Update: Fine Tuning

I've coached in past that no news from this blog is usually good news. That still holds true. Princess is in a relatively good  holding pattern. She continues to be alert and relatively comfortable though she's gotten a little "growley" the evenings. She continues to use her "bad" leg for balance and over the last few day, has begun to put some weight on it. We've made a few changes to her routine so read on. 

Since Princess's diagnosis on October 17th, we've followed the Navy Protocol of drugs with one exception; we decided to add Fosamax a few months back. Our hope was that Fosamax would increase bone growth and strengthen her leg. That's definitely happened but her leg has become very stiff. In her last visit, Dr. Chris, noted that her leg also was thickening.  X-rays showed the culprit to be errant regrowing bone cells invading surrounding muscle tissue.  We're calling it the "Mutton Leg" Good news is that structurally, Mutton Leg is strong and the chance for a break is low. In the hope of slowing down this bone growth, I've decided to cut her Fosamax dose from 10 mg 7 days a week to 10 mg 3 days a week.

Ultimately, holding the cancer at bay will allow Princess's own immune system to take over and cure her. It only makes sense that her diet has a lot to do with her immune health. Two weeks ago, I decided to make all of her food myself. My goal is to produce The Bestdogfood Ever! I feed her this twice a day:


1/2 lb of cooked ground beef,
1/2 cup of carrots or broccoli
(2) 1000 mg fish softgels
(1) Chopped Michael's Everyday Immune Wellness tablet - one per day

I've just described my graduation from Engineer to Dog Chef and hopefully you don't think that I've lost my mind. She does seem to be growing stronger. As evidence, I present the following; You all know that Princess has a passion for shredding cereal boxes. Recently we received an 8 foot long cardboard box in the mail. This morning, Princess dragged it down the driveway and started to shred it to pieces. She's still got it!

I'm making sure that chances are 100% that Princess will live the rest of her life happy, relatively comfortably, with her people, and with a chance of recovery. My goal is to keep moving forward and help a few of you along the way. I'd say it's worth it.  All for now.

Chef Pappysassafrass