June 18th, 2020. June 13th was the saddest day of my life. I started this blog with the intention of documenting my honest and true thoughts throughout Akeela’s cancer journey, so that’s exactly how I’m going to end it as well. This will be my last and final post. Akeela had her fourth and final […]

June 5, 2020. 11.5 weeks post-amputation. Today I learned that the majority of dogs have to be euthanized. Of all the dogs that have been in my life, I have never had to experience this. My parents gave our first dog, Angel- an English Mastiff, to a rescue when we moved from California to Oregon. […]

May 9th, 2020 I realize my last post left our situation sounding a little hopeless. I have reflected over the past week + and have come to some realizations. Although Akeela has to be medicated every 4 hours and likely will be for the rest of her life, I am lucky that she is still […]

April 30th, 2020. Yesterday was Akeela’s official 6 week amputation-aversary. One thing this experience has taught me is to always expect the unexpected. You never know what’s waiting for you around the corner…. Akeela had her 5th rehab session (laser therapy and acupuncture) and her second round of Carboplatin chemotherapy. The clinic I found has […]

April 22, 2020.   Ohhhh where to begin … I suppose where I left off last …. On April 15th I took Akeela in for her 2 week post chemo blood work test. I mentioned to them how she had still been incessantly pacing around at night panting heavily. She would also continue to let […]