Sunny and chilly, not cold ... Ginger in high spirits, runs out of her kennel and starts her 'circuit' of the property, joins the rest of us at bottom of hill. Give all dogs treats, play ball with Snoopy, watch Ginger exploring the drainage ditch (which is dry again ... supposed to rain tomorrow). All dogs inspect back fence line and then check out back side by the wild plum trees (which are budding ... oh, will Ginger make it to wild plum season?? She loves them ... not as much as the wild persimmons in the fall, but a wonderful spring treat .. interesting that the dogs love the tiny little wild plums and persimmons, but dont much care for the 'cultivated' ones..)
We then trot briskly (well, I ride the mower, the dogs trot briskly) to the front and DB,Banshee and Ginger eat some acorns (Snoopy doesnt like acorns)... no mole digging today. Bring them all back, feed, medicate and kennel, go to work. Husband reports Ginger lively most of the day. Oncologist calls me around noon to check on 'our girl', he was worried about her WBC last Thursday and wanted to see how she's doing; when I told him, he said 'she certainly is a fighter'. Yep, she is. He wants her WBC checked again tomorrow to see if improved, if not will switch antibiotics. I also asked him about the hyperthermal therapy one of the women on my email dog cancer list has had on her Lab who isnt responding to chemo, he said to his knowledge it's mainly used for specific tumors (like radiation) and it was still in the clinical triasl stage but he'd chek on it. (I'd be wiling to try this, unlike the radiation, the dog doesn't have to have treatments every day and thus be away from home. But I don't know if it's available anywhere that I can reasonably get to. Well, we'll see.) Got home after dark, brought her in for evening meds and snack, brushed her, and she's now snoozing.
Next step on Ginger would be March 11 more CCNU (if her liver enzymes are OK and WBC is OK. And if the CCNU she had Feb.18 has worked. I'm not giving her any more if it isn't working, it had too big a whallop on her WBC.) But, for today, my sweet red girl is happy, running, cheerful, eating and loving, dancing through the valley. .. Thank you all for your prayers and support.
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Mary Lou
DB,Banshee,Ginger and Snoopy(dogs)
Damcat
Callie in spirit (04/90-06/07)
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