Episode One: Iris the Virus | Sponsored
This is the story of a very special girl named Iris.
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Here it is. Episode 01: Iris the Virus.
Iris’s life was short, wild, and wonderful, thanks to Anna, who foster failed this little unicorn of a puppy when she was diagnosed with megaesophagus. This insane condition renders the esophagus unable to move food through it. It’s fucked. It varies in severity — some dogs can live a full life with it, while others have less time.
I often think of the way Anna loved Iris.
I wonder if I could do it, if I could love that hard, if I could love so much that it would transcend the odds for a dog who couldn’t even drink water without the risk of dying.
I’ve listened to this episode probably 100 times.
My heart never tires of hearing the emotion in Anna’s voice as she describes how naughty Iris was, the absurd lengths she went to feed her every day, and the absence this tornado of a dog left in her life when she crossed over.
It’s an emotional ride, but at the end, I always find myself saying, “Fuck yeah, Iris.”
Someday, you might decide to love an animal like Iris, an animal that doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell. Like Anna, you might say, “Fuck the odds. Let’s do this,” and give it the best life it could ever dream of, no matter how short or small it seems.
Because it never really is. It’s always bigger than that.
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