Sunday, September 17, 2017

More than 2 weeks passed since Sparky's diagnosis. We were told that he has only a few weeks of life left and he seems ok still. He sleeps and rests most of the time when inside which is normal because of the prednisone. Outside, though, he is, as always, a very different dog.

This reminds me of the time when we asked a dog trainer to help us with obedience training for Sparky when he was about 6 months old. The trainer worked with him inside and was very pleased with the dog's response. She could not understand why we were so anxious and agitated about such a sweet, calm and cute puppy. But then, we took him for a walk. After coming back, she only said that "this is going to take some time, he is a different dog outside!".

look, missy, you pull, i pull, lets see who wins!! awesome game you showed me!!

Coming back to today, he is still doing well, same as yesterday and day before yesterday. If there are any changes happening, they are not visible to our eyes.

So 2 weeks passed, what does this mean going forward? Are we getting closer to the end? Should we expect him to die soon, today, tomorrow, in a few days? Looking at him, I cannot see any signs of this happening yet.

I am getting anxious a lot about his situation but every time I hear an voice coming from inside saying that "he is going to be ok, he is going to be ok, he will live for now". It is probably my subconscious helping out and telling me how things are. And I believe it, the more this voice comes, the more I believe it.

Sparky is going to be fine, he will live for now, no one knows for how long, but he will be fine today.