She’s probably the luckiest dog on the planet…

It’s been a while since my last post. To say that I’ve been overwhelmed and busy would be an understatement. This meme pretty much sums up my start to 2019. 

While I’m glad I chose not to do chemo… I’ve chosen possibly a more involved and challenging path because of the time investment in prepping her food. Her approved foods are: turkey, sardines (in water), venison, turnip greens, spinach, cauliflower, butternut squash, parsnips, raspberries, prunes, butter, and olive oil.  There are others but she’s been a bit picky. I’ve learned that cooking her greens in butter makes them even more tasty for her. She gets her vitamins plus her fat intake. She needs to eat about 10 – 12 cups of a food a day. Suddenly my grocery bill has skyrocketed. I’ve now got a subscription from Amazon for 60 cans of sardines/month. SIXTY. Before I did that I’d go to Ocean State Job Lot and clean them out of sardines. Last trip was 93 cans. NINETY-THREE. But, you know, she’s worth it. It does take quite a while to prep so my weekends are filled with grocery shopping and cooking. Here’s a few pictures of her eating her food, waiting for her food and a picture of her sardine filled dinner from the other night (gross!). 

Maggie’s doing well. Her spirts are high and, like I said before, sometimes I forget she was diagnosed with cancer. She’s getting stronger and stronger by the day. Today we went for a walk in the rain and my girl went 1.73 miles. I’m so proud of her.

Finally, I’ll end with a sweet story. I was recently walking Maggie in our neighborhood and there was a group of young boys who were playing. They came up to see Maggie and were talking my ear off about her. They asked about what happened to her leg and how she’s doing. So I told them her story and one of the boys said, “wow, she must be one of the luckiest dogs on the planet because most dogs die from cancer.” I thought to myself… she is lucky… but I’m luckier to have her. Case in point, when I left Dr. Corey’s office last week, he said to me, “You are so lucky to have her.” I thought… “you’re damn right.”