[nagdu] Lexia Retirement

[The Pawpower Pack]

Nicole, 
I'm sorry to hear Lexia's cancer has returned. I will be thinking good thoughts for her, she is such a sweetheart! I'm glad I got to meet her.  
I hope she has a long and happy retirement. 
Wishing you the best! 

 Rox and the kitchen Bitches: 
Mill'E, Laveau, Soleil
Pawpower4me at gmail.com
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> On Dec 1, 2014, at 11:01 PM, Nicole Torcolini via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Lexia retired when I visited my parents for Thanksgiving, and she will live
> with my parents in Washington State now. Lexia has mast cell cancer, but it
> is under control. It started in May of 2013 when she got a bump on her front
> right leg that was thought to be some kind of bug bite or something, but,
> even after treating it with a spray, it did not go away. In June of 2013,
> the tumor was surgically removed. Because it was a high grade tumor, Lexia
> was given chemotherapy, which went well. In January of 2014, everything
> seemed to be fine, so the chemotherapy was stopped. In July of 2014, the
> cancer returned in a different spot on the same leg, so chemotherapy was
> resumed and worked for a while. In September, the cancer started coming back
> in spite of the chemotherapy, so Lexia was switched to a different
> chemotherapy. However, the new chemotherapy both did not work and had bad
> side effects. A third chemotherapy was tried, which luckily worked, and
> Lexia is still on it. She is doing fine, but she is not the same dog that
> she used to be. She does not have the same endurance that she used to have.
> Also, although Lexia very much enjoyed her job, I do not want to do anything
> to put even the slightest amount of stress on her and cause the cancer to
> come back.
> 
>    Lexia is now living with my parents, whom we call her grandparents. I
> think that she is still slightly confused. She wanted to come with us when
> my father and I left for the airport.
> 
> 
> 
> Nicole
> 
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