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It must be that time of the year.
17 years ago
I'm not sure how many people are aware of what all has been going on with me lately. I know my closer friends have been kept mostly up-to-date on things. I've been in and out of the hospital for the last several months, as I started bleeding internally and went quite anemic. Thus I've been home alot, very tired and rather sick, the medication I am on makes me nauseas and throw up alot, and they insist on taking more blood tests all the time go me? Things have been getting better though, I've adjusted to my medication so I am not sick all the time and now going to the hospital for more tests is just becoming apart of my routine. Important thing is, I'm going to be okay even if they don't know what's wrong with me
I got some bad news yesterday though, and I might take sometime away from certain activities for the next month or so. My dog Buddy (Yah some of you know buddy he's always pestering when im' on the microphone), was diagnosed with cancer many years ago, and we've been fighting it.
I am sad to say that yesterday we found out it has spread to his lungs, and the prognosis is not good. Due to his age (16) and location they are not reccommending Chemo on this, and it is unclear how much time he actually has left in him. In about 2 weeks we will have more tests results back and the doctor should be able to give me a better estimate, and we will have a better plan of what to do. For now he's still full of energy and love.
The doctor does not seem to think he'll make it through to christmas this year, so I am making plans to celebrate christmas early. One of Buddy's favorite things to do is open his christmas presents, so I'll have to stage that for him. And really I always love watching him carefully tug the packages open with his mouth and feet. Anyway I am rambling. We're planning to take Buddy to the local off leash dog park as much as possible in the coming days, since it's something he enjoys and as long as he has the energy he should get to play and do whatever the hell he wants. And yes this does mean yesterday he got a hamburger as the Burger king drive thru.
Just wanted to give a heads up to people of why I am silent and absent. My apologies to anyone I may have upset with this.
I got some bad news yesterday though, and I might take sometime away from certain activities for the next month or so. My dog Buddy (Yah some of you know buddy he's always pestering when im' on the microphone), was diagnosed with cancer many years ago, and we've been fighting it.
I am sad to say that yesterday we found out it has spread to his lungs, and the prognosis is not good. Due to his age (16) and location they are not reccommending Chemo on this, and it is unclear how much time he actually has left in him. In about 2 weeks we will have more tests results back and the doctor should be able to give me a better estimate, and we will have a better plan of what to do. For now he's still full of energy and love.
The doctor does not seem to think he'll make it through to christmas this year, so I am making plans to celebrate christmas early. One of Buddy's favorite things to do is open his christmas presents, so I'll have to stage that for him. And really I always love watching him carefully tug the packages open with his mouth and feet. Anyway I am rambling. We're planning to take Buddy to the local off leash dog park as much as possible in the coming days, since it's something he enjoys and as long as he has the energy he should get to play and do whatever the hell he wants. And yes this does mean yesterday he got a hamburger as the Burger king drive thru.
Just wanted to give a heads up to people of why I am silent and absent. My apologies to anyone I may have upset with this.
My dog is sick as well, not nearly as sick as yours, but I do understand what you must be going through.
The Burger King comment made me think back to when my dad would spoil my dog by taking him through the McDonald's drive-thru and getting him one of those small cheese burgers. ^_^
And yah, I am spoiling him rotten with drive thru, and getting to sleep on the bed. And pile o' toys. I'm sorry to hear your dog is sick I will keep it in my thoughts and hope it gets better swiftly <3
He has been getting a bit better in that his hair is starting to grow back (it is falling out in patches because the hair follicles are dying). We don't know if it's because of his cushing's disease or if he caught something else too. The latter is most likely as cushing's acts a bit like AIDS since it breaks down the immune system. Poor guy also has a big cyst on his chest that we have been scared to have removed because if his immune system is as wrecked as we suspect it is, surgery would probably cause more problems than it would fix.
Keep spending as much time as you can with your dog and I hope that you get better as well.
I sorta wound up here by accident, really, so. Uhm.
I'm sorry you're going through such a hard time and I hope you get to make the most of the time you two have left together.
He's awake now, well he's half awake lol :) and heavily medicated, doctors have alot more hope for him now but he is still a very old dog but at least he has a little more time :)