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Bubba

Wednesday, 22 June 2005, 7:30

If you haven’t been around my blog long, let me start at the beginning.

Bubba, our youngest dog, was diagnosed with mouth cancer in December 2004.

He was treated at Auburn University’s Small Animal Teaching Hospital in Auburn, Alabama.

Bubba enjoying a backrub 061105 He went through surgery to remove the cancer and part of his lower jaw and then through 13 treatments of radiation. It was a long road of frustration and concern. Many tears were shed over our decision to do this. There were times I wish we had not put him through this ordeal. He lost a lot of weight and he couldn’t eat anything unless it was hand fed to him. I put him in God’s hands and said what happens happens.

We got a card in the mail yesterday from the hospital asking for an update on Bubba’s condition.

He is doing Wonderful!! This weekend we noticed he was toting something around in his mouth. The CSM (my husband btw) went to get it from him and it was a piece of wood from the firewood pile outside. He’d been chewing on it. This is the first time he’s actually chewed on something other than food since before the surgery. We went and got a plastic chew toy that we’d put up after the surgery and he went around playing with it and playing tug of war with Otis too. We went out and bought a couple new plastic chew toys for them, since Otis couldn’t have one either, and they both have been playing happily with their new toys.

We know that the treatment was just a speed bump in this situation, the doctor gave us at least 2 more years with him. But now he’s more like himself since this all started. No – his hair hasn’t grown back yet, but that’s minor. He has his hitch back in his step, he’s playing and letting the neighbor’s dogs know he’s back.

Thank you God.

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5 Comments for “Bubba”

1An American Housewife

wrote on 22 June 2005 at 8:16

That’s great news and I’m glad to hear the pup is doing better. I’m a dog person myself.
2Stacy

wrote on 22 June 2005 at 8:46

That’s such a wonderful story! When Cookie developed her cataracts and glaucoma, some stupid people recommended that I put her to sleep because “what kind of life would a blind dog have” but, after all the money and time and multiple doggie opthamologists, she’s doing A-OK seven years later.

It’s so wonderful as a dog owner, after seeing your baby sick and not doing so well, doing better and happy with life. Within a day after her surgery to remove her eyes, Cookie was back up and bugging Muff (my mom’s old dog), wanting to play. I cried because after all she had been through…she still had that amazing doggie will and spirit.
3Redoubt

wrote on 22 June 2005 at 9:07

I had a dog back in the early 80s… she looked like she was part Dalmatian and about the size of a female pit. And, she was also deaf.

I got her from a neighbor who had given away the rest of the litter she was born to and only had this one pup, the runt, left. Anyway, the dam’s owner was gonna ship this last pup off to the pound unless someone took it and being the critter person I am, I took her home with me.

She was an amazing animal. I swear she had ESP. She could be in the back yard, wayyy back and asleep in the shade but when I’d look out the window at her, she’s immediately lift and turn to look back at me!

She was quite a piece of work!
4docjim505

wrote on 22 June 2005 at 11:21

Boy, that’s really great! I’m so happy for you. I know what it would be like if my beloved Sheepdog was deathly ill, so I certainly share your joy.