Month: October 2018

Next week will be Buster’s 4th of 5 chemo sessions. In the meantime, about a week ago, he fulfilled his lifelong dream and life purpose of killing a squirrel. Yeah I was sad and horrified, but also he’s a jack Russell, and if someone had told me after his amputation that he would still manage to pull this off i would never have believed it. It is possible there was something wrong with the squirrel but I’m not going to take this accomplishment away from him. So he’s doing amazing.

Buster has been losing some fur from doxorubicin, but no one except me would notice. He’s not bald. Overall he has been doing fantastic and no real side effects from the chemo except for fur loss.

 

This week Buster will have his third of five chemo treatments. Since his radiation therapy ended at the end of Juky he has been doing GREAT. Better than I would have hoped. He’s back in daycare. I travel for work a lot and he’s doing well with pet sitters, although he has to get taken to daycare in a car or his stroller. We play fetch with his toys and he’s getting around great. I put some carpet down on slick surfaces in my house so I could take up all the yoga mats I had put down after his surgery. Carpet is working well so he can run and play so I don’t worry as much about him slipping on the stairs. Three legged life is different, but he’s still my sweet dog and I don’t regret the surgery or any of the treatment we’ve done.