Barb and Tori
Member Since 2009
Didn't have a chance to post yesterday but here is Saturday's post: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=25321
Well she's eating a bit better for me although it is a bit of a struggle to find what will tempt her at any given time. We have so many cans opened at one time. The boys think that they have died and gone to Heaven with all the special "treats" they are being served. I have to be real careful though because Rocky has IBD and really the only thing that doesn't set him off is the raw diet. It's funny though every meal she eats she still has to have a bit of the regular raw even if it is just a nibble. I'd say it makes up about a quarter of each meal. Our vet doesn't have a problem with me feeding her so,me raw. He just wants her to eat and also he was taught by Dr Smart ( I think that's her name who is a well known proponent of the raw diet.) He knows that I am very fastidious in how I handle the meat. It's not helping her numbers though that she keeps switching from one food to another but numbers aren't the main thing here. Getting her fattened up a bit is. She needs the extra calories to fight the cancer. Tomorrow she gets the Mert again so hopefully she'll eat any better.
I haven't heard back from Doug about her chemistry and what the oncologist has to say. I wasn't surprised though. He's off on Mondays and probably won't speak to the oncologist until tomorrow or Wednesday depending on how much telephone tag he has to play. Lord I wish we had specialists here but we don't. I just wish Calgary wasn't so far away. Mind you he did say he wasn't sure how helpful the oncologist will be. It's mostly trial and error with this lymphoma . There just isn't enough known about it. If only they had been able to do the surgery but they couldn't so it is what it is. We'll just have to wait and see . Patience is not my strong suit though.
One thing I have noticed that I love the last few days is that Tori is so loving and affectionate. She's taken to sleeping with me which is something that is very rare for her. When she was a baby every morning when I went to bed after work she would come and cuddle with me. She would lie on my chest with her paws on each side of my neck and take turns purring in each of my ears. That would always last for about a Half an hour. Then she would lie at my feet until I got up to feed her lunch. That was our special time. She did that every day until she was about 6 months old. Anyway the last three nights she has come to bed with me and crawled up on my chest and cuddled like she used to and has slept with me all night even though Rocky is sleeping with me too. It's so special.
My granddaughter has been very tender with Tori lately. She's always petting her and kissing her and telling her that she is her best friend. We have told her that Tori is sick and that she has Cancer and that she may not get better. SHe seems to understand as well as a 3 year old can. Yesterday she ran to me crying. When I asked her what was wrong she told me that Malachi had taken Tori's food and that Tori needed to eat it because she was sick. Of course I reassured her that it was OK that I could always give Tori more. So sweet.
Well I better run and get Ayanna bathed. Her Mom has been away in Toronto for the last week so I have been spending my vacation looking after Ayanna. She was supposed to come home today but missed her flight and is hopefully coming home tomorrow. She didn't tell the airline right away and they are charging her for a whole new flight so I had to bail her out and send her some money that I can't really afford right now. Also the wash machine died today. Have I mentioned my hair is turning gray lately? Oh well what the heck.
Have a good night everybody. Kiss your precious babies for me.
Well she's eating a bit better for me although it is a bit of a struggle to find what will tempt her at any given time. We have so many cans opened at one time. The boys think that they have died and gone to Heaven with all the special "treats" they are being served. I have to be real careful though because Rocky has IBD and really the only thing that doesn't set him off is the raw diet. It's funny though every meal she eats she still has to have a bit of the regular raw even if it is just a nibble. I'd say it makes up about a quarter of each meal. Our vet doesn't have a problem with me feeding her so,me raw. He just wants her to eat and also he was taught by Dr Smart ( I think that's her name who is a well known proponent of the raw diet.) He knows that I am very fastidious in how I handle the meat. It's not helping her numbers though that she keeps switching from one food to another but numbers aren't the main thing here. Getting her fattened up a bit is. She needs the extra calories to fight the cancer. Tomorrow she gets the Mert again so hopefully she'll eat any better.
I haven't heard back from Doug about her chemistry and what the oncologist has to say. I wasn't surprised though. He's off on Mondays and probably won't speak to the oncologist until tomorrow or Wednesday depending on how much telephone tag he has to play. Lord I wish we had specialists here but we don't. I just wish Calgary wasn't so far away. Mind you he did say he wasn't sure how helpful the oncologist will be. It's mostly trial and error with this lymphoma . There just isn't enough known about it. If only they had been able to do the surgery but they couldn't so it is what it is. We'll just have to wait and see . Patience is not my strong suit though.
One thing I have noticed that I love the last few days is that Tori is so loving and affectionate. She's taken to sleeping with me which is something that is very rare for her. When she was a baby every morning when I went to bed after work she would come and cuddle with me. She would lie on my chest with her paws on each side of my neck and take turns purring in each of my ears. That would always last for about a Half an hour. Then she would lie at my feet until I got up to feed her lunch. That was our special time. She did that every day until she was about 6 months old. Anyway the last three nights she has come to bed with me and crawled up on my chest and cuddled like she used to and has slept with me all night even though Rocky is sleeping with me too. It's so special.
My granddaughter has been very tender with Tori lately. She's always petting her and kissing her and telling her that she is her best friend. We have told her that Tori is sick and that she has Cancer and that she may not get better. SHe seems to understand as well as a 3 year old can. Yesterday she ran to me crying. When I asked her what was wrong she told me that Malachi had taken Tori's food and that Tori needed to eat it because she was sick. Of course I reassured her that it was OK that I could always give Tori more. So sweet.
Well I better run and get Ayanna bathed. Her Mom has been away in Toronto for the last week so I have been spending my vacation looking after Ayanna. She was supposed to come home today but missed her flight and is hopefully coming home tomorrow. She didn't tell the airline right away and they are charging her for a whole new flight so I had to bail her out and send her some money that I can't really afford right now. Also the wash machine died today. Have I mentioned my hair is turning gray lately? Oh well what the heck.
Have a good night everybody. Kiss your precious babies for me.
