04/14: Remembering Buster: One Year Later

Category: General | Posted by: jewlz


Buster Brown - April 1999 - April 18, 2009



FOUR FEET

I have done mostly what men do,
And pushed it out of my mind;
But I can't forget, if I wanted to,
Four-Feet trotting behind.
Day after day, the whole day through--
Wherever my road inclined--
Four-Feet said, 'I am coming with you!'
And trotted along behind.
Now I must go by some other round--
Which I shall never find--
Some where that does not carry the sound
Of Four-Feet trotting behind.

--- Rudyard Kipling ---

Buster,

Our family chain is broken, and nothing seems the same.
But as God calls us one by one, the chain will link again.
(Anonymous).

Miss you "butter",
your mom.




04/18: Buster Brown - April 1999 - April 2009

Category: General | Posted by: jewlz
Buster's condition worsened very quickly. On Friday morning, he tried jumping up on my bed one last time. I had thought that he stopped jumping on my bed in the mornings because he loved my new rug and loved sleeping on it under the bed. It wasn't until Friday morning that(continued...)

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04/17: At the vet

Category: General | Posted by: jewlz
I was shaking really bad and not eating so J has me at the vet right now. I have a temporary one until my long time favorite vet gets back from maternity leave. This vet is pretty and I like her but I digress. They are taking xrays right now cuz the tumors may have grown. I'm very uncomfortable right now with going up and down stairs and i definitely can't jump. Let's see what the vet says. Stay tuned.

04/17: Shaky

Category: Not-So-Good Days | Posted by: jewlz
i was shaking early this morning and wanted up on the bed but couldn't seem to jump. after i finally did, J noticed how badly i was shaking. i haven't eaten yet and J called the vet to find out what to do. stay posted.

04/17: Painful Thursday

Category: General | Posted by: jewlz
i was really shaking this morning. J gave me extra fluids and that seemed to help but getting up and down the stairs to go potty is getting harder and harder. i'm managing but J is back to giving me pain meds in the morning, when it seems the worse. J's niece is here, which really made my week! athena has been sleeping with her like a ho bag. she likes young people and i just love my mom :).

04/14: Small changes

Category: Not-So-Good Days | Posted by: jewlz
Things are changing with me a bit lately. J got a new rug for the bedroom and I don't sleep on her bed anymore. I used to start off sleeping out in the den and then would jump on the bed in the middle of the night. Now I just go under the bed and I'm there all night. These last few days, J has a hard time getting me out from under there in the morning. And when I do come out, I walk really, really slowly and I have a hard time going down the stairs. J's going to start giving me the Medicam again to see if that helps.

J's niece is coming on Wednesday. I can't wait to see her! I hope I'm better by then.

04/08: i'm regressing ... in a good way

Category: Good Days | Posted by: jewlz
i think i''m returning to puppyhood...i can't seem to stop playing with athena. i think she's still in shock. see this video:





04/06: overdid it again

Category: Not-So-Good Days | Posted by: jewlz
i think i did a little too much humpity-hump on saturday when J got home from class:



now I'm not feeling so good...

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03/31: Fluids are key

Category: Good Days | Posted by: jewlz
buster here... the last couple of days weren't that great. first of all, J's got all these people coming in and out of the house ... somebody named "F#*$#&$*' AT&T". I have never even heard a dog named "F#*$#&$*' AT&T" but he or she must live inside her iMac because she's always shouting at the iMac when she says the name. Anyway, she keeps moving us to grandma's and back and it's stressing me out a little. I started trembling again so J realized that she needed to get more consistent with my sub q fluids. i surrender now... i'm just going to put up with the 200cc every morning because it always makes me feel better. in fact, this morning i started humping athena again. life is good.

03/26: i am not a dog

Category: Good Days | Posted by: jewlz
... i am a pig. i eat all the time. i never stop eating. could the cancer have created another digestive system altogether? i dunno but..

pig

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In Memory

buster pup

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This blog was created July 11, 2008 - the same day I adopted Buster in 1999. Buster was diagnosed with anal sac carcinoma in early June of '08. The cancer had already quickly spread to his lymph nodes and traditional cancer treatment was not recommended with a medium success rate. In June, he was given a prognosis of 6 months.

For those who know the power of animals in our lives, you understand that their spirits are here to teach us and we feel obliged to honor those spirits, just as valuable as all others and infinitely more involved in many ways. This site was a chronicle of catharsis for Buster, me and his friends - one of love, laughter and lots of positivity for us and our friends as we trekked through the unknown together. He was indeed a great dog.

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