Doing Great!

I just had my three-week checkup, and the doctors at WSU are very happy - they didn't take any scans, but just looking at me and probing around, they say the tumors are essentially gone. They did give me more chemotherapy, and I have to go back in another three weeks for scans and another dose of chemo, but everything's going really well. Dr Fidel (the oncologist) is actually going to talk about me at a conference she's going to because they used this new faster radiation protocol - I'm the first American dog to do this - and she's really happy with the results and the lack of side effects.

Lack of side effects - but I lost my voice! And Dr Fidel says it's probably permanent! I think Mom is pretty happy about this horrible turn of events though - I kept warning her of all the people walking within my eyesight when we drove to and from WSU, but all that comes out is kind of a choked-sounding gasp, like I've got a really sore throat - but she kept telling me to be quiet anyway. She thinks it's funny! I don't think it's funny at all - how am I supposed to scare off all the bad things if I can't bark? I guess it's a good thing Schultz has a loud bark, but he's just not a good enough substitute for me!!!