Another Dr. Appointment

Well we had another doctor appointment today and the news is not all that great. It has been a week since we started this new chemo therapy drug and it doesn't seem to be working at all. The growth on her lymph node was 6cm last week and this week it is 11cm. Not good. Since the new drug and the old drug don't seem to be doing much we have decided to stop the chemo drugs all together. At this stage of the game we are talking pain killers and best comfort of life. The risk of the chemo drugs is just to great since they aren't effective. Instead of talking about a life expectancy of months we are now talking weeks, the Dr. thinks 3-4 weeks before the discomfort of the growth just becomes to much for Zoey and she wont be able to do any of the fun stuff anymore.

Just in the last week I have noticed that she doesn't like to jump as much as she used to. On Sunday we went to the river and I had to stop throwing the toy in the water after about 5 tosses, she was just sucking in way to much water. Luckily the field was open so I could throw the ball around. She was still huff'n and puff'n but at least she wouldn't drown.