First of all, Maggie's 7th birthday was on Saturday. I confess I didn't have much hope in the spring that she would live to see that milestone. I was, however, completely wrong.
The tumor was mostly stable during the summer and the only bad effects were caused by the immunosuppression from the chemo. We adjusted the regimen and she has done very well.
Three weeks ago, we tried a new chemo drug, an mTor inhibitor, and the results came this morning at Maggie's echocardiagram. For the first time ever, parts of the tumor have actually shrunk. It's an amazing result because saromas are extremely difficult to shrink with chemo.
More importantly, Maggie has been totally normal. We were out on the beach on Sunday afternoon and she was tearing up and down the sand at full speed. Aside from the hair loss on her snout, you'd be hard pressed to imagine that anything was wrong with her.
I don't want to get too excited because, realistically, chemo rarely kills sarcomas entirely, but we have gotten nearly a year of very high quality life so far and I am thankful.
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That's good news my friend...
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Glad to hear it!
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