In honor of Spencer turning 8 today, please enjoy this slideshow of some of the highlights of his wonderful, special, incredible life as my hero thus far 🥰🥳

Spencer truly is my little hero - he is my service dog for POTS.

But then earlier this summer, he alerted no less than 10 times in less than an hour…but I wasn’t having a POTS episode??

Turns out I was HAVING A HEART ATTACK!! Because of his persistence I went to the ER and was life flighted to a major hospital nearby.

Eventually I was referred to the Mayo clinic, where I was diagnosed with a rare genetic heart condition. I had successful cardiac surgery 6 days ago, though I will still need a heart transplant in 10-15 years.

I shudder to think what could’ve happened if not for my tiny hero relentlessly alerting me until I went to the hospital.

Thank you Spencer - I love you, and I’m proud of you, and I’m so grateful to be in your life 💜

Happy birthday, tiny hero!! With many more to come🥳🥳