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This Thanksgiving Day I have much to be thankful for…my Boxer’s visit with a veterinary oncologist was a mixed bag of sorts. All her tests came back with little changes, but the swollen lymph nodes have been problematic and in between vet visits doubled her Prednisone (an anti-inflammatory steroid) to get that under control. On that alone, she has 1-2 months, with limited chemotherapy around 6 months and a cost around $2,000…the most aggressive would give her maybe a year, but way out of my ball park @ $5,000-6,200…I love my dog, but hell I took out a loan for that amount to have my roof replaced this summer, to put things into perspective!!! So for now, she goes in every week to have blood work done before any further injections and see how she responds.
Outside of some temporary indigestion she had after eating her wet food, which I helped relieve by rubbing her tummy and throat, her signs and symptoms are beginning to lessen. Maybe I’ll get a more sound sleep tonight, if she gets through the night.
Later today my g/f had a consultation with her cardiologist and the bottom line is she has some issue with her right arterial artery and they need to put a catheter tube in to check it out and go from there. There is some possible financial assistance based on her limited and erratic income from unemployment, as she has no insurance and that process can’t get started until Monday, due to the long holiday weekend. Her doctor put her on a med to alleviate her chest pains and other symptoms and buy more time. For now, she’s to take it easy and rest, no strenuous activity. The blockage is in the right arterial artery, which explains why she’s so tired so often, although she deals with clinical depression like I do, so you have to sort it out sometimes.
Friday: We had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner with part of the extended family around an hour’s drive away at her sister’s home. Just before arriving we witnessed a wild turkey perched on a traffic medium barrier and my gf joked about the one turkey that won’t be on someone’s table today! It was a great travel day and the last stretch of unusually long sunny and dry days in the mid to high 50’s. I LOVE being outdoors, so got caught up on putting the garden beds to sleep for the winter with a thick mulch of maple leaves my neighbors are more then happy to get rid of. Weather conditions this autumn were perfect for a vibrant and colorful and long lasting foliage change despite the long summer drought, followed by record rainfall and three days of constant 30 mph winds, gusting up to 50+, since we were directly on the outer edge of the storm shield from Hurricane Sandy. We’re used to winds like this, but those are more winter related.
I’ve always been fascinated by the weather and started in the 3rd grade. It’s like playing chess in an attempt to predict the weather that goes against the forecast model on the local news. You learn a lot after each event occurs. The affects of Lake Michigan are the wild card that can throw you a curve every time and can act like a snow conveyor machine for days on end.
Being in a healthy and stable relationship has greatly improved my own quality of life. For a solid two weeks I enjoyed the luxury of a deep restful sleep void of night terrors until the other night, but that was probably some stress overload given the recent events in a matter of days. Overall though, I’m making great strides towards being more resilient and focused and haven’t felted stressed.
It’s been 48 hours since my dog’s first chemotherapy injection and she’s shown great improvement in that she can get up and walk around comfortably and at least the glands around her neck are significantly down in size. I know I’m buying time and greatly appreciate that, as this is going to be a long good bye…
Outside of some temporary indigestion she had after eating her wet food, which I helped relieve by rubbing her tummy and throat, her signs and symptoms are beginning to lessen. Maybe I’ll get a more sound sleep tonight, if she gets through the night.
Later today my g/f had a consultation with her cardiologist and the bottom line is she has some issue with her right arterial artery and they need to put a catheter tube in to check it out and go from there. There is some possible financial assistance based on her limited and erratic income from unemployment, as she has no insurance and that process can’t get started until Monday, due to the long holiday weekend. Her doctor put her on a med to alleviate her chest pains and other symptoms and buy more time. For now, she’s to take it easy and rest, no strenuous activity. The blockage is in the right arterial artery, which explains why she’s so tired so often, although she deals with clinical depression like I do, so you have to sort it out sometimes.
Friday: We had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner with part of the extended family around an hour’s drive away at her sister’s home. Just before arriving we witnessed a wild turkey perched on a traffic medium barrier and my gf joked about the one turkey that won’t be on someone’s table today! It was a great travel day and the last stretch of unusually long sunny and dry days in the mid to high 50’s. I LOVE being outdoors, so got caught up on putting the garden beds to sleep for the winter with a thick mulch of maple leaves my neighbors are more then happy to get rid of. Weather conditions this autumn were perfect for a vibrant and colorful and long lasting foliage change despite the long summer drought, followed by record rainfall and three days of constant 30 mph winds, gusting up to 50+, since we were directly on the outer edge of the storm shield from Hurricane Sandy. We’re used to winds like this, but those are more winter related.
I’ve always been fascinated by the weather and started in the 3rd grade. It’s like playing chess in an attempt to predict the weather that goes against the forecast model on the local news. You learn a lot after each event occurs. The affects of Lake Michigan are the wild card that can throw you a curve every time and can act like a snow conveyor machine for days on end.
Being in a healthy and stable relationship has greatly improved my own quality of life. For a solid two weeks I enjoyed the luxury of a deep restful sleep void of night terrors until the other night, but that was probably some stress overload given the recent events in a matter of days. Overall though, I’m making great strides towards being more resilient and focused and haven’t felted stressed.
It’s been 48 hours since my dog’s first chemotherapy injection and she’s shown great improvement in that she can get up and walk around comfortably and at least the glands around her neck are significantly down in size. I know I’m buying time and greatly appreciate that, as this is going to be a long good bye…
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