Sam had another treatment today. Our day started out with an early morning drive north to her treating Oncologist. Sam road on my lap the entire way. She received a Corgi massage the entire way. I really think she knows where we are going, and what is going to happen. I think she pretty much just deals with the IV insertion anymore. It makes me sad that she may think this is just part of life. I wish I could tell her that we are trying to make her better and extend her life. We have a few more treatments to go and then we will have to make some decisions. We may do another medical biopsy to see if she has truly made it into remission this time. This can be done with minimal surgical effort right behind the rear knee. We will also have to decide what path we then take with additional treatment. The total cost is really starting to add up. I never thought I would say this, but we need to touch base with reality at some point.
The good thing now is Sam is happy. She is eating better and gaining some weight. We are supplementing her home cooked food with come high calorie canned food that is gentle on her GI tract. She did pick up a pound over the past week. Which is good. She is still not back to her portly corgi self, and we are not sure if she every will be, but she does seems happy. Always easy to tell when she proudly leads me to the grass every morning, with her tennis ball held high in her month. Yes, she has me trained very well.
We are moving into the seventh month since her initial diagnosis in March 2014. I am hopeful for 10 times that seven month count!
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