Today is Friday, three weeks and three days since Rio’s surgery, and yesterday we started chemo for the second time. I must say, when I saw my “little waif in the cage” nearly 11 years ago, it never would have crossed my mind that we’d end up on this road. Not that knowing would have made me walk away without her…. Could you??? Look at this face!!!
The day we met!
Last night Rio’s oncologist called with the pathology results. As I already half expected, the results are less than great. Since her cancer has resurfaced post-chemo, we knew going in that it was likely to be a more aggressive version of the disease. Also since it was in the region of a lymph node we knew there was every likelihood that it could be in those tissues as well. Continue reading