Remission

I keep forgetting to share our great news about Sadie! After her last visit with the oncologist on Jan 28, we were informed that she is in complete remission!! Now I know what remission means, but I needed the vet to clarify what exactly that means for Sadie. Basically she said, the Lymph nodes are no longer detectable, and if she were to aspirate from them she would find NO cancer remaining!! The length of remission is based on when we first started her chemo treatments, back on Jan 7. So the remission should hopefully last 6-9 months from then!

As far as how Sadie is doing now, she is still full of energy. However, I did notice that after we watched my inlaws dog for the weekend by Sunday, Sadie, was very tired. She needed more than just a day to recover too. She also remains VERY hungry and thirsty. For the first time she ate some chocolate, still wrapped in the foil, that was laying by the front door, still in the package...the package had been opened, but before starting this prednisone, she NEVER ate anything like that. She always knew that it wasn't for her and would smell it, but never touch it. She is also trying to eat the girls crackers if they leave the bowl on the coffee table. As far as thirst, she can't get enough water. The problem with that...she has accidents! I am not going to complain though, she is still here with us!

We go back to the oncologist this Friday and hopefully we can stop the prednisone all together. That should help with her hunger and thirst.

Thanks for all of you who are following Sadie's progress. Your thoughts and prayers are working!!