waiting

We have to wait until tomorrow, but we're waiting with the hope that it will be good news. Dave was there for eight hours, and they reported that he was a very good boy. His eye is looking good, and he will continue to see the opthalmologist, but doesn't need to go back for two months.

His ultrasound, blood work and xray were fine - no cancer! His lymph nodes are so small, they were unable to aspirate any of them. We're waiting on the results of his bone marrow aspiration. The head of oncology saw Dave today, and said that it would be very unusual for such good results elsewhere to have bad results of the bone marrow. Regardless, I'll be holding my breath until I speak with her tomorrow.

Assuming that the bone marrow is clear, Dave will be in complete remission and he'll officially begin the trial by getting his first vaccine on July 7th. He'll get it again on the 28th and August 18th. He'll be seen for a physical exam monthly and get a full restaging every three months. If he does well for a bit of time, they'll extend his exam time to every two months. A little sign of hope came this morning in the form of another dog in the waiting room. The nurse told Mike that he was there for his two year "anniversary" check up. I can only hope...