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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hello drool family...once again I have found myself
woefully behind in the DD's. I finally retired from the Air Force...on
Halloween..hehehe all good witches retire on Halloween and return back to Salem
when they retire. Yes, I will be returning to Salem...Salem, Indiana...but
Salem none the less to start farm life at the beautiful Howling Hound
Acres. </FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Major heart healing drool to the
families of Flash, Jean Paul, and anyone else whose beloved houndie has made the
trip to the Rainbow Bridge. May they live forever in the magic of your
memories. </FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The boyz are slinging healing
drool to Elvis, Maggie and any other hound or human that is sick or
injured. We pray that everyone feels better soon. As you may remember back
at the end of September Colt was diagnosed with Lymphoma. After working
through the devasting heart ache the DH and I...along with the help of our drool
family came up with a plan of treatment for Colt. Thank all of you
again for your drool, prayers, support and advice. We decided to go with
the Cancer Center of Americas line of treatment...Chemo plus some holistic
vitamin, & food supplements. On 4 Nov Colt had his 2nd chemo treatment
(doxorubicin), that went very well, with only slight morning
sickness. He was only slightly nauseated for 5 days post treatment, only
in the early morning. he never stopped eating, and never really acted
sick, but was a little picky about what he would eat. So we divided his
breakfast up into very small morning snacks. A little oatmeal to start with
along with his meclazine (anti-nausea), about an hour later I gave him a little
kibble with boiled chicken, an hour after that I gave some Wellness Core (canned
95% meat) with his vitamin supplements mixed in.(all very small amounts to make
sure he would keep it down) Usually by 9am he was out chasing squirrels
with Ruger in the back yard. Which is where they are at right now as I type
this...sitting under the swamp oak, eyes staring into the trees waiting for the
squirrels to make a break for it. They crack me up. So Colt is happy and
acting like a a 3-4 year old hound (he is 6). Playing chase with Ruger, chasing
squirrels, searching the kitchen for crumbs of food, and even going for short
walks. His walks are a lot shorter because he seems to tire out after a
short distance (about 1/4 mile), but he never seems to get tired when he is
chasing the squirrels. If I would let them they would stay out all day in the
back yard chasing and barking at them. Since we are at the FL house with
lots of very close neighbors I can't let them stay out barking at the squirrels
for very long...have to be considerate of the neighbors. So I have to make them
come in the house for time-outs. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>New Cancer drug. I saw it on the news the
other night and there is a very promising new cancer drug that is out for dogs
and is in Phase III drug trials for humans. It looks very promising for both
human and canine in treating solid tumor cancers, with little to no side
effects. From what I can gather they surgically take the cancer tumor from the
patient, then send it off to make a vaccine for the patient that will cause the
patients immune system to create antibodies to fight the cancer. It is
called DCvaxx by Northwest Biotherapeutics. I have our vet looking into it
for Colt...might be to late since we have already started chemo, and lymphoma is
more of a blood/immune system cancer, but it can be considered a solid tumor
cancer when it swells up the lymph nodes like it did with Colt. So we'll
have to wait and see about this one. Hopefully no other hounds will
contract the dreaded C-word that we dare not speak...but if so hopefully this
information will help. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Love and drool to all. And please keep Colt
in your thoughts, prayers and sling a little healing/C-word remission drool his
way. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Michele, Colt & Ruger at the Beach</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Women are Angels...And when someone breaks their
wings..They simply continue to fly....on a broomstick...They are flexible like
that...<BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>