Sassafras' Adventures -Bark It List : March 2015

Monday, March 9, 2015

Bark It list Update with photos

Sassy’s Bark It List Update

1. Enjoy my own Ice Cream Cone from McDonald’s (Not sharing with Indigo) - completed

2. Yoga with Sam and Mommy (others welcome to join us) - outstanding

3. Lead a team (#Team Sassafras) at the Canine Cancer walk on October 12 @ EG Park - COMPLETED Sunday, October 12 - completed

4. Go camping with Grandma and Grandpa Clark - COMPLETE

5. Go hiking with daddy in Forest Hill - Saturday, March 7

6. Watch Mommy get a paw print tattoo - I choose the tattoo - SOON

7. Play ball on the beach (bonus if Brody comes too!) - outstanding

8. Attend Happy Hour (or so called Yappy Hour) with some of my friends - one down, let's do another

9. Get my picture taken in a police car (bonus – If I get to go for a ride) - updated to reflect taken with the Capitol bike patrol - completed Feb 27

10. Attend a biscuit “cooking class” by Dawn Koepke and be the taste-tester - Yummy completed 11/11 with the Koepkes

11. Be a model for a day with Robin Hagy as my photographer - COMPLETE

12. Be on TV specifically Good Day Sacramento - COMPLETE 10/10/14

13. Go on a picnic (Indigo can come too) - Completed after the #K9WalkEG

14. Take a selfie with the Mayor of MY city – Elk Grove MUST DO

15. Visit the State Capitol -done Friday Feb 27

16. Go to work with mommy for a day -done Friday Feb 27

17. Host a dinner party for some of my best doggy friends - Friday, March 6

18. Raise awareness and funds for Canine Cancer Research - Raised nearly $1,000 thanks to #teamsassafras

19. Facetime with my friend Audi - soon hopefully

20. Go somewhere I’ve never been with mommy and daddy for a surprise getaway!! -woo hoo!! - I've been to many places over the last 7 months including Napa, Healdsburg and camping in Red Bluff over NYE included

21. Be Indigo's plus one at the Northern CA Weimaraner Gala Fundraiser - TICKETS PURCHASED - Completed. Yummy treats and a hotel stay included...

Sassafras Update

Official Sassafras update as of Wednesday, March 4, 2015

She has 4 new nodules in her spleen. Test results show they are likely sarcoma and with her history more than likely hemangiosarcoma. This is an aggressive and deadly cancer - we were lucky when we were able to remove her first hemangiosarcoma and the kidney it was attached to. Removing her spleen and trying a new chemo will not cure this disease and Sassafras is currently happy, eating well and living large! I'd hate to make her last months full of chemo appts and healing from another surgery. We've come a long way since her initial diagnosis in July 2014. We are entering this new journey with heavy hearts but the motto to‪#‎makeeverydaycount‬. ‪#‎teamsassafras‬

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feeling emotional.

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Fingers and paws crossed today....

This morning Sass has an appointment with her favorite oncologist, Dr. O'Brien and we ask that you keep your fingers and paws crossed for some good or at least stable new. It's been about four weeks since spindle cells were found in Sassy's spleen. Today is her four week recheck to see if the spindle cells have grown and/or multiplied. The ultrasound will tell us if there are any new tumors and let us know about any changes to her spleen since her last appointment. Her spleen was mottled and irregular in shape at her last appointment. Sassafras has been full of energy and enjoying two full meals a day with no bribing involved. Her fur has all grown back in and it may be darker than it was, which makes her look even younger than before she started chemotherapy. Neighborhood walks or games of ball have been part of her daily activity and she runs around the house carrying one of her many babies giving you the eyeball that says please throw my baby, so I may catch her. We continue to work on her bark it list and check items off, making memories day by day. #makeeverydaycount