Oncologist and Chemo Treatments (Aug 4, 2017)

We went to the Oncologist the following Friday. She recommended we do 4 or 6 rounds of Chemo. We would do these treatments once every 3 weeks and Gus would be finished up by December.

My wife is very smart, she is an educator. She has her masters and researches the shit out of everything.  When we found out Gus had Cancer she researched the shit out of it non-stop. That’s how we found out about this website. She knows that only 20% of dogs make it to a year and 5% of dogs make it to two years. She can also tell you that Gus’ chances aren’t good. Even though she knows all of this she knows and wants to give our dog a fighting chance.

I take a different approach. Tell me the exceptions cause WE or GUS will be one. FUCK what the statistics say.  As they say in sports “That’s why they play the game”.

In our first visit with the oncologist all I wanted to hear all the positives and what benchmarks we need to reach. I asked her “What are the chances we got all the cancer when we amputated his leg?” (Less than 5%) “How long have you been working here and what is the longest you seen a dog live after treatments and what kind of dog were they?” ( 20 years, a great dane, lived 4 years after treatments and died of hear failure)

She told us that if he is alive and chest x-rays are clear by Chemo Treatment number 4 we have a good chance at finishing them.

Miggy and I always accompanied Gus to his treatments. We waited in the lobby, the receptionists always let us know we could come back and pick him up. I told them No because Gus would wait for us.  The nurses always told us he was the most Stoic dog they had and he never minded having the IV in his arm. Gus got sick after the first the first couple of treatments.

Gus Graduated from treatments. We were able to have another Christmas with our Boy.

Gus’ Graduation from Chemo it was a long 4 months

Just our Happy Guy

This is one of my favorite pics of Gus.. Hes just so happy