Addie's Journey

Blog moving to Wordpress

2011-09-25T12:20:00.005-06:00

Effective immediately, Addie's Journey has moved to Wordpress. All older posts have been moved over and all future posts will be on the new site. The new blog can be found here. If you have been following Addie's site, thank you! We hope you join us over on Wordpress and "follow" us there as well. Once on the new site - click on Follow at the top to receive all the latest posts:

Good Blood

2011-09-14T10:00:00.000-06:00

Addie continues to amaze me.. she is our "Super Dog"! Following her last urinary tract infection, I was a bit concerned as she still seemed "off". I can't say exactly how, but sometimes you just have that feeling. I didn't think it was still the UTI, but something else. They ran some blood tests and then a urine test. Her traditional vet called and based on her results (her BUN and

Indy's Blog

2011-08-03T21:03:00.000-06:00

Indy's Mom recently reached out to us as her dog Indy had just recently had a splenectomy and the Dr.'s were pretty sure it was hemangiosarcoma. Never a good diagnosis. While she waited the biopsy results, she found Addie's blog and neoplasene. Unfortunately, the diagnosis was Histiocytic Sarcoma which is actually worse than hemangiosarcoma is one can believe that! Indy just started on

I saw a "dead-head" sticker on a Cadillac...

2011-07-24T20:39:00.006-06:00

Summit of Schoolmarm Mountain As weird as it would seem to celebrate a cancer diagnosis and an even more dire prognosis, we are doing just that because Addie is still with us over three years later!! After hearing from the veterinarian that performed the splenectomy back in July of '08 that she would only have 3 or 4 months to live we are absolutely elated that she has lived well for over 36

Little Scare

2011-06-27T20:59:00.000-06:00

Things have been going very well with Addie as of late. No cold paw incidents, she is eating well, and is about as active as a 13 1/2 year old girl can be! She does have some stability issues, but I believe that is caused more from losing muscle mass from age and her vestibular incident last year. However, over the past 2 weeks, we have noticed that she cannot hold her bladder as long as

Yahoo Groups

2011-06-16T07:42:00.005-06:00

This is one of my favorite pictures of Addie - taken right after she had her daily cottage cheese. We call it Cheese Face :-)I subscribe to several Yahoo groups focused around dogs with cancer. I get an email every day from all of them with questions, answers, and stories. At first I read everyone one word for word. But what I realized after some time, is that although they provide a wealth

Addie Update - March 31st

2011-03-31T07:50:00.004-06:00

Addie never fails to amaze me. Not that she has done anything that most people would call a WOW action. She isn't doing backflips through hoops or saving people from avalanches. She is just living her happy life. And that is what amazes me. I take inspiration from her. She is old. Being 70ish pounds and being 13 and 1/2, is quite extraordinary. Then add on that she was diagnosed with

Routine

2011-01-12T15:29:00.000-07:00

We know it's been a couple of months since we posted. As is usually the case, no news is good news.We have settled into our winter routine and both Addie and Finigan are doing well.Addie's vestibular issues are likely to remain with her for the rest of her life. The worst part of those symptoms is that she remains unstable in her hindquarters. If she gets excited and tries to move to quickly

Birthday Girl

2010-11-01T13:18:00.006-06:00

We just celebrated Addie's 13th birthday this past October 30th. To commemerate the occasion we took her and Finigan on a flat, 5 mile hike near Palmer Lake. She did so well that we took them on a shorter hike Sunday. She seemed to enjoy herself quite a bit on both days.Her vestibular issues still remain. She is not as sure footed as she used to be - especially when she gets excited. Her

September 2010 Update

2010-09-21T11:58:00.012-06:00

Addie playing with a stick with Grandma and Grandpa Key watching out for her.We appreciate everyone's kind words, support, and suggestions regarding Addie and her post-vestibular experiences. We did wish to update everyone as to her status.Since our last posting, Addie has now gone back to her old eating habits. Our holistic vet recommend putting her on bio-sponge which helps to sooth her

12 Days Post Vestibular Diagnosis

2010-08-18T08:13:00.002-06:00

It has been 12 days since Addie was diagnosed with Vestibular Disease. She has improved greatly. Her head tilt is less (though still existent), and she is stronger, more confident walking. She actually jogged a little when we let her out this morning. OK, just for a short distance, but she still had a little pep in her step. She still can't turn around very tightly and falls occasionally,

Addie Update

2010-08-12T11:35:00.005-06:00

Unfortunately, I had to be out of town for a few days and was not able to help Rob take care of Addie. But he did a great job getting her to eat, stopping the diarrhea, and keeping her safe from running into furniture and falling down stairs.I am amazed how much better she is today than she was on Saturday. She is eating her full amount of food (since it is still hard for her to navigate her

Setback

2010-08-09T12:39:00.006-06:00

The day after our last post Addie experienced a frightening episode. Friday evening right before bedtime, Addie was not able to stand up, her eyes were twitching back and forth horizontally, and her head was tilted in an odd fashion. Our first thought was a seizure possibly caused by a cancerous tumor that had spread to her brain.We scrambled to get her to the emergency vet some 30-40 minutes

2 Year Anniversary Post Diagnosis!!

2010-08-06T12:39:00.007-06:00