A Rude Intrusion :: Day 45

This is my blog for day 45 of cancer treatment, Wednesday, 23 Aug 2017.

I have radiation today at 2:15 PM. Then, three more to go!

We took Sally to the vet for another follow-up. She's still bleeding from her tongue, at least a little, and we are both concerned as it is not healing completely. We've left her for the vet to review what's going on.

Sally is almost twelve years old now, and was the second of our "Mighty Pug Trio". Our first Pug, Lucy, was Sally's half-sister from the breeder in Iowa. Lucy was brought to us by the breeder as she had family in Lake In The Hills over labor Day weekend. When we decided to get a second Pug, we drove to the breeder;s home in Iowa. They had many little Pugs we could have chosen. Nancy ended up sitting on the floor in the family room, and the little Pugs kind of circled around her, except Sally, who approached her and, in so doing, picked us.

Lord, I will surely miss her when she's gone. And that time may be approaching, with this tongue issue and the other symptoms she's exhibiting. She can no longer hear. She walks into rooms and stops, forgetting, it seems, why she went in there. She barks at nothing, for a long while. She's messing in the house, which she never used to do. And, once in a while, she whimpers in her sleep, as if she's in pain.

This picture was sent to us by the breeder before we went out. It's Sally.

And here are Lucy and Sally. They don't look like they have any grey, so this must have been taken quite a few years ago.

On a different note, my neck is getting pretty burned, now, from the radiation. Radiation burns, I'd guess. Thankfully, I only have four treatments left. Unfortunately, I have four treatments left. I'm using a cream called Calendula to treat the burns, but they're worse than any sunburn I've ever gotten. I'm going to ask if I can place something over the worst spots in the neck today, as the worst spots aren't near where any of the tumors are. We'll see what they say.

No relief at the treatment, so I guess I'll have to endure another three messing up my neck. It's only three, after all.

After the treatment we went to the vet to pick up Sally. After a lengthy discussion of four options it has become clear that we're at the point where we're going to have to do a "humane euthanasia". We'll, unfortunately, schedule it for some time next week.

In Sally's honor, then, here is a version of Lay Down Sally, from the 2010 version of Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival. Performed by Vince Gill and a cast of All Stars - Link. And, uniting my love of Peanuts by Charles Schultz, Kristin Chenoweth (who played Sally Brown in You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown) and Sally the Pug (who was named for the character Sally Brown - but who behaved more like that fussbudget Lucille van Pelt), here is a song from the musical - My New Philosophy, sung by Kristin Chenoweth and Stanley Wayne Mathis (as the character Schroeder) - Link.

For convenience sake, here a running list of all of the links I've posted to YouTube in the past many days:

According to Plan, Carolyn Arends - Link
And I Love Her - Link
Apollo 11 launch - Link
Back In You Own Back Yard, Al Jolson - Link

Because We've Ended As Lovers, Larry Carlton & Steve Lukather - Link
Blessings, Laura Story - Link
Brandy, Looking Glass - Link
Chicago Bears fight song - Link
Chicago Blackhawks song - Link
Comfortably Numb, Pink Floyd - Link
Cross Road Blues, Robert Johnson Link
Crossroads, Eric Clapton and Cream Link
Cry Me A River, Joe Cocker - Link
Cry Me A River, Diana Krall - Link
Dancing in the Moonlight, King Harvest - Link
A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request - Link, Steve Goodman
Eclipse, Pink Floyd - Link
Gentle On My Mind, Glen Campbell - Link
Glen Campbell-hosted country music special - Link
Go, Cubs, Go, Steve Goodman - Link
Groucho Movie Clips - Link
I'm Alright, Kenny Loggins - Link
I Love Being Here With You, Diana Krall - Link
In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening, Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman - Link
In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening, Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman, from the movie Here Comes the Groom  - Link
In Good Hands, Carolyn Arends - Link.
Invercargill, United States Air Force Concert Band - Link
Karn Evil 9, 1st Impression, Part 1, An International Collaboration - Link
Lay Down Sally, Vince Gill and a cast of All Stars - Link
Limbo Jazz, Coleman Hawkins and Duke Ellington - Link
Living in the Past, Jethro Tull - Link
Lookin' At The World Through A Windshield, Bill Kirchen - Link
Montana/We Are Not Alone, Univ. of Montana Percussion Ensemble - Link
My Baby Loves Lovin', White Plains - Link

My Funny Valentine, Kristin Chenoweth - Link

My Funny Valentine, Miles Davis - Link
My New Philosophy, Kristin Chenoweth and Stanley Wayne Mathis - Link
On The Street Where You Live, Dean Martin - Link
Powdermilk Biscuit Break, Garrison Keillor, et al - Link
Questions 67 and 68, Chicago - Link
Route 66, Asleep at The Wheel - Link
She Used To Be Mine, Sara Bareilles - Link
Shim, Sham, Shimmy (dance) to Tain't What You Do, Jimmy Lunceford - Link
Sisters, Bette Midler and Linda Ronstadt - Link
Sisters, from White Christmas - Link
Sixteen Tons, Tennessee Ernie Ford - Link
St Louis Blues, Stephanie Trick & Paolo Alderighi - Link
Standing at the Crossroads, Elmore James - Link
Stars and Stripes Forever, United States Marine Band - Link
Sweet Georgia Brown, Wynton Marsalis/Mark O'Connor - Link
Take Me Out To The Ballgame, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Link
That's Jazz, Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong & The All Stars - Link
Time, Pink Floyd - Link
Time to Blow, From That Thing You Do - Link
Truck Drivin' Man, Buck Owens - Link
Truck Drivin' Man, the Don Kelley Band - Link
Truck Drivin' Man, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - Link
US National Anthem, US Marine Band - Link
Village of the Sun and Echidna's Arf (Of You), Frank Zappa - Link
War, Edwin Starr - Link
Your Love Is My Saving Grace, Kristin Chenoweth - Link
Zappa Medly, George Duke - Link