02/24/2021
It's been a long while since I've updated you all on the huskies. We've been home for the last year living our best lives that we can while avoiding the public. Spending lots of time with the dogs while working from home. Raising a kiddo and keeping up on the farm chores. Living a good life.
Late last year and early this year Kyra started showing some sickness. Investigation revealed a large mass on her intestine (the size of a small grapefruit), which we had surgically removed. She came through the surgery with flying colors, and is doing great.
Unfortunately the mass is cancer, and we're still working to genetically type it to help us target her chemotherapy treatment, which she'll start tomorrow. If we do nothing, she has about 6 months, so we'll see if the chemo can't knock out the residual cells in her system, as they were unable to get clean margins when removing the tumor.
Being paranoid, we took Tau to the vet and he's showing high calcium levels. While we're in the extremely early stages of testing, high calcium is a potential indicator for cancer. My gut is telling me it's the same cancer Kyra has. I can't say for sure of course, and I'm hoping both his results are better than I expect, and Kyra's chemo knocks out the cancer in her system - but I'm a realist. They're both 8 going on 9, and won't live forever.
So, I may be flooding this page with more husky pics over the next few months. For now, though, please enjoy this picture of Kyra monitoring her turkey and chicken friends.
