Comments on: Maruk: Does This Look Like a Dog with Lung Mets? http://www.tripawds.com/2008/05/10/maruk-does-this-look-like-a-dog-with-lung-mets/ It's better to hop on three legs than to limp on four. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:02:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: jerry http://www.tripawds.com/2008/05/10/maruk-does-this-look-like-a-dog-with-lung-mets/#comment-8508 jerry Fri, 30 May 2008 17:48:40 +0000 http://www.tripawds.com/2008/05/10/maruk-does-this-look-like-a-dog-with-lung-mets/#comment-8508 5/30/08 Update on Maruk: Maruk's Mamma, Karen, wrote to us this week and said: "When Scott took Maruk to his chemo appointment yesterday, the doc biopsied the golfball sized tumor that Maruk developed in his lower right abdomen, just in front of his nubby. It too is cancerous, and the doc said that with the chemo and the pill medication, it should never have developed. That means Maruk's cancer is extremely aggressive. We have ceased chemo, but will continue to give him his pill med (Piroxycam), since it's primary function is pain reduction. Basically, we just make him as comfortable as possible until we know he has given up or is ready to go. This morning Maruk ate pretty well. He still wants to go outside...run...romp.play with Pixie...but, then he crashes on the couch. The time on the couch is becoming more frequent and for longer periods of time, but...he isn't ready to "give up the ghost" just yet. "A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance." A time for everything and everything in its time. It would seem that it's almost time for Maruk to get a new assignment from the heavens...time for a new stage in our lives." Oh Maruk, you are our hero. 5/30/08 Update on Maruk:
Maruk’s Mamma, Karen, wrote to us this week and said:

“When Scott took Maruk to his chemo appointment yesterday, the doc biopsied the golfball sized tumor that Maruk developed in his lower right abdomen, just in front of his nubby. It too is cancerous, and the doc said that with the chemo and the pill medication, it should never have developed. That means Maruk’s cancer is extremely aggressive.

We have ceased chemo, but will continue to give him his pill med (Piroxycam), since it’s primary function is pain reduction. Basically, we just make him as comfortable as possible until we know he has given up or is ready to go.

This morning Maruk ate pretty well. He still wants to go outside…run…romp.play with Pixie…but, then he crashes on the couch. The time on the couch is becoming more frequent and for longer periods of time, but…he isn’t ready to “give up the ghost” just yet.

“A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance.” A time for everything and everything in its time. It would seem that it’s almost time for Maruk to get a new assignment from the heavens…time for a new stage in our lives.”

Oh Maruk, you are our hero.

]]> By: Beth http://www.tripawds.com/2008/05/10/maruk-does-this-look-like-a-dog-with-lung-mets/#comment-8077 Beth Mon, 12 May 2008 13:01:23 +0000 http://www.tripawds.com/2008/05/10/maruk-does-this-look-like-a-dog-with-lung-mets/#comment-8077 I gotta tell you, Maruk is absolutely incredible. I watch Maruk and Pixie when Karen and Scott go away (I'm his honorary Aunt). I just had them this weekend and he is amazing. You would never know he only had 3 legs and you certainly would never know he was still 'sick'. He ran around my yard and played with my dog as well as if nothing was wrong. He got up on the couch and made himself comfortable. I too am very glad they got 'out of panic mode' in February. I love Maruk and Pixie as if they were my own and I'm not ready to lose him either. He has a zest for life that is inspiring. I gotta tell you, Maruk is absolutely incredible. I watch Maruk and Pixie when Karen and Scott go away (I’m his honorary Aunt). I just had them this weekend and he is amazing. You would never know he only had 3 legs and you certainly would never know he was still ’sick’. He ran around my yard and played with my dog as well as if nothing was wrong. He got up on the couch and made himself comfortable. I too am very glad they got ‘out of panic mode’ in February. I love Maruk and Pixie as if they were my own and I’m not ready to lose him either. He has a zest for life that is inspiring.

]]> By: Jerry G. Dawg http://www.tripawds.com/2008/05/10/maruk-does-this-look-like-a-dog-with-lung-mets/#comment-8070 Jerry G. Dawg Mon, 12 May 2008 04:42:03 +0000 http://www.tripawds.com/2008/05/10/maruk-does-this-look-like-a-dog-with-lung-mets/#comment-8070 Hi Lalla, Maruk is just over 5 years old. He's much too young for you! Hi Lalla, Maruk is just over 5 years old. He’s much too young for you!

]]> By: lalla http://www.tripawds.com/2008/05/10/maruk-does-this-look-like-a-dog-with-lung-mets/#comment-8047 lalla Sun, 11 May 2008 05:25:47 +0000 http://www.tripawds.com/2008/05/10/maruk-does-this-look-like-a-dog-with-lung-mets/#comment-8047 What a beautiful boy! How old is Maruk? What a beautiful boy! How old is Maruk?

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