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Blessings on Ewok. My Effie woke me up
one morning with labored breathing and had chemo that day. She had
mediastinal lymphoma. She responded quickly to the chemo, and went
into remission. Continued chemo kept her chipper for seven wonderful
months. There were very little to no side effects ... doc and I agreed to
deliberately treat for quality of life, not quantity. The lymphoma
diagnosis is a real pisser.
Hugs, Del
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 1:24
PM
Subject: Ewok has a tumor... :(
Damn, damn, damn...but I can't tell you guys enough how so very
proud
of this little man I am...my vet was able to get us into the
oncologist's office straight away and it was confirmed that he has
lymphosarcoma in his chest cavity. He went through his first round
of
chemo this morning (everything has happened so fast...I'll probably be
hitting the wine supply shortly...forget going back to
work!
;) )...anyhoo, all we can do now is wait and see how the tumor
responds. My vet was actually quite impressed with his overall
health
(bloodwork, etc.) that she even retested him for leukemia to see if
he
hadn't thrown the virus off...but, unfortunately, he's still coming up
positive. No mattter, though, he seems to be pretty upbeat
irregardless...incessently grooming all his shaved spots...if all goes
well, the oncologist says perhaps six to eight months (although he
treated a feleuk guy who's going on 2 years remission), and I'll take
it seeing as though, for these Feleuk guys, 6 months is a
lifetime...
Thank you all so much for your good wishes, they truly mean
the world
to me, especially in the days
ahead!
Jen
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"But
if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be
unique
in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world;
You become
responsible, forever, for what you have tamed..." --Antoine
de
Saint-Exupéry
"If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and
you will know
each other. If you do not talk to them you will not
know them, and
what you do not know you will fear. What one fears one
destroys." --
Chief Dan George
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