Super Sammy

June 30th
Today was Sam’s 6th and final chemo! Hard to believe we started this journey 4 months ago. We typically have chemo on Fridays but we switched to Thursday this round because of the long weekend. The good news is our wonderful oncologist takes her patients at the hospital on Thursdays so we had the good fortune of meeting up with our surgeon today. Of course Sammy impressed her….and I received lots of “we told you he would do great” from all the girls. Yes, they we right….just hard to imagine way back then! It was really great to see everyone. Sammy did his typical Houdini when it came time for his infusion….he escaped from his collar and took off running down the hall. It was pretty funny although I did feel badly when the technician had to chase him – he took a wrong turn into an exam room so we were able to corner him…ha! I had a great chat with his doctor and we scheduled his next appointment for 4 weeks out. We have not decided what to do next and will likely just wait to see how he is in 4 weeks. We spent the day in Boston after chemo. We had such a good afternoon hanging out with Vanessa and Lisa. The boys chilled at the farmer’s market and even had a Dell’s lemonade for a treat!

I had a funny/embarrassing situation earlier this week. I was scheduled for jury duty this past Tuesday. Well, wouldn’t you know, I ended up getting picked for a jury panel. So, when the judge said the trial would take 2-3 days, I had to raise my hand to explain why I would be unable to serve. Now picture me, at the front of a court room…in front of the judge, two attorneys from the DA’s office, two defense attorneys and the clerk….explaining that I have dog chemo on Thursday. I got excused after a few raised eyebrows, some snickers and a big sigh. No doubt I made for good dinner conversation as the first time they had heard that excuse.

July 1st
Macklin had a vet appointment today. Boy was he surprised to get to the office and find out he was in the spotlight today. He is typically at all appointments for moral support and has not had the pleasure for a while. Sam was releived as he’s not feeling well and he just got good belly rubs from the vet…no poking and blood work etc. It was still a nice trip out of the house and we just chilled when we got home.

July 3rd
What an awesome day…it was a bit hot today so JB brought home a pool for the boys! Sammy loved standing in it….Macklin, not so much. Both boys love using it as a water bowl! Cooling off definitely took the edge of Sammy’s nausea.

July 4th
Sammy is doing a great job powering through chemo. He’s not feeling great so it’s even more difficult expending all his energy barking at fireworks. We live on the coast so on each night of 4th of July weekend, we can see (and hear) several firework displays from communities up and down the coast….that’s a lot of barking! It helps when everyone squishes on the couch with Daddy…ha!