Day: February 8, 2011

I can’t believe Xan’s surgery is tomorrow. The last 5 days have flown by. I am glad that I had some time to prepare for his amputation. I am feeling optimistic and so ready for him to be home recovering. I know that he will face an uphill battle with the cancer and lung mets, but I truly feel that this is the best course of action for Xan.  We will take it one day at a time – the same we were doing before, but now the leg pain will be gone.  I should hear from the surgeon early tomorrow afternoon and will write more once I hear. 

Thank you to all you pawparents out there – your comments and stories mean a lot.

Lisa & Xanadu

Really, I have three kids.  Xanadu is 12-1/2, Trooper is 4-1/2 and Finley will be 2 in two weeks.  My three boys have a great time together.  Finley can be a bit rambunctious for Xan’s liking, but since he is the first to give him a cookie every morning, Xan tolerates him.  Trooper understands that Xan is sick and he has been wonderful – the other day, he sat next to Xan and said, “Don’t worry, Xanadu. It will be okay.” 

The amputation is tomorrow.  I am going to believe my son – everything is going to be okay.

I should be sleeping. It is 4am, afterall. But Xanadu woke me up to go outside. He went potty and came back in so I went back to bed. 5 minutes later, he was in the bedroom again, whining. I let him out again and this time, he went to lay down in the dirt/bushes at the perimeter of our yard. I hate it when he does this.  How can I go back to bed when he is laying in the bushes? He is not an outside dog and he has never slept outside in his life. So I am waiting for him to get cold or bored and come back in. This is a recent behavior that I associate with pain. He feels crappy so he wants to be outside. He did this for the first time last Wednesday night, which is the night I decided that we needed to remove the leg.  We now countdown the nights until surgery.

Only one more night to get through before the amputation surgery. Hang tough, Xan!