3-4-2016. Sometimes rescue leaves you heartbroken. Unfortunately, one of our new rescue puppies lost his fight with Parvo yesterday. Hawthorne (along with his other litter mates), struggled with Parvo since birth. Receiving round the clock care just wasn't enough to help him win this fight, and in the end, little Hawthorne's body gave up. Parvo is a completely preventable disease, all it requires is a vaccine. The puppies' mother, Silva, must have been exposed to Parvo and passed it on to her pups when she gave birth to them. A special thanks to Jennifer VanderMeer for saving Silva and pups, and finding them rescue so that they could have a chance in the first place; to volunteer Anita for dropping everything and picking up Silva and pups and transporting them to Omaha; and to volunteer Gisèle, for providing round the clock care and meds, bottle-feeding, and even sleeping with the puppies to monitor them. Sometimes, no matter what you do, it just isn't enough. We are all devastated. RIP little Hawthorne, your life mattered