[nagdu] Lexia Retirement

[Aleeha Dudley]

Very, very, very sorry to hear about your pup, Nicole. I wish you and
her the best. I hope there is time for that much deserved rest for
your faithful partner.
Aleeha and Dallas

On 12/3/14, Sheila Leigland via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I'm very sorry to hear about the ancer. I know is is a hard decision to
> make.
> On 12/1/2014 10:01 PM, Nicole Torcolini via nagdu 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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