My name is Michelle and Cody is my now six year old Labrador Retriever (he was five when I started this blog!). We live in a house with two other boys, an orange 11 year old cat named Jimi, and a three year old all black crazy cat named Albert. I am completely outnumbered.
This is the story, actually it started as a diary i had been keeping in another format on my computer, and is now an online diary/blog of our battle against Canine Lymphoma, since his diagnosis in mid-September 2010. If you are not familiar with Blogs, the most recent posts are first, so page back to start from the beginning. I write here constantly, documenting his chemotherapy, diet, ups and downs, the costs and the steps I am taking to, if not cure him, at least put up a fight like no other. It is a terrible prognosis. This disease spreads rapidly in dogs, they can be dead within weeks, and it is highly prevalent. The statistics are shocking. My boy is only six years old and I could not with good conscience just let him go. So this is our story. A battle that is still waging.
As you may have seen in my previous posts, 2010 had been a year of Cancer for me. It started with a friend dying of brain cancer in January, an Uncle dying in May of Lung Cancer, my own terrifying battle all summer, my step sister fighting breast cancer and having a double mastectomy in August and chemo, and culminated in September with my boy and his diagnosis. As much as i felt down trodden and beaten… this is not something I am going to take sitting down. I have never fought so hard and i sleep well at night knowing I am trying my hardest to keep him healthy, happy and alive. I made him a promise that I intend to keep…
As long as he stays the happy boy I know and love, I will keep fighting for him. But if he ever starts to suffer, becomes so sick that he is no longer enjoying his life, i will not prolong his agony for my benefit. I will let him go.
So this is our story….
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I have contemplated this for a while and many folks have said I should, so I will give it a whirl. As I am unemployed and Chemotherapy is expensive (although not as bad as it could be thank you Clint Moore Animal Hospital!!!)… if you would like to donate to help pay for Cody’s Chemotherapy it would be much appreciated. I can think of no other better Cause:
We all thank you from the bottom, top, middle and all around our hearts!
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