Re: [PyrNet-L] Lymphoma/Clondike Update

[Joy Mccarron <jemc@monmouth.com>]

Go Clondike Go!!  Or You go girl!!!!  News keeps getting better for all of
you,   That IS happiness.     XXOO  Joy & Maggie, Emma too
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From: David P Kintsfather Jr <kintsfat@kutztown.edu>
To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
Date: Monday, December 28, 1998 6:59 PM
Subject: [PyrNet-L] Lymphoma/Clondike Update


>Clondike is an 11 year-old Pyr bitch diagnosed with lymphoma in May.  We
>did chemotherapy over the summer and she was in full remission until the
>beginning of December, when we started a second round of chemo.
>
>Clondike nearly died from Adriamycin during the first cycle of chemo and
>we did not repeat it as scheduled during the summer.  Since it is the gold
>standard for lymphoma, we are not optimistic about getting a full
>remission without it, but are more concerned about quality of life than
>quantity at this point.
>
>Today we had 2 better than expected veterinary reports.  Our primary care
>vet said Clondike's lymph nodes are only slightly more enlarged than a
>week and a half ago and an x-ray showed no tumors in any major organs.
>Clondike's heart and lungs seem to be doing well, but she has been
>throwing up since stealing some cat food on Christmas Eve.  This makes the
>use of Cytoxan, a drug she gets moderately sick on, very questionable.
>
>We then went to the oncologist and she feels that Clondike is responding
>well enough to the drugs that delaying Cytoxan a week to allow her GI
>tract to settle down is not too big a risk.  She also indicated there are
>other chemo agents we can try that may be better tolerated, but she likes
>to reserve these until there is less response to the "first line drugs."
>
>The bottom line is we are a little more upbeat and feel that we may be
>looking at a few more months with Clondike rather than a few more weeks.
>Clondike's appetite continues unabated by the nausea and shortly after
>throwing up the cat food she was licking the outside of the oven for
>turkey juice.  She also continues to throw her ChewBear around the
>livingroom and chase me around the recliner.
>
>Thanks again for all the kind thoughts and prayers.  They are most
>appreciated!
>
>David, Nancy and Clondike (who missed the Christmas brussels sprouts
>because of the cat food incident)
>
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