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class=861364106-08112012>Hi all .. Lisa I'm one of those that works behind the
scenes at Brood.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=861364106-08112012>I've not written in a while .. missed many of you
droolers, brooders too, finally got work, so its been a struggle getting back on
my feet ... </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=861364106-08112012>In September I had to make that decision for my boy
Franklin.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=861364106-08112012>I was ok with occasional vomit and accident clean up
... I stood there at every meal for the month up to that day ... cringing every
time he had to choke up some food, ready to step in to help him, offer the calm
hand to let him know I was there, and then to protect his bowl from the others
when he stepped away to throw up, then re-eat what he'd just
had.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=861364106-08112012>He had Thyroid Cancer ... from the onset it was 4
months.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=861364106-08112012>as I said.. I was ok with the vomit, the accidents ..
that last two weeks he started to have a few bouts of breathing spasms ....
catching breath, coughing ... on Tuesday of that week .. I got home from my job
around 11pm ... first thing head down stairs to ease the frenzy that was normal
for "daddy's home, food's about to be spilt.." and the very first thing I notice
is that one of my boys is dragging his rear ... he had "done something" coming
off the futon bed (I build a 3ft by 2ft step, they all use to get into the bed,
but coming off was just any old way possible)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=861364106-08112012>my family had been home all day .. they didn't check in
.. they didn't even know... though they started the.. "well I think maybe I
hadn't heard him out ... he usually goes out and barks once or three times in a
day" ... etc.. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=861364106-08112012>This immediately brought me back to the *last* time ...
when my father (now deceased himself) had made remarks "yeah.. he's been acting
odd today" ... </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=861364106-08112012>all of these bits went flashing through my mind in the
blink of an eye ... and it was at that moment I said.. I
can't.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=861364106-08112012>I can't face that thought ... of being stuck at work ..
and having family once again not paying any attention ... not picking up on any
of even the biggest of clues (my f**king eldest boy couldn't walk and *that* you
missed, some family) that *I* could not bear the thought of being stuck at work,
and Franklin's newest problem ... the lack of breath ... be stealing him away
... laying there waiting for daddy to relieve him.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=861364106-08112012>it was at *THAT* time.. I knew.. even though through
every last bit of it ... between every other part of his day that he was
absolutely his normal self and happy and houndy.. but for that newest symptom..
i could not let it continue.. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=861364106-08112012>That saturday we went in and I let him
go.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=861364106-08112012>Were I not working .. I would be at the house 24/7 ...
I would be there and hear and know to help him.. and could have "afforded"
letting him struggle that 20th of his day where the symptoms shown .. but
because I couldn't guarantee the level of vigilance I would have while not
there... I had to let him go.. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=861364106-08112012>*that* is one of those things that lets you know its
time.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=861364106-08112012>We were on 10 mg of prednisone twice a day .. morning
& evening, tramadol once a day, and I was giving him antibiotics off and on
for those last 3 months.. 10 or 100 times more than I've ever had to do for any
one of my boys (3 at the time) and it was nothing to me.. no trouble to me at
all. effortless by comparison ... </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=861364106-08112012>So... anti-nausea meds.. no problem .. so long as she
tolerates that ... more power to you and her... I was able to wean Franklin down
to the 10mg's twice a day ... we tried the every other day with a 20 mg but it
caused him too much of a yo-yo ... spirit would be effected, etc.. its how we as
slaves know when our hounds are slightly off.. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=861364106-08112012>but meds to help ease the pain.. not a problem.. so
long as ZOE is acting normal, happy, "self" ... continue until the next hurdle
comes your way.. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=861364106-08112012>-Robert, Indentured Servant to Riley &
Henry</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=861364106-08112012>formerly slave to Franklin (ATB 9/8/2012) and Doc (ATB
07/19/2004)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=861364106-08112012>PS: and yes for the curious, for my boy that
went down in the rear.. I had him back on his feet 5 hours later ... no sleep
for me that night .. but having prednisone on hand is a godsend when the
"drunken sailor rear-end basset syndrome" hits .... bit of the prednisone ...
and that took out the swelling ... </SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>Subject:</B> [Dailydrool] Zoe's
cancer<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>I am scared I am being selfish here.� If I am just managing symptoms,
is it fair?� She is a little tremble -ey now too; this is new.� I wrapped her up
in towels last night because I can't tell if she's cold. <BR><BR>Please help.
The vet said when she stopped eating, it was time.� Is it right to just get her
to eat when she's on nausea meds?<BR></BODY></HTML>