Fiona3 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I've been holding my breath every time I check in to see how Darcy is doing. Fingers crossed for more upward progress and recovery from both her infection and pressure wounds. And I agree with the others - no matter how much hair Darcy is sporting she will always be BEAUTIFUL!!!!! :wub: Quote Hobbes - April 2, 1994 to April 9, 2008-----Tasha - May 23, 2000 to March 31, 2013 Fiona - Aug 29, 2001 to May 5, 2014-----Bailey - March 22, 2001 to Jan 20, 2015 Zeke - June 1, 2004 - Jan 26, 2016----Callie - July 14, 2006 to July 27, 2019 Forever in my heart: Chooch, Molly, Dylan & Lucy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricia Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Sending my morning hugs and prayers. Quote Patti-Mommy of Lady Sophia 7-28-92 - 8-3-04... LaceyLaine 8-2-94-12-5-07... Flash Gordon 7-14-99 - 8-29-09... BrookLynne...Pavé Maria... and 18 Bridge Kids. WATCHING OVER US~SOPHIA~QUEENIE~LACEY LAINE~ CODY ANGELO~FLASH GORDON. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bevd Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share Posted January 22, 2008 Hello (again) For lunch, Darcy had 7 slices of wafer thin ham She'd have eaten more but I didn't want to push my luck. DH and I went out food shopping (makes a nice change from going to the vets) and when we came back, it was snack time again. She looked very cute when I was making her snack Her snack was 2 slices of corned beef (it was the stuff you buy in a pack rather than in a tin) and she ate that and seemed to be prepared to eat more so I mixed half a tin of food with the last of Marcs Philadelphia (snort) and she ate all that too (omg - tentative yippeeeeee thingy) And then (prepare selves) when I was sitting on the couch next to her, eating my mini pizza, she....prodded me for a peice She didn't eat it in the end but who cares - she prodded me for some pizza and I wailed (tentative leaping around on chair taking place, with added eye dabbing) Quote Deerhounds Darcy, Duffy, Grace & Wellington, Mutts Sprout & Buddy, Lurchers Ned & Jake plus Ella the Westie + cats. Remembering Del, Jessie, Maddison, Flo, Sally, Stanley, Wallace, Radar, Mokka, Oki cat, Tetley, Poppy & Striker. Please visit our web store at http://www.dogsndubs.com for our own range of Greyhound related clothing for humans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest greytmonty Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Hooray! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lori Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 One time I was concered because Damien wasn't eating after he'd been at the vet's all day for tests. Finally I fed him some canned food with a spoon, and he ate that very leisurely. Turns out the vets had fed him before I brought him home -- he just wasn't hungry! But the spoon-feeding was such a treat, he couldn't turn it down. I'm sure Darcy is enjoying that little bit more personal attention feeding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patsy Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Way-beyond-tentative leaping around happy dance going on here! Atta girl, Darcy . . . . whatever it takes! Quote Patsy and DH with the Humane Society specials, Linus & Jazz, in North Dakota Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaisyDoodle Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I'm so glad she's beginning to eat. When CoCo had chemo I asked the vet about hair loss. I was told greyhounds usually won't have hair loss (though I think she lost her whiskers), but that long-haired dogs that usually need haircuts--like poodles--will have hair loss with chemo. It has something to do with the way fur grows/sheds on dogs that grow fur like hair (that grows all the time), versus other dogs. FWIW. Hugs to Darcy and all your pack, DD Quote DonnaMolly the Border Collie & Poquita the American-born Podenga Bridge Babies: Daisy (Positive Delta) 8/7/2000 - 4/6/2115, Agnes--angel Sage's baby (Regall Rosario) 11/12/01 - 12/18/13, Lucky the mix (Found, w 10 puppies 8/96-Bridge 7/28/11, app. age 16) & CoCo (Cosmo Comet) 12/28/89-5/4/04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burpdog Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Sending lots of prayers for Darcy! I am now just catching up....I thought everything was going well for her.... Quote Diane & The Senior Gang Burpdog Biscuits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xan Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Yeay!! Coming out the other side!! : You do realize, however, that you will have created a monster who will demand hand-feeding of only the most expensive food items! Quote My Inspirations: Grey Pogo, borzoi Katie, Meep the cat, AND MY BELOVED DH!!!Missing Rowdy, Coco, Brilly, Happy and Wabi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bevd Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share Posted January 22, 2008 Dinner - one and a half tins of precription diet, with one slice of corned beef crumbled into it, plus a third of a small pot of pro biotic natural yoghurt Quote Deerhounds Darcy, Duffy, Grace & Wellington, Mutts Sprout & Buddy, Lurchers Ned & Jake plus Ella the Westie + cats. Remembering Del, Jessie, Maddison, Flo, Sally, Stanley, Wallace, Radar, Mokka, Oki cat, Tetley, Poppy & Striker. Please visit our web store at http://www.dogsndubs.com for our own range of Greyhound related clothing for humans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml529 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 YAY! Quote Melanie and Eric with Leminim and Eieio and silly kitty Elsa.See you again someday, my sweet Payton (Flying Payton May 9, 2000-March 18, 2012) Missing my sweet JJ, world's sweetest cat (April 1997-November 30, 2015)Stealing food in heaven, my darling Minnie (2006-April 21, 2016) Reunited with her favorite person in heaven, my Dad, Satin the skittish kitty (2002-May 7, 2016) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Patsy Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 