It is nearly the end of the third month that we've known about Bella's cancer. The symptoms that I've described previously continue, though to be perfectly honest, she seems to have leveled off. The lymph nodes in her neck are now almost completely back to normal...at least it seems this way to me. I can't feel them at all. One of the growths at the top of her front shoulder is gone and the other has stabilized. Her appetite is still good (maybe too good?) and she's still passionate about retrieving tennis balls, albeit with a somewhat diminished energy level.
Today I did some research about the average timeframe that a dog with Lymphoma will last being treated with just Prednisone and it ranges from 1-4 months. Bella is now at month 2.5, so it is reasonable to expect that she has a couple of weeks, maybe six, left. I will redouble my efforts to make the most of the time left.
Goddamn it I'm going to miss her so much.
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