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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hello Droolers. We hope that everyone had a
wonderful Thanksgiving. Healing drool to all of those hounds and humans
that need it. As for us we are back at the farm in Indiana, and yes we got
sleet on Friday morning and 5-6 inches of snow in the afternoon. As for Colt he
had a little set back after his 3rd chemo on Monday before Thanksgiving.
It started on Wednesday before Thanksgiving with him getting pretty sick and
throwing up all day. After our meds and sub-q fluids didn't work to stop
it we took him to Louisville to the Emergency vet hospital where he spent Thanks
giving and most of Black Friday with 24 hour care, fluids and IV medications.We
brought him home late afternoon on Black Friday. The E-vet wanted to keep him
since they had not been able to get him to eat or drink. We took some of
his favorite foods with us and the DH & I were able to get him to eat a
couple pieces of chicken jerky, a dog biscuit and a couple of ginger snap
cookies. So we had the E-vet to load him up on fluids and his last set of IV
medications and we brought him home. He was looking a lot better than when
we took him in and he had not vomited in about 18 hours or so. Plus we figured
that he was in major picky eater mode...meaning he wasn't going to eat hospital
food! Once we put him in the car he was ready to head for home, prancing
around the front of the cargo area as if to say "start the car and lets blow
this popsicle stand already" he slept the whole way home, but when we pulled
into the garage he was bouncy again. We got him to eat some more &
drink some ice water. Colt, Ruger & I camped out together in the living room
that night...I attended to Colt's every need. Over the next couple of days I
played nurse maid to him, giving small amounts of food every couple of hours and
fresh ice water. He made a good recovery except his lymph nodes puffed up pretty
big so we called his new Internal Medicine vet which is part of the same
clinic as his Emergency vet. (his regular vet is in FL, and only
specialist will give chemo around here). Anyhowl, on 5 Dec we took him in for an
evaluation and she decided to change his chemo medications and go with a dual
medication instead of the single med. Colt got his first treatment with the new
meds that day. So far he is doing well other than being a little picky
about what he wants to eat. But he is eating and his lymph nodes have shrank
down considerably. He has to go back on the 19th for another treatment. Keep us
in your prayers and if the hounds could sling a little no getting sick post
chemo drool and a little C-word remission drool Colt's way it would be very much
appreciated. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Happy Howlidays </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Michele, Colt & Ruger at Howling Hound
Acres<BR>Women are Angels...And when someone breaks their wings..They simply
continue to fly....on a broomstick...They are flexible like
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