Day 26, and we're feeling great. She's gained weight (and is back on all dry food), her eye looks good, her breathing is normal...we couldn't be more pleased. Her paw is still swollen, and she has a couple of nasty lesions on it where the blasto is draining out, but I can live with that as long as it doesn't start into the bone. We massage it and drain it two and three times a day. It's amazing the amount of pure blasto that comes out. I keep soaking paper towels with the disgusting stuff, and have been known to laugh maniacally as the fungus gets pulled out of her body. Blast the blasto! Take that!
Thanksgiving went well, she LOVED the attention and a visit from her beagle cousin Rocky. We managed to avoid the conversations of what everyone else would have done differently in her treatment, and for that I am grateful. She got to go on plenty of car rides too - something she loves.
Saturday we went out to the backyard for momma's coffee time while she headed off to potty. Right after she finished her business she grabbed a hoof that she loves and started PLAYING. Throwing it in the air, chasing it, doing her little bucking bronco routine, she even brought it to me to throw for her a few times. She kept it up for almost 15 minutes until she was ready to lie down and start chewing. I couldn't believe it. It's been almost 10 weeks since I've seen her do that - what a blessing for Thanksgiving weekend!!! She did it a couple of other times to show off for her daddy too, it made the weekend even more special. I bawled my eyes out in the yard just watching her.
I have cried more in the past two months with this stuff going on than I think I have in my whole life, but I'll take the happy tears over the scared tears any day!!!
I keep telling myself that this disease is a roller coaster and that we're still not out of the woods...but I can't help but feel strongly that we've turned a corner and that we're going to beat blasto!!!!!! We have a checkup scheduled for Thursday, hoping it goes well. If we make it to the other side of this thing, I will owe our vet a greater debt than we can ever repay. His diligence and openness to ideas make him truly special. I have no doubt that an early diagnosis is what's going to propel us through.
Can't wait for all of our blasto pups to have nothing but great days!!!
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