Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by
Tana
Today my beautiful Sophie made me laugh out loud. I couldn’t help it. It was so good to laugh with her again. She was feeling very playful – ran into the den and grabbed one of her toys. In her quadpawd days she used to shake the living daylights out of this particular toy – […]
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Posted on March 18th, 2010 by
Tana
Wow – it was a day. I’ve waited until it was officially over to speak of it – so as not to temp fate to add the dreaded third event to this nasty time period. 1) Went to the vet for chemo consultation. 2) Had an appointment downtown. 3) Upon leaving appointment – witnessed a […]
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Posted on March 17th, 2010 by
Tana
Tomorrow (Thursday, March 18th) Sophie and I are entering uncharted territory – for us – a consultation for chemotherapy treatment. Many of you have walked through this valley ahead of us and, therefore, I am writing to ask for your advice. What questions should I be asking the vet tomorrow? What does chemotherapy entail? How […]
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Posted on March 12th, 2010 by
Tana
Contented and snoring blissfully at the doorway, Sophie is in a deep, deep sleep. She is unaware of her housemates (the cats) jumping over her to get in and out of the room – or maybe she knows and just doesn’t care. Let them jump – she had a great day. Today Sophie went to […]
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Posted on March 8th, 2010 by
Tana
When I saw the name of the surgery clinic on the phone this morning, my heart skipped a beat – I was grateful they were calling so I could ask again if I should be worried about Sophie’s appetite and off-and-on lethargy – but also thinking that we had not yet received the pathology report […]
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Posted on March 6th, 2010 by
Tana
This morning Sophie was making one-armed snow-angels in the bit of snow she found while we wandered around outside. She hopped so quickly, pulling me behind her with some force, to a diesel truck that pulled into the parking lot – I’m assuming she thought it was her dad, Bill – that I had to […]
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Posted on March 2nd, 2010 by
Tana
We live in a 2-story house. All of the bedrooms are on the 2nd floor – most importantly, my bedroom – the bed beside which Sophie has slept for the last 10 years of her life – is on the 2nd floor. Since her amputation, she has – each night – stood at the bottom […]
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Posted on March 1st, 2010 by
Tana
… our dogwalker (and friend) comes to take Sophie for a few hours so I can get some things done … and Sophie starts hopping – yes hopping on her remaining front leg trying to jump up on Angie’s chest. The front door opened, Sophie bolted out – and hopped down the front stairs like […]
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