Jerry - he tolerated the chemo like a CHAMP! On the first round, they did CBCs every week to check the WBC on week 3 they dropped and had to have a round of antibiotics. So we did chemo every 4 weeks instead of 3 and dropped his dose down a bit. Other than that his remaining hind leg gets a little weak here and there, the little booty drops sometimes but we just made sure to get him resting more on those days! 

the oncology vet said it may be because he gained about 7 lbs… that’s a mom whoops. I guess with chemo I started unconsciously feeding him more thinking more nutrients during the process (LOL) so we are on a slight diet now hoping that helps the booty drops too lol 

sally, sent you and email. Hope you’re ready for a cuteness OVERLOAD! ❤️

My handsome tough boy 😍

Happy to have the help of Sally to get these posted! 

Yes, the staff at both vet’s office became very fond of Chizzy! He’s done so well with all the new places and vets, just melting hearts all over DFW 😎

Jerry, yes we are on a weight management food now to hopefully help and starting some longer walks around the yard when Texas isn’t frozen or flooding (lol)

it’s been a rough 4 months but WE MADE IT! On maintenance visits to keep an eye on his progress and X-rays of his chest to make sure the chemo did its job! 

Hopefully this happy, tripawd, chemo graduating boy brings some encouragement to other going on this journey with us! 💜 

Sad news today… Chisum had to be put down today. 

This morning he wasn’t interested in food, drank tons of water, but couldn’t seem to get comfortable and was very weak. We gave him a little while to rest and noticed his tongue was pale, along with his gums.. then the inside of his ears were as well.. his paws were also very cold. So we then took him to an emergency clinic… he wasn’t doing well on the way there, panting very heavily and too weak to hold his head up on the truck. 

ER vet was worried with how anemic he was presenting.. blood work didn’t show much of anything only moderately anemic and low platelets.. the X-rays didn’t show any obvious tumors but the abdomen was showing signs of fluid. Vet said we could drive about an hour to another vet for a spleen repair because they didn’t have the blood supply in hand for a large dog.  Radiologist came back about 15 minutes later saying there were nodules in his lungs so they think the cancer was blood borne and very aggressive. So even with a spleen repair he wouldn’t have long. 

He wasn’t in pain yet just very tired from fighting. So we made the hard decision and spent some time scratching and rubbing all his favorite spots and told him he was officially off work.

RIP Chisum Radar.. my Chizzy boy. The best businessman and protector. 

thank you all for the support during all of this fighting. 

Yes, it was very sudden and shocking to be completely honest. His chest X-rays about a month ago showed nothing… we had our hopes up. 😕

We need all the prayers, good vibes, thoughts.. whatever floats your boat. We are struggling pretty hard with this.. we know he is looking over us, but what I wouldn’t give for one more face wash (excessive kisses) or even a rowdy boy bark session. 

I couldn’t watch him struggle anymore, I also didn’t ever want him to be in pain. He was my child and best friend… I just hope he knows how strong of a boy he was to fight so hard for so long. And how much he was loved by his moms.