Kim~Crayonboxminiatures
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Just before Christmas my mom went to the doctor for some abdominal pain, her doctored ordered an MRI and mentioned it could be lymphoma. Long story short the weeks of Christmas and New Year were a long one for me and my family, we had to wait on diagnosis, biopsy reports, my mom was hospitalized a few days because one of the enlarged lymph nodes is in her small intestines and was causing a partial blockage. It was very painful.
We know now she has follicular lymphoma or B Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma-intermediate grade and will go thru 6 rounds of chemo, she had the first one on Jan 5th, and the next one will be Jan 27th. It has drastically changed our lives, but we are so grateful it is a cancer that responds well to chemo and can be put in remission.
What has been really neat is my new puppy "Teo" has been cuddling with her the past two weeks, and he insists on laying on her abdomen on the left side where the lymph nodes are enlarged, her spleen is enlarged and the one in her intestine is also on that side. She tried for 30 minutes the other night to pet him and get him to lay on her right side, but he refused. His little head drooped down to the ground, but he wouldn't lay down, so she finally let him go and he curled up on her left side. I think it's so sweet and special that he knows it's there and is snuggling away her cancer too. I knew he was a special boy when I first saw his photo.
I'm so glad I got him when I did, he has been a huge stress relief for me in going thru all of this, especially over the holidays. He helps me to "lighten up" and laugh. Maybe he has a future as a cancer sniffing dog, or a therapy dog!
Link to a photo of Teo:
Teo Photo
We know now she has follicular lymphoma or B Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma-intermediate grade and will go thru 6 rounds of chemo, she had the first one on Jan 5th, and the next one will be Jan 27th. It has drastically changed our lives, but we are so grateful it is a cancer that responds well to chemo and can be put in remission.
What has been really neat is my new puppy "Teo" has been cuddling with her the past two weeks, and he insists on laying on her abdomen on the left side where the lymph nodes are enlarged, her spleen is enlarged and the one in her intestine is also on that side. She tried for 30 minutes the other night to pet him and get him to lay on her right side, but he refused. His little head drooped down to the ground, but he wouldn't lay down, so she finally let him go and he curled up on her left side. I think it's so sweet and special that he knows it's there and is snuggling away her cancer too. I knew he was a special boy when I first saw his photo.
Link to a photo of Teo:
Teo Photo