Lillian: Hello DLOG lovers!
Delilah: We’re here to let you in on a bit of an upheaval, which MAY lead to some actual up-heaving, but we’ll get to that in a moment.
Lillian: Ahem. Well, I’ll just get straight to it. My sister has lymphoma.
Delilah: I have crab-apple sized lumps under my jaw-bone.
Lillian: You look a little like a frog.
Delilah: I think I look like Maria Shriver.
Lillian: I see the resemblance.
Delilah: On the additional up-side, I’ve been getting lots of treats and everyone is SUPER nice to me. Lillian even stopped stealing my dinner.
Lillian: She’s a little skinny. And I didn’t want my super-modeling career upstaged.
Delilah: One thing I’ve learned is, according to the American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation, one in every 15 dogs will get lymphoma.
Lillian: Good research, sister!
Delilah: That’s why I’m wearing my glasses.
Lillian: They make you look smart.
Delilah: Why, thank you! The other thing we learned today is there is now a chemo drug that’s a pill. It’s called LAVERDIA- CA1. So, I expect I’ll be getting it in a chunk of cheese, rather than intravenously.
Lilly: Wait. There are PILLS in the cheese?
D: Yep. Mom thinks I don’t know. But she’s been feeding me Prednisone for a couple of weeks. That’s why I’ve developed such a drinking (and peeing) problem and I pant so much and it’s been really hard to sit still. Especially at night.
L: Oh. I thought you’d gotten into Mom’s bourbon.
D: Ha! Well, the steroid part’s over now. I start the chemo tonight with dinner.
Lilly: Well, thank goodness for the pills. You don’t like needles much.
D: I don’t like ANYTHING at the vet much. Which reminds me– I’d like to apologize to Dr. Pelura, Megan and Tammy at Davidsonville Veterinary Clinic for being a somewhat less-than-gracious guest over the past, ummm, decade or so.
Lilly: You might apologize in advance for the next time.
D: Yes, I’m sorry in advance for being a bit of a PIA.
Lilly: So will the chemo bomb cause you lose your ridge?
D: Supposedly we canines don’t USUALLY barf or lose our hair with the chemo, proving that we are the superior species.
Lilly: Most excellent! There’s already enough hair lying around here.
D: Anyway, we’re sorry to share this not-great news, but we thought if we, as a family, DLOGGED, it might help other dog-families in similar situations.
Lilly: So, Mom, Pappa, D and I will keep you in our loop! Feel free to share.
D & L: Hugs and Lix!!
Stay strong and get well! Dobby sends strength and love!
Lulu sends her love and so do I.
So sorry to hear. Have you read Mary Oliver’s poem ‘As it is with us..’?
Just read. We do love them so much.