Sam’s Weekend
Well, we had a reasonably good oncologist appointment on Friday. The metronomics has slowed the lung mets just a bit. The mets less than doubled since his last scan 4 weeks ago. I know, that is still a whole lot of mets…but….given how aggressive they appeared in the prior 6 weeks, our oncologist thought it would be much more than that. So, needless to say, we were extremely pleased. Sammy still has no symptoms….just an occassional cough when he’s excited but otherwise great. He’s eating well and has good energy. Our hope is that his meds kick in even more over the next 4 weeks before our next appointment and slow the progression even more. We’ll see but for now, we’re just so proud of him. He’s definitely fighting the good fight.
We had a pretty quiet weekend….with Irene roaring up the east coast, we stayed close to home. Sam and Macklin were none too pleased when we crossed the street to their beach yesterday only to find the water up to the seawall….at low tide! Sammy was baffled….I got the “so where do I swim” look? Here’s his beach…or his missing beach!
Macklin has become very clingy in the past few days which is very unlike him. We’re hoping it was the storm and not that he senses Sam is sick. Time will tell. Lot’s of folks were out this morning cleaning up after Irene….and Sam watched out over the neighborhood.
Fortunately we fared well with the storm….this morning was sunshine and green grass.
AbbysMom said,
August 29, 2011 @ 5:52 pm
He’s so beautiful! Glad to hear you all weathered the storm well.
Hope the MP keeps the mets at bay for a LONG time!
Hugs,
Jackie, Abby’s mom
samsamsmom said,
August 29, 2011 @ 6:47 pm
Thanks so much Jackie — and a very big congratulations with a big hug to Abby for her 10 month ampuversary. Such a great accomplishment! I laughed at Boris and Natasha…I don’t think I could come up with enough names for all of Sam’s mets at this point…ha!
AbbysMom said,
August 29, 2011 @ 7:06 pm
Sorry that he has too many to name. Cancer sucks. But it sounds like you guys are doing everything you can for him and his quality of life is still great. It sounds like you guys have the right “live in the moment” attitude, that our pups try to teach all of us.
Yes, I’m hoping Boris and Natasha aren’t breeding in there! I don’t want to have to come up with any new names!
etgayle said,
August 29, 2011 @ 7:37 pm
glad to hear irene didn’t mess with you guys too badly – although the beach does look ‘lost’ in that picture. paws crossed the mets are the slowest growing mets in the universe!
charon & gayle
chilidawg said,
August 29, 2011 @ 9:11 pm
glad to hear his lung mets are slowing down and that he’s feeling good still! Glad to hear you survived Irene too. Sammy is a beauty 🙂
tatespeeps said,
August 30, 2011 @ 1:29 am
So encouraging to hear of a dog doing well with lung mets. Sam’s the best!
Jan & Tate
samsamsmom said,
August 30, 2011 @ 7:10 pm
Thanks to everyone for Sammy’s well wishes. Yup, he’s doing well…we’re just taking day by day. Next appointment is September 24th so we’ll see what happens between now and then. In the meantime, nothing but fun for us. Thanks again for all the kind notes — the support from all of you is amazing!