WHAHOOOOOOOOOOOOO Liftoff, we have liftoff! Quote Patsy and DH with the Humane Society specials, Linus & Jazz, in North Dakota Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppersdad Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Have a GREYT 2008 good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatricksMom Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Great to see Darcy eating--good girl! Quote Beth, Petey (8 September 2018- ), and Faith (22 March 2019). Godspeed Patrick (28 April 1999 - 5 August 2012), Murphy (23 June 2004 - 27 July 2013), Leo (1 May 2009 - 27 January 2020), and Henry (10 August 2010 - 7 August 2020), you were loved more than you can know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest attila Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 It does us a lot of good to see Darcy on her couch and eating. I can only imagine how elated you must feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bevd Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share Posted January 22, 2008 It does us a lot of good to see Darcy on her couch and eating. I can only imagine how elated you must feel. We think of you every day Quote Deerhounds Darcy, Duffy, Grace & Wellington, Mutts Sprout & Buddy, Lurchers Ned & Jake plus Ella the Westie + cats. Remembering Del, Jessie, Maddison, Flo, Sally, Stanley, Wallace, Radar, Mokka, Oki cat, Tetley, Poppy & Striker. Please visit our web store at http://www.dogsndubs.com for our own range of Greyhound related clothing for humans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbotaina Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Keep it up, Darcy! Quote Meredith with Heyokha (HUS Me Teddy) and Crow (Mike Milbury). Missing Turbo (Sendahl Boss), Pancho, JoJo, and "Fat Stacks" Juana, the psycho kitty. Canku wakan kin manipi."Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." - Voltaire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newgreymom Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Good girl Darcy!! Make your Mommy and Daddy happy and keep eating....We all love you Darcy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoolady Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Keep it up sweetheart. Quote Alice (missing 12/7/05), Wonder and Ben And our beloved Bridge Kids... Inky, Maui, Murphy, Ragamuffin, Della and Natalie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Patsy Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Looking for a report on how today is going . . . . looking . . . . looking . . . . Quote Patsy and DH with the Humane Society specials, Linus & Jazz, in North Dakota Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greytlady94 Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Darcy what a sweet girl you are! Quote Greyhound angels at the bridge- Casey, Charlie, Maggie, Molly, Renie, Lucy & Teddy. Beagle angels Peanut and Charlie. And to all the 4 legged Bridge souls who have touched my heart, thank you. When a greyhound looks into you eyes it seems they touch your very soul. "A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more then he loves himself". Josh Billings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bevd Posted January 23, 2008 Author Share Posted January 23, 2008 Darcy is back from visiting the vet-knee-hairy-one. We may have to re-name it the vet-knee-baldy-one though because Darcy is likely to loose...erm...all her hair Apart from maybe the hair on her head That'll be an intereting look won't it Hair, shmair. Who cares if she goes bald. I can always knit her a coat. Anyway The important news is that the vet is pleased with her and she doesn't have to go back till next Wednesday - yayyyyy. Unless of course she stops eating or drinking, or unless she has any bleeding in her loo stuff or from her gums etc. Her platelettes are quite low (thats to do with clotting, in case anyone's wondering) but they will come back up, once the chemo drug is finally out of her system. Her temp is still a little higher than normal but again, with time, it will go back to normal. She's still got a few more days of antibiotics to take. Food wise, we just continue as we are (deep joy - haha) and just get her to eat what she'll eat. He said I could feed her baby food but when I went to look at it in the supermarket, I decided that its easier for me to just make meat and veg with some pasta or rice and blend it, so I'll do that (combined with her normal food and her probiotic yohgurt and goodness knows what else). Darcy has coughed a couple of times (a loose type of cough) and I talked to the vet about this again. I am always hysterical concerned whenever she makes any coughing sound, in case it's indicative of a spread of you know what to you know where. But he said he really doesn't think this is the case (he used the words "highly unlikely") and said that she's most likely to have ingested some food/water whilst she's been laying prone across the couch We were talking about Darcy's insurance and he asked when her renewal was due. I said it was the end of August and we chatted about some insurance stuff and then I piped up (in a meek voice) with "do you think that Darcy will be here for her renewal" and then I held my breath. He said "yes, I think there's a very good chance that she will". Nothing is a certainty but you may now insert large beaming smile - much bigger than this one Thank you all for all your good wishes. Quote Deerhounds Darcy, Duffy, Grace & Wellington, Mutts Sprout & Buddy, Lurchers Ned & Jake plus Ella the Westie + cats. Remembering Del, Jessie, Maddison, Flo, Sally, Stanley, Wallace, Radar, Mokka, Oki cat, Tetley, Poppy & Striker. Please visit our web store at http://www.dogsndubs.com for our own range of Greyhound related clothing for humans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remolacha Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 keep on truckin Darcy! Who cares if you loose your hair, I hear short is in now anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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