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Re: [PyrNet-L] Lymphoma/Clondike Update
David, Nancy & Ms Clondike,
Keep on going girl! We are praying and sending positive thoughts for all
of you.
Gunner hopes to see you all at the Canine Learning Experience in January!
Dianne Migas - NJ
Gunner's off to the "Fat Farm" and Murphy's laughing her way to the biscuit
box!
jdmigas@email.msn.com
Have you hugged your Pyr today?
-----Original Message-----
From: David P Kintsfather Jr <kintsfat@kutztown.edu>
To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
Date: Monday, December 28, 1998 11:50 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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