$6000 dollars for amputation, chemo, and prescriptions to get the leg removed. 1700k miles driven to doctors over 180 pills, 60 peanut butter sandwich cover ups, 287 days, and countless tears. This has been our journey with bone cancer. Bone cancer in your furry baby is a bummer. But what do you do when you find that your poor pet gets more time doing sucky things then fun?
start to question what the hell it is that you are doing with your own life. After all, he can’t pay or drive.
i love my Max. And we have been lucky. He is doing awesome….knock on wood….he got into a study and gets outstanding care. But does he get the “off” time he and I deserve? On top of his drama I am a full time working mom. I feel like I spend a good amount of time cleaning up poop, shoving unwanted items down beings throats, and kissing boo boos. To the point that life has become routine, and purely about fulfilling basic needs, which is not fun for anyone.
now I know that we all gotta go….I do, but knowing that I am I charge of prolonging the inevitable and also keeping a good quality of life changes your perspective. So today I did a very silly thing. I have spent 6k dollars on doctors, pills, biopsies. I have spent time, energy, and tears on moments in my life I would rather forget. So today I spent 6k dollars on an RV. I am going to change the suck to fun.
Every month I make up at 439 am, drive 200 miles, see a dr at NCSU for Maxs study. Max and I go I see 3-4 different tripawds (normally a golden). He goes back gets poked, prodded, X-rays, and loved. I sit in the waiting room hoping they say, “everything looks great, here is your Palledia”. We then get back in the car for the long 200 mile drive home. I would do it every week if I had too. I am a Mom.
so going forwarded every month the family is going to pack in the RV, go to NCSU, and then go do something fun. Today I took a page from Jerry. 6000 dollars well spent.
