Camping!

Well, thanks to the efficacy of the Vincristine and years of collecting camping gear, I was able to take Leo camping to our spot in the Willowemoc Wild Forest this weekend. It was a lovely day and night for camping. Not too cold, not too warm, and not too crowded - well, at least not on Sunday night, in a primitive campsite.

Well, that didn't work... but that did!

The bad news is that the Lomustine really didn't do anything. I think it arrested the growth of his lymph nodes for about a weekend, and then they came raging back. We were in the office a week later.

The good news is we decided to give Vincristine another shot, and this... well, it worked! (So far). The nodes are smaller.  Well, I hope it's from the Vincristine.

Last round

It seems that the Lomustine didn't really work - a few days, and then his neck nodes have swollen up again.

So, it's now time for prednisone. I gave him some today. Let's hope that makes a difference.

The Cost

Yesterday there was an article about how having a dog was going to become only the provenance for the rich, since it becomes prohibitively expensive, and that the poors were going to be placated with robot-dogs.

I think that's a bunch of crap from people who've watched a bit too much Battlestar Galactica (the old one, not the frakking new one). Sure, it's expensive to have a dog. It's expensive to have kids, too, but that doesn't stop people from having them (heck, it doesn't stop people from having a LOT of them). Being a super-obsessive dog owner is certainly going to cost a lot more. Heck, Leo's collar costs more than my shoes (not kidding).

I don't think so

I'll take a break from posting Leo updates to just say "No, robots will not be replacing dogs".

Signs

I am not a sign guy. I'm not a religious person (despite being brought up RC - or maybe because of?) and I think I'm pretty rational. I mean, I'm a scientist!
So today there were some signs - some bad, and some... well, I'll describe.

Rescue

It appears that the L-spar is no longer working. That means that the Vincristine stopped working, the L-spar stopped working, the cytocin would kill him...and now it's down to the rescue therapy, the Lomustine.