October

Thursday night was not a good one - Dave was up for several hours, with vomiting and diarrhea. I contacted the oncology department on Friday, seeing as things tend to get worse on weekends, when our regular vets/nurses are not available. The vet I spoke with recommended we start prednisone. She posited that the stomach issues were symptoms of the lymphoma because he'd been on anti-diarrheal medication since Tuesday. We're continuing with chicken and rice since any small introduction to the kibble makes it worse. I was pretty upset, as he'd been well otherwise; I didn't want to hear that the lymphoma is already symptommatic. However, Friday night, when I got home from work he was fine, and he had an uneventful sleep last night. Today he's been whining to go outside, which is definitely status quo on a beautiful day.

I don't know if Dave will make it to Halloween. After watching "Best in Show" many, many times, I always joke to Mike that Dave needs a busy bee costume. Thanks to Target's great pet section, he got one today! He looks too cute in it, and tolerated it much better than I thought he would. Here's a little video - please note that the chair he jumps on is strictly his chair, and not representative of our home furnishings.