammett

  26. 26.

    wasabi gasp

    November 19, 2018 at 12:35 am

    bow chicka bow wow

  27. 27.

    HumboldtBlue

    November 19, 2018 at 12:36 am

    Lily of the valley.

    I bet she keeps her knives sharp.

  28. 28.

    Chacal Charles Calthrop

    November 19, 2018 at 12:42 am

    Yeah, it’s probably pretty boring to read all the “yeah, Lilly!”
    But, still, “yeah Lilly!” After all, we like to see these posts…

  29. 29.

    trollhattan

    November 19, 2018 at 12:47 am

    One adorable puppy, that Lily. Mazel tov!

  30. 30.

    Yarrow

    November 19, 2018 at 12:53 am

    @WaterGirl: I’ve appealed things and managed to get them approved. Sometimes the wording that works is even available online. One can always try.

  31. 31.

    Mnemosyne

    November 19, 2018 at 12:56 am

    @Yarrow:

    Sadly, what WaterGirl said. The insurance company will say I chose to go there, so tough luck. I was able to afford it, so luckily it was more of an annoyance than anything else.

  32. 32.

    jl

    November 19, 2018 at 12:57 am

    Thanks for cute petpic. Nice to hear Lily is getting spry again.
    But, looks like she was watching something else. Was she just taking a break for ‘squirrel!’ in the window, or something?

  33. 33.

    Hilfy

    November 19, 2018 at 1:00 am

    HIP, HIP, HURRAH! Thank God something is going right in our world.

  34. 34.

    frosty

    November 19, 2018 at 1:13 am

    Great news about Lily. Happy to hear she’s getting back to her old self. You both have done wonders for each other.

  35. 35.

    prostratedragon

    November 19, 2018 at 1:13 am

    Woofs of approval!

  36. 36.

    Eljai

    November 19, 2018 at 1:15 am

    That is one sweet photo of Lily.

    Also, I watched the first three episodes of Homecoming this weekend, so if you figure out what that show is about, let me know.

  37. 37.

    Jay

    November 19, 2018 at 2:06 am

    So I’m thinking of a Olympus Has Fallen II.

    The President is a young, female Military Veteran of Colour.

    The “Presidential Bunker” is revealed as nothing more than a Safe Room, because Washington is built on a swamp.

    The Speaker is a Rethug, who elects to take no action, as when the President is dead, “we’ll just call a Special Election”

    The attackers arn’t NORKs, but instead ‘Murkin Nazi’s and Militia’s.

    The President, along with a no traditional alliance, saves herself.

    So I’ve got the immigrant taxi driver who figures out the MAGA’s armed to the shit, arn’t White House Tourists, and takes action,

    The old, crochety LBGTQ frendly White guy , ( maybe the VP) who pulls the tennis balls off his walker, and takes out Nazis.

    Any other ideas?

  38. 38.

    Bonnie

    November 19, 2018 at 2:25 am

    You are so lucky! When it comes to cancer and my pets, I have no luck at all. I am very happy for you and Lily.

  39. 39.

    rikyrah

    November 19, 2018 at 5:07 am

    Yeah, beautiful Lily??

  40. 40.

    Skepticat

    November 19, 2018 at 7:22 am

    We’ll take any good news we can get, but this is great news. And may it ever be so.

  41. 41.

    Sis

    November 19, 2018 at 7:41 am

    Yay!!!!!!!

  42. 42.

    Bobbo

    November 19, 2018 at 8:34 am

    Heartearming! ❤️❤️

  43. 43.

    leeleeFL

    November 19, 2018 at 9:52 am

    Nice to see Lily looking so good, Cole! ?????

  44. 44.

    Tata

    November 19, 2018 at 2:56 pm

    Yay Lily!

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