Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Jake is 10 and doing great!

Jake turned 10 years old and is doing great !!!
On July 8 Jake turned 10 years old and his birthday was even more meaningful than ever this year. It's now been five months since he got sick and three and a half months since he had cyberknife radiation. It's been a rough road but Jake is still smiling and happy and we cannot be more grateful.

He has resumed some interest in playing with his toys and is extremely engaged with us and happy to be 'part of the pack' everyday. He's had some setbacks with urinary accidents as we taper his steroid dose down but generally tolerating it really well. He's now taking .25mg of dexamethasone daily down from needing 1mg daily.

Next stop chemo...... Will update more soon.
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  1. AnneM822August 16, 2012 at 10:03 PM

    Hi Mary?
    Sadly Sunday was Roxy's last day. She had gone so far downhill and she couldn't even walk assisted from her bed to the sofa. On Sunday morning she was unable to urinate and did not want to leave her wagon. She had some unrinary accidents too and it seemed that was caused by her gallbladder sludge, my vet put her on the ursidol and it seemed to fix this problem. I will be updating her blog soon. I hope Jake fares better than Roxy, I am not sure getting her off the steroids was her best option. She was back on the dexamethasone to the end, but she never got better. The brain change seemed to cause a lot of problems and the first sign of it was the weakness in her hind legs. I am rooting for Jake! I am happy that you were able to celebrate his 10th birthday together. Roxy was 11 - 12. I had her for 10 years and 3 months. We never had chemo, but I am not sure that would have made a difference - I don't think the brain change was cancer, but a "radiation induced injury".
    Sending you love.

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  2. AnneM822August 27, 2012 at 10:01 PM

    Hi Jake! I hope you are feeling great! Would love an update : )
    woof woof

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