My dog had cancer; June 13, 1989

I woke up at nine o’clock. I sure had a good sleep for a change. Alex was still in bed. I had my breakfast but I hadn’t finished when Alex woke up. Alex said he wasn’t feeling good. I asked him if he had a headache or if his stomach hurt but Alex said no. I gave Alex his breakfast, he wanted fruit cup but we didn’t have any so I had to give Alex canned pineapple. Alex also had hot cereal. I said to Alex I was going to have a shower. Alex said he had to have one first. Luckily he didn’t take too long so there was enough hot water left. I phoned Dr. H to let him know Kelly had another seizure last night. He phoned back after eleven o’clock. I also told him that Kelly couldn’t go on Biosol-M because when I give it to him he throws up right away. Dr. H didn’t seem to like that. He said he wanted me to bring Kelly in today to do some tests. I talked to the nurse and she checked with Dr. H who said Kelly could be dropped off while they do the tests. I said I would bring him in after lunch, the nurse said that would be fine. Patrick had come over to play earlier. His Grandma phoned and asked if Patrick was there. I said yes and she said please send him home for lunch. We had lunch then we took Kelly to the vet. The nurse said Dr. H would phone us later in the day. We came home. Alex played for awhile then Patrick came over. I worked on Alex’s sweater I’m making him. Dr. H phoned at two thirty. He said Kelly’s right eye was out and his abdomen was tender. Dr. H said he was sending Kelly’s blood test to another lab. He wanted to do an x-ray because of his eye, to see if there was anything there. I asked when I could get Kelly. He said in an hour. I said I would come at four o’clock. When Charlie had come home from work I went to get Kelly. I saw Dr. H, he said nothing showed up on the x-ray but he wanted to wait for the blood test. He said Kelly can’t continue on having so many seizures. Pretty bad news for Kelly, it’s heart wrenching just thinking about him not being around. After I got home I told Charlie what the vet had said. He was really upset, he said how can he say that it’s not his dog. I explained that ever time he has a seizure some of his brain cells die and he can’t continue on that way. Charlie said well he looks fine when he’s not having a seizure. We at dinner at six o’clock. After dinner I worked on my knitting. I talked to Dr. C at five o’clock. I’ve been having a pain in the lower region and I wanted to know if it was the same as the pain I had in the lower abdomen. Dr. C said no it wasn’t the same but she would have to look at me. She said it could be from the baby pushing down. At seven o’clock Alex and I put away his toys. Alex went to bed at eight o’clock. I went to bed at ten thirty.