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		<title>Day-to-day</title>
		<link>http://sophiedog.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/day-to-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are in a worrisome time for Sophie&#8211; every expression and action is analyzed, looking for clues about pain and mood.
Overall, she is slowing down. She no longer greets me when I come home or wags her tail as often as she used to. But she still runs to the kitchen when I open the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sophiedog.wordpress.com&blog=1506866&post=72&subd=sophiedog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The First Last</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 18:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend was Sophie&#8217;s last visit to the dog park. She doesn&#8217;t seem to enjoy the company of other dogs anymore. The local dog park has been part of the daily routine for almost eleven years.
Currently Sophie is producing only a little urine, red with blood, due to an infection.  A slick discharge suggests [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sophiedog.wordpress.com&blog=1506866&post=68&subd=sophiedog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sophie&#8217;s second cancer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sophie still has no real symptoms or side effects from her bout with canine nasal chondrosarcoma in 2007. She sneezes daily and is otherwise happy.
For the past several months, however, Sophie has seemingly suffered a never-ending urinary tract infection. She goes outside at every opportunity and takes a long time. At our last visit, the vet strongly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sophiedog.wordpress.com&blog=1506866&post=60&subd=sophiedog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sneezy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[canine cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chondrosarcoma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cancer is no longer a word we use daily and it&#8217;s hard to remember how scary it was when we started this journey. If you are looking for current information on canine nasal chondrosarcoma, there is an abundance of information online.
For general information from professional sites, try the del.icio.us links on the right hand side [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sophiedog.wordpress.com&blog=1506866&post=48&subd=sophiedog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bonus time.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 09:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
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It&#8217;s been nine months since our dog, Sophie, was diagnosed with canine chondrosarcoma. She&#8217;s doing great and I&#8217;m glad to see through the comments that folks have found this modest blog helpful. I hope you&#8217;ll consider creating your own blog and add to the resources available online. If you do, please send the link via [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sophiedog.wordpress.com&blog=1506866&post=45&subd=sophiedog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The new normal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Sophie went back to the vet this week. She had starting sneezing those abnormal sneezes again. They&#8217;re like potato chips&#8211; you can&#8217;t have just one; Sophie can easily sneeze 12 times in a row. I get tired just watching.
We had started to worry that the cancer had returned. There was the sneezing, an almost [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sophiedog.wordpress.com&blog=1506866&post=44&subd=sophiedog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Moving past cancer</title>
		<link>http://sophiedog.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/moving-past-cancer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sophie&#8217;s cancer has dominated our lives for the last two months. It was early August that her unusual sneezing sent us on this roller coaster&#8211; surgery, diagnosis, radiation, worrying.
We don&#8217;t know how much cancer remains&#8211; but we know it&#8217;s there. Sophie, however, only knows that she&#8217;s feeling better than ever. She&#8217;s got energy to spare&#8211; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sophiedog.wordpress.com&blog=1506866&post=41&subd=sophiedog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chatterbox</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 16:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An unexpected side effect started this week. In the middle of the night, Sophie&#8217;s jaw started to tremble uncontrollably and make her teeth click violently together. This little tremor would continue for a minute, stop for a while and then start again. We were all scared and exhausted by sunrise.
The vet called this phenomenon &#8220;chattering&#8221;&#8211; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sophiedog.wordpress.com&blog=1506866&post=39&subd=sophiedog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>20 + 1</title>
		<link>http://sophiedog.wordpress.com/2007/10/07/20-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We finished our 20th radiation session on Friday and met with the vet for our final consultation. She has a surprise for us: she recommended that Sophie have one more session of radiation.
Her reasoning is that they try to give the highest dose of radiation that a dog can handle without the side effects becoming [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sophiedog.wordpress.com&blog=1506866&post=38&subd=sophiedog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>first side effect</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re in our final week of radiation treatment for nasal chondrosarcoma and there&#8217;s one noticeable side effect: BAD BREATH!
Eating a whole litter box bad. Smell it ten feet away bad. Wake you up in the middle of the night bad. Even Sophie seems to notice and be distressed by it.
There are many reasons for this. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sophiedog.wordpress.com&blog=1506866&post=37&subd=sophiedog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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