vaccine

Dave gets his first vaccine on Monday. The process sounds pretty interesting. He'll go in around noon, and they'll do some bloodwork. Assuming it's normal, he'll get the vaccine. Apparently, it won't be finished and ready until that day; the vet went as far to say that he needed an afternoon appointment so it will be as fresh as possible. Being a social worker, the preparation of vaccines is not something I'm familiar with, so I'm a bit amazed with all of this.

Although I have it in the links section, here is the link to Penn's trial page. They initially explained that they hope to be able to use this a treatment for animals and people one day. This article, from November, goes into a bit more detail. The day I took Dave to the vet for his initial diagnosis, there was a story on ABC's World News Tonight about the dog in the article. Like Dave, she was diagnosed with the most advanced stage of lymphoma.

Dave still looks skinny to me, so I'll be curious to find out his weight. We've increased his food, hoping to put a few pounds back on him. He lost three pounds during the course of chemo; it may not be a lot, but it was 10% of his weight, and he definitely looks too thin.