Special Needs Adoption - Dog Adoption

Jennifer and I have always talked about adoption. We wonder if that will be something we do at some point. We also wonder if we would adopt a special-needs child. We feel drawn to them, but we also hesitate knowing all too well what it would mean. But, in the meantime, as many of you know, we adopted a dog. Lily has been a great addition to our family. But it seems that our dog is a special-needs dog!

She has mange, which is common enough, but I never knew it was a genetic immune disorder! All dogs have mites and usually without issue. But if a dog has a suppressed immune system, they cannot resist the mites' impact. Further, it appears Lily is having short, focal seizures! Yes, seizures! On Jacob's page, I wrote about how much Lily and Jacob have in common. Well it appears she is trying to be like Macayla as well. Oh, and I say this sort of tongue-in-cheek, but Lily is trying to be like me and have sleep apnea! She is the first dog I've ever seen at the age of one who will fall asleep sitting up even when she is begging for food. How did we get a special-needs dog?