Why am I writing this?

I have known many, many people who have had their dogs die from cancer. In many cases, the cancer was too far advanced to treat. Of those who did treat, you don't know the details of what they went through. It sounds quite simple when summarized with 'we went though chemo and he lived 2 years'. There is a whole lot more emotion and decisions to be made. Treatment is not always simple.

This blog is my own personal experience. Some days are filled with frustration, others are filled with laughter. If anyone is offended, I can't apologize for my emotions. I typed what I felt at the time. It does not mean I feel the same today. If you want clarification, just ask. No matter my frustrations, I know my vet and oncologist are doing a fantastic job of caring for Arri. He just is not co-operating by being a 'typical' case.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Jan 17: The boy is back in town!

 For many years, Arri was my 6:03 am alarm clock.  Since his cancer last year, he has retired from that position.  He would get up whenever I got up to feed everyone.  Since he got home from the hospital two weeks ago, he gets up when he absolutely has to go outside, sometime around 7:30 am.  This morning, he got out of bed before 6:00 am.

More and more energy it seems.  Arri is back to daily, albeit short trips to the park.

 It has been 15 days of odd eating habits but improving appetite. Tonight was the first time Arri was bouncing with the rest of the dogs, excited for dinner.  Normally he is always fed first but when I was delivering meals to where he sat, he was last so I could keep the mongrels from moving in on his food.  He was fed last tonight only because we were not expecting him to be standing in line with the rest so his plate was not ready.  I put his variety of foods in his bowl and let him stand at the head of the chow line.   He ate it down with gusto.

It is getting easier to forget he has an incurable cancer.  While the chemo knocked him on his butt for a number of days, it also seems to be kicking the pants off the cancer.   While there is no way to know what is happening on the inside without tests, x-rays etc, based on behavior  Arri is feeling great.   I did not expect such excellent results.


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