Enbrel's potential in this realm might never have come to light but for the dogged efforts of a few university researchers, including Douglas Mann, who heads heart-failure research at the Baylor College of Medicine.
Mordred was too weak to walk, so Douglas lifted him into the back of the Jeep for what we knew would be the final time, and we all gathered together on the cold linoleum of the vet's office as I bawled my heart out and Mordred laid his head on Douglas' lap, grateful for the comfort.