The Rising of Bobby Lazarus and the Lived Philosophy of Dogs

A resurrection I witnessed in 2019 felt like a miracle. Our beautiful, sweet Saluki desert dog, Bobby, just seven years old, whom we brought home to the US from Abu Dhabi, UAE, suddenly started sneezing up blood. As it got progressively worse, at night we rushed him to a veterinary emergency room, where he “died.” His heart stopped for minutes.

The vet …