Thanks again for all of your support... I just re-read the messages that were sent and realized that I forgot to acknowledge how bizarre it is to have Dogs and bunny living in harmony.

You see, this is all due to Jersey's temperament ... I rescued the bunny (this is an interesting story, but you'd have to ask me about it in the chat room ) and brought her home. I didn't have a cage or pen and had never had a bunny before. But, I brought her home one night in a cardboard box and set up Jersey's crate for her, In the master bathroom of my house. I banned Jersey from entering the bathroom for about a month. He became really curious about the sounds that he was hearing from the bathroom, would stand at the door and freeze with his ears up and sniffed along the crack at the bottom of the door trying to garner *EVERY* clue about what was IN there ... when I finally allowed him to see the bunnies (I had 2) he was just in awe. No aggression, 100% curiosity. Over the next 3 months, I spent time letting him check on them in their pen/sniffing their blankets (and eating any of their poop straggler.... yah, apparently it's tasty. LOL) And, after a few months we were sitting on the couch together and watching TV in harmony. Eventually, I allowed him to visit the room where they were kept, while I was home and without me present (they were in a pen of course.. he'd go to the doorway and look in on them and come back to following me around). Before I got the bunnies, I had an inkling that it would have been fine. One of my prior roommates had 2 guinea pigs and he would go down to her room and listen to them squeak and watch them scurry around in their pen. And, one time, my roommate had left the pen-door open and she walked into the room to see Jersey nose to nose with one of the piggies (Terrifying ... right?). She said that she walked over quickly and quietly; and, when jersey realized that she was there he was wagging the nub like crazy, probably happy that he got to *see* the piggie for the first time (their cage was set on a high table)

Flash forward a year later to when I adopted Emerson. Emerson absolutely adored Jersey from the moment that he came into our lives ... and he'd follow along Jersey's example with everything. This was a resoundingly *good* thing (because Jersey was well trained). And, almost all of Emersons annoying and inappropriate quirks diminished.

You see, Emerson is naturally VERY affectionate. In fact, he's the most affectionate dog that I have ever had... so he responded to the bunny by being affectionate. He spent years trying to get the bunny to play or cuddle to no avail. Until he realized that she enjoyed his doggy kisses.... so that's how he bonded with the bunny. He'd lick her face and ears until she was drenched in doggy-spit... and she'd just lay there, with her eyes closed and in heaven. 

Yes, I have weird animals ... probably because I'm weird.  LOL!!

The pee stuff, well I have a camera in my apartment to observe... and it seems like he just goes once or twice shortly after I leave... so, definitely not an excitement pee thing. It's really bizarre though. For example, I was running late for my gym class this morning... so I got dressed, took them for a walk and came back inside, fed them (they won't eat before their walk) and left.  I went to the gym and then did a target run. I was away for a total of 3 hours, and I came home to a partially dried pool of pee (he must've peed shortly after I left).  I cleaned up, did some laundry, took them outside and have parked myself on the couch for the past 5 hours ...he has slept on the couch, on the floor, on the dog bed, in my lap... and hasn't peed or asked to go outside.  UGH!!! it seems behavioral ... because I know that he can hold it!  (He even held it this morning, we got up ... I put him in the diaper and brought him outside. As we were walking to their *spot* he saw another dog and spent a few minutes greeting the pup. And he held the pee until we actually made it to the spot). Behavioral, right?

It's cool ... diapers are easy enough.

After emptying his belly on my couch last night (don't worry it's covered! LOL!!), things settled out. I gave him prednisone and we went to bed. I've been feeding him heaping spoons of pumpkin puree or wet food throughout the day... and he seems way less hungry. Thankfully, we began the prednisone taper on Friday and he has 3 weeks left. I have *NOT* checked his lymph nodes in the past few days ... because  I can't deal. We go to the doctor on Tuesday for the next steps. Please send all of your spare positive energy and well wishes. We appreciate it in advance.

Here's the couch (uncovered, the day it arrived and covered during puke-fest)  

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I had plans to go out tonight... But, decided to stay in to cuddle with my babies on the couch. Truly embracing every moment with my dumplings. I don't know what tomorrow brings, but I am loving today. I am blessed.

(EDIT: I just fixed all of the links... not sure what happened. But, you can see the pics and video now)

Just a quick note.... everyone is doing well. Emmie has been super playful. Even more so than he was during/after his last round of chemo. I have found alot of peace in how happy and playful he is. We've done 2 rounds of CCNU and have 2-4 more (depending on how he continues to do).

The cystitis has improved ALOT, but there are some still lingering pee issues. So, I keep him diapered when I leave home and I now have a solid understanding of when he's prone to having an accident (ie. as we *walk* to the bed @ bedtime and first thing in the morning when he wakes up .... and whenever I leave home). So, I keep him in a diaper overnight and when I'm away ... if I'm home he lets me know that he has to go. And, as long as I get him outside 4x each day, he's fine. Not bad.

So, we're just enjoying bonus time and I'm getting the closure that I need. Admittedly, I'm pretty nervous for the day when his cancer stops responding to treatment ... but I'm pretty good at pushing it out of my mind at this point. Why? Because he's acting completely fine and I'm not even sure that he knows that he's sick. 

Soooo .....

I am having alot of anxiety over this. But, I am pretty confident that Emerson is on the road to relapse. It's all kinda shocking how quickly he has taken this turn. His lymph nodes are fine... but all of the other, more subtle signs are there. I am trying not to worry and failing miserably.

I came here to write this down, because I don't want to scare my mom (she has 'them' this week) and my little sisters biological mom passed away suddenly of a drug overdose last Wednesday. My sister is 15 and was legally adopted when she was 12 .... has lived with us since she was 7. So, suffice it to say this has already been a very heavy week.....

This is too much ... I feel soo overwhelmed... 

Despite all of this, I wanted to share a video from yesterday. My little sister visited our neighbor who have a new, 4 month old puppy.... she brought the puppy home with her to meet me and the dogs. And this ensued: