Shadow is doing well. The chemo on Friday went well, though it seems to have tired him, which is a shame as the day before he went in he was playing with the puppy for only the second time since his diagnosis.
His hole is also improving. Suddenly the hole can barely be described as such, it has got very shallow, and is trying to scab up. We are immensely surprised, and given that the vet thought his healing time would be increased from the normal 14 days to about 30 due to the immunosuppressant effect of the chemo, and things look so good - we are well pleased.
Shadow is definitely less hungry, and although that sounds like such a little thing - to have a dog that is always famished - it isn't. Not when the dog is mortally ill - we all know how unpleasant hunger can be, and it was stressful to be aware that the poor dog was suffering in that way, especially when we knew it was possible that each hungry day could be one of his last.
Now that is over, I am no longer troubled by guilt. Also, as we have been through a whole cycle of chemo and Shadow coped well, and the abscess seems to have been successfully dealt with, we are relaxing a bit, and enjoying Shadow more.
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