Two Weeks Out
Cassie’s amputation was two weeks ago, and she is “turning the corner” in terms of her personality. While I had seen glimpses of it over the course of our journey, yesterday (the actual 2 week anniversary), she seemed to “come alive”. She showed more interest in things and she seemed to have more of her old sense of humor back. It’s SO wonderful to see!
She continues to make progress physically. She takes longer and longer between rests, and can easily go 15-20 steps without stopping now. She can walk up and down the five steps to the front door. (We haven’t tried the stairs to the 2nd floor yet, although she keeps going toward them as if she wants to. I don’t think that *I* am ready for that!)
Still waiting to hear results of the biopsy, and I’m kind of dreading the next steps of this journey. If we have to do chemo, I just don’t know what to expect. I haven’t done much research yet (on purpose) because I don’t think I’m ready to face that stress yet. Let me get thr0ugh this first! 🙂
March 8th, 2012 at 3:20 pm
good to hear cassie is doing better..slow and steady wins the race. we did do five rounds of chemo, and although we had a few ‘bad days’ it’s not as bad as ‘people chemo’…but do your research if you have to, talk to your vet, and take it one day at a time.
charon & spirit gayle
March 8th, 2012 at 11:16 pm
Oh yay you’ve reached that magical two week mark! That’s good.
Always remember there are no “right” answers. Nobody says you have to do chemo. That is a completely optional, personal decision and only you can decide if it’s right for your pack. Think as Cassie does and have a good long talk with her about it, then decide together.