My little boy is 40 pounds now and becoming a rebellious teen.

Posted by sarahspace in Uncategorized on October 1, 2007

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I traveled a great distance two weeks ago to get Spike.  I can’t believe how great he is.   He is already house trained and knows how to sit.  And he is just freaking cute, I can barely stand it.

Posted by sarahspace in Uncategorized on July 26, 2007

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I have to wait until July 7th to pick him up, but I am very excited.   He was born the day Truck died.

Posted by sarahspace in Uncategorized on June 21, 2007

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It has been a month since Truck died.   I have wanted to write about Truck passing and how I am doing without him, but I can’t yet.  I am doing better than anyone expected, but to write it down makes it real and I am not quite there.

Posted by sarahspace in Uncategorized on May 29, 2007

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Even in Truck’s final moments, he could briefly forget how bad he felt for a treat.

Posted by sarahspace in Dogs on April 25, 2007

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Truck passed away today. He was a good dog and I loved him

Posted by sarahspace in Dogs on April 23, 2007

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It has been a while and I wanted to give you a Truck update. He completed the first round of Chemo that targeted the cancer in his spleen. He did pretty well, but was a little slow for the week or so after the chemo treatment. He fainted one day during his walk and I rushed him to the vet. They took X-rays of his chest and did an EKG, but it showed no presence of any tumors. Other than that, he has been doing well.

Last Friday, I took him back for another ultrasound. While the chemo was not for his liver cancer, we hoped that it would shrink the tumors in his liver. However, the two existing tumor have grown and a third has appeared. The oncologist said that he still has a lot of good liver left, so we have time to attack the liver tumors. Truck started on a new chemo treatment on Friday that has few side effects and is a lot cheaper.

I know that there is not cure, but I had really hoped that he would be all cured. Last week, I was at the local pet food store, picking up some premium non-toxic dog food. They had a low cost vet clinic while I was there. There was a line a people out the door waiting to see the vet and it made me sad to think that these people love their dogs as much as I love Truck. I know that Truck is getting better treatment than a lot of people who have cancer, but I can’t imagine how hard it would be to have a sick dog and not be able to afford to give him the best care available.

Posted by sarahspace in Dogs on April 12, 2007

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I have spent the last week sick and mostly in bed staring blankly at the TV with my mouth hanging open like a troll.   I think I am getting better now I can stare a computer screen and sort of understand the words on it.   However, all this TV watching has made something clear to me; I do not live in a very good neighborhood.   In the last week, every bank within 1 mile of my house has been robbed.  One bank is two blocks from my house.  At the time of the robbery, I was trying to convince Truck to go outside.  The robbers could have stolen my dog!  I kinda understand why people move out to the suburbs.

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Yesterday, I took Truck up to see an Oncologist in Cincinnati.  My vet has told me not to expect a cure, but I could not just sit around and wait for the cancer to take over.  I am very glad that I did.  The oncologist said all the things that I wanted to hear.  She said that she “does not deal in cures” and that she does nothing that will make the dog feel bad.  The goal is to make Truck feel good for the longest possible time.

She said that she was not as concerned with the liver cancer as the spleen cancer.  Even though the spleen has been removed, it most likely left molecular bits of cancer in his body.  Most dogs will feel better after the spleen has been removed but in 4 to 9 months later, they will develop tumors through out their bodies.   The liver cancer while aggressive, often will sit dormant for long periods of time before it starts spreading.  The goal is to knock out the spleen cancer and hopefully shrink the liver tumors, but the liver tumors will never go away.

So yesterday Truck got his first dose of Chemo.  The vet said less than 10% of dogs get sick from the Chemo, but he might feel bad on the third day after the treatment.  He was really good during the treatment; he just sat in his little chair and looked out the window.  He felt well enough after the treatment to try to attack another dog, so I thought that was a good sign.  He really hates huskies.

He is still a happy dog so that is all that matters.

Posted by sarahspace in Dogs on January 31, 2007

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You know how you don’t really know what you really look like?  Tonight, I was walking down stairs and noticed that there was a mirror over my head and that I looked like a chicken when I walk down stairs.   I thought maybe that it was just one time so I ran up the stairs and down the stairs a couple of times.  Both up and down the stairs, I move my head forward and back just like a chicken.  I wonder if people make fun of me behind my back about my chicken head.

Posted by sarahspace in Me on January 19, 2007

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