The Community Diagnostics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn opened its doors to patients for the first time today - and staff say the unit has the power to have a "transformational" effect on a hospital that is due to be rebuilt entirely by the year 2030. @AndyWardITV reports โฌ๏ธ
Since Doug's passing, I've been contemplating the best way to honor him specifically and purposefully. Adopting a senior dog was the most rewarding experience of my life, so I figured we could start there. For the month of February, @15outof10 is covering the adoption fees of all German Shepherds over 1 year old in Los Angeles County shelters, through a partnership with @LACoAnimalCare. Right now, that is 76 dogs, affectionately known as Doug's Buds. If you are in a position to responsibly adopt a dog, it would mean the world to me if you started your journey by considering them, the oldest and the wonkiest โค๏ธ
For those of you nowhere near LA, you can search for a Doug's Bud in a shelter near you, and submit them for consideration through the link underneath this tweet. We will also cover their adoption fee and add them to our page of Doug's Buds. For now, this is limited to German Shepherds and German Shepherd mixes over the age of 5 (wonky ear is just a bonus, not a requirement).
Throughout the month, we will be featuring individual Doug's Buds as an extra push to help get them adopted. And *fingers crossed* sharing adoption photos of the Doug's Buds who find forever homes. Thank you so much for giving us a platform to do things like this. I miss my boy so much, and to help find his friends some loving homes would be very, very cool.
Doug passed away Tuesday afternoon. He could no longer walk on his own and he told us it was time. He went so peacefully. He felt no pain. The sun was shining.
It was such an honor to be Doug's person. He taught me infinitely more than I taught him. I adopted him knowing he wouldn't be with me long, and I'm so incredibly grateful we got 3 years. We made the most of them.
Doug's presence had such a weight to it. He was impossible to ignore for many reasons, his size only one of them. I told him the foundation he inspired will help dogs well beyond his time here. I think he always thought that was pretty cool.
You're stardust again, Douggy. Come back to me in whatever form you like. I'll know it's you. And to whoever is with him now, please give him your love. He gave so much of his. 15/10 โค๏ธ
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