[nagdu] Lexia Retirement

[Marsha Drenth]

Nicole,
Awww this decision must have been hard for you to make. Its too bad, that the cancer has come back and now will not go away. I know its hard to have to make that decision to retire because of a health condition. Your doing the right thing, for your pup. She has given you several years of her dedication, now she deserves to have some fun, hopefully there will be some time for that. 
Keep us updated on her progress with the meds and treatment. Poor pup, poor You. 
Take care, 

Marsha drenth  
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> On Dec 2, 2014, at 12:01 AM, 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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