A Turn For The Worse
We took Jack to the U of M to have them look at her as she was not recovering well we thought from the chemo but it seemed like she was in pain in her him and other rear leg. They took xrays and found that the Osteosarcoma had spread to her hip and other leg. I never imagined it would be so fast. We are giving her pain medication but it is hard to say how effective it is. The nights are expecially hard for her, she is restless and can’t seem to get comfortable. We expect that she only has a short time if the pain cannot be managed. We’re going to try a drug that is a 4 hour IV drip that slows the progress of Osteoperosis and we’re going to try radiation to help with the pain. We also will start the Adriamycin chemo in three weeks which is what we probably should have started with. I’m honestly not sure if she’ll be with us for all this but we’re going to try what we can and see how her spirit is.
January 27th, 2010 at 4:25 pm
We are so very sorry to hear this news. We’ve been following your blog and hoping that things would go better. Please know that all that matters to Jack is that you are together, enjoying whatever time you have left as best you can. Remember, each moment is a gift. And also remember that dogs don’t count days or months or years. All they care about is being with you at that very moment.
Hang in there and good luck with the palliative care. If you want to talk to others who have gone down similar paths, please come visit all the good folks at our community for three legged dogs and their pawrents, Tripawds.com.
January 28th, 2010 at 4:56 pm
Thanks so much for reading and for your comment. We’re lucky to have flexable employers so we’re able to spend as much time as possible with her as we go through this.