Month: May 2014

Took Shilo for her last weekly visit.   Blood work is normal and filled out the questionnaire.   Met the vets and students that are doing the trial for a few minutes and got an update.

One of the dogs in the study had died.  But not from cancer or the Palladia…. sad that someone’s pup is gone, but good that the cancer didn’t get them.

Now Shilo is doing monthly visits and July will be her first chest x-ray since she started the Palladia.  So I’m excited to find out how my little pup is doing but scared that I might get bad news.

 

This was Shilo on Monday… up the hill running around like a nut.  Its a cell phone pic so it doesn’t truly capture how happy she was.  She was in the bush and rolling in whatever is in the bush that dogs roll in.

Man they must really love my little pup!

 

http://www.vet.upenn.edu/

 

Its one of those slideshow things…. but She’s in there.

 

I had no idea she made the front page.  As Shilo’s agent, I am now booking personal appearances and speaking engagements on her behalf.

 

 

Check out this write up they did on Shilo for the UPenn Vet web site:

http://www.vet.upenn.edu/research/clinical-trials/patient-stories

Today was go see the vet day and while I was waiting I was introduced to Carole a photographer (I want to so Doug?  If your name wasn’t Doug, sorry I forgot it) and they asked if my little pup would like to on the UPenn Veterinary web site.  Shilo didn’t object so we went into one of the exam rooms and I told Shilo’s story as she laid there hamming it up for the camera.

At least my right foot got some press.

Shilo is doing great.  They said that her blood work is good but I need to keep her on antacids every day.  Not a problem.  Shilo loves cream cheese and ignores the pills I slip into it.

While at UPenn I did see an AWESOME Bloodhound.  I tried to get it to howl.  No luck.  Hearing Shilo and a Bloodhound sing would have been epic.  Loud, but epic.

Nice day for a drive… Shilo slept most of the way down and back.

 

 

 

Took Shilo to UPenn for the first weeks update on the Palladia.  I finally got the pee sample I collected from Shilo out of my fridge!  Blood test, talk about how Shilo is doing (GREAT!!) and wait to see if anything was up after they did whatever they do to dog blood.

Everything was normal.  Yay Shilo.

Crappy part of the day was the lady and her 13 year old (I think) Redbone Coonhoud was given the news that her dog had a few days left.  Man that sucked to hear.  I guess it was a student that told her because it was done in a less than professional manner:  while sitting on the floor of a waiting room.  I felt bad for her and her dog, as the lady sat there sobbing that her beloved pet is at the end of its life.  But to be told in public, while sitting on the floor in a crowded waiting room?  I think that they need to cover petside manner again before they graduate some of those kids.  If that lady read this, sorry about your dog.

The sad fact is that if you are in  the UPenn Oncology waiting room, good news is rare and most of the dogs there are are probably not long for this world.  I hope I am wrong, but odds are against it.

Here’s a glamour shot of Shilo on the way to Philly.  I had to take 309 as the turnpike was closed and my normal route was therefore not available.

 

Happiest dog in the WORLD!!!