First Round of Chemo

I've been VERY busy, so I haven't been able to post. Lila got all of her staples out last Sunday. The wound healed beautifully. The only problem is that Becca noticed a little bit of puss come out of a section of the wound. So they called in a prescription of antibiotics just in case.

Yesterday, I came home and the first thing Keith said to me was go look in the bedroom. Sure enough, Lila jumped up on giant bed.. It is almost as tall as she is! Well she got up there 2 more times yesterday and one time this morning. It is her favorite place in the whole world. Unfortunately we feel like we should keep her off it because she could easily hurt herself. Last night we watched her get down.. we were astonished! We told her to get down and then she hopped over to the side of the bed that had her soft bed on the floor. Then she got really low crouching -like and got off the bed slowly. What a SMART dog!

Then this morning we had an appointment at AVS at 9. We were at the consultation for about an hour and half. We had to make some hard choices and we decided to not recheck lungs or do an ultra sound on her stomach... it was $500! So hopefully, she is fine. They did blood work and everything was in normal limits. So then they were able to give Lila one dose of the Carboplatin. I am not liking the fact that the price is done per pound, considering her giant size. Everyone at the vet just loved her, as they always do. Everyone comments on her beautiful markings and her charming personality! If they only knew how amazing she really is!

270 days.. that is the average lifespan of a dog from day of diagnosis with Osteosarcoma. I'm so hoping that they are way off. The Doctors said that because she is young the cancer is most likely more aggressive, but considering her disposition and eagerness to eat she may beat the odds.

It should be interesting to see how she does with this first round of chemotherapy. So far, so good. The only stressful thing is having to keeping her slobber and "business" safe from everyone. We actually have to use gloves to pick up her "stuff". Cancer is CRAZY! We got great news today that the Dog and Cat Cancer fund wants to help us pay for chemotherapy! We are also thinking about starting our own fundraising website because this is getting exponentially expensive! There a very few things that I would spend this much money on.. but I consider her a part of the family and I love her ..probably way more than I should!