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Sunday Oct 15, 2017 #
Event: QOC Patuxent
Peppering 30:00 [1] 2.0 mi (15:00 / mi)
Walked to the Start twice, the first time with Barney and Pepper pulling me up the hill, and then later with just Pepper. Additional runs with Pepper down and up the gravel road or grassy area next to the road.
More self play today, with lots of rolling in the grass.
More self play today, with lots of rolling in the grass.
Saturday Oct 14, 2017 #
11 AM
Peppering 30:00 [1] 2.0 mi (15:00 / mi)
ahr:86 max:122
Pepper enjoyed running down to the Go control, and then a bit further, and then back. Multiple trips to the johnnies for me or down the grassy strip next to the road for Pepper. She was doing lots of Pepper rolls, and it was fun to see.
She was sad because she couldn't get any of the other dogs to play with her.
She was sad because she couldn't get any of the other dogs to play with her.
Friday Oct 13, 2017 #
Event: UNO Boulder Dash
4 PM
O Training (UNO Sprint) 1:00:00 [3] 1.7 mi (35:18 / mi) +155m 27:30 / mi
ahr:112 max:151
Left the house at 4 am and drove sideways about an hour to pick up Amy, leaving her house at 5:20. Then it was off, with Pepper on her bed and blanket on a pile of equipment behind the front row seats. She usually rides curled up the passenger side floor, and she didn't like being where she was. Amy had to hold her back there, and then eventually she settled down.
But, every time we stopped, which was more often this trip, Pepper would fight her re-relegation to the back. On the third stop, we switched drivers, and that was the last she rode back there the rest of the trip. She actually doesn't take up much room on the floor, curling herself up in a ball, sort of saying, see, here is plenty of room for you or Amy too.
Took us until 4 pm (10:45) to get to the Spring event site.
After this very long day in the car, I decided I would take Pepper and try out the Sprint course - in jean shorts and trainers. Probably not a sound plan, but since my one fall didn't cause any damage, I guess it was ok.
Walk to start was .5 miles with 100 m of climb (forgot to start watch). Time up about 25 minutes.
Then a bit of difficulty finding 1. A whole lot more wasted looking for 2, which remained unfound...I "blame" in on the map which was printed to the edge of the paper, and I had it upside down, doing a 180 out of 1. Pepper loves the woods, so she was happy, but these were harder on me with all of the low downed branches, and her wrapping her lease around trees. Light was starting to fade, so, I turned Pepper in the other direction and she took us back to the Start. Time out ~14:00. Turns out that the other beagle in Peppers's class suffered a similar outcome, so I guess it was a tie this time.
Then, we followed the streamers back to the Finish from the Start. This was lots of fun except for going down the treacherous reentrant. Took about 22 minutes.
It was about 5:20 when I passed Judy D going up. I thought she was making a poor choice going out so late, and she didn't return until at least 7, after getting messed up.
But, every time we stopped, which was more often this trip, Pepper would fight her re-relegation to the back. On the third stop, we switched drivers, and that was the last she rode back there the rest of the trip. She actually doesn't take up much room on the floor, curling herself up in a ball, sort of saying, see, here is plenty of room for you or Amy too.
Took us until 4 pm (10:45) to get to the Spring event site.
After this very long day in the car, I decided I would take Pepper and try out the Sprint course - in jean shorts and trainers. Probably not a sound plan, but since my one fall didn't cause any damage, I guess it was ok.
Walk to start was .5 miles with 100 m of climb (forgot to start watch). Time up about 25 minutes.
Then a bit of difficulty finding 1. A whole lot more wasted looking for 2, which remained unfound...I "blame" in on the map which was printed to the edge of the paper, and I had it upside down, doing a 180 out of 1. Pepper loves the woods, so she was happy, but these were harder on me with all of the low downed branches, and her wrapping her lease around trees. Light was starting to fade, so, I turned Pepper in the other direction and she took us back to the Start. Time out ~14:00. Turns out that the other beagle in Peppers's class suffered a similar outcome, so I guess it was a tie this time.
Then, we followed the streamers back to the Finish from the Start. This was lots of fun except for going down the treacherous reentrant. Took about 22 minutes.
It was about 5:20 when I passed Judy D going up. I thought she was making a poor choice going out so late, and she didn't return until at least 7, after getting messed up.
Wednesday Oct 11, 2017 #
Note
Foot update - I wore the boot for two weeks, and then stopped because it wasn't making any different to the Achilles tendinitis at the insertion point. Lump is actually larger now than it was a week ago.
This is what Pepper thinks...
Roger update - radiation sessions were actually 5, not 10, as we had misunderstood. No issues during the sessions, except very painful for him to get his right arm into position overhead and hold it there. Hard to tell if he is experiencing fatigue, because, well, Roger is always a bit fatigued.
For now, we are back into the same position as we have been in for the past year, which is when they first spotted the new growth in his lung, which a biopsy in September proved malignant...that is, wait and see. PET scan in January. Since there are no symptoms, and there is nothing we can do to alter the outcome, this is a good time to put the whole mess out of our minds.
I know I am feeling less stressed then I was a month ago when surgery was still on the table. Was strongly doubting that we could make it through another resection, especially with Roger in his 70s now. It was hard when he was in his 50s.
Previous surgeries...we had a nice break after those first 14 years.
1987 left kidney removed renal cell
1988 resection left lung met
1990 resection right lung met
1992 resection left lung benign
1997 resection left lung met
2001 resection left lung met
2001 Nov began immunotherapy with GM-CSF 12 cycles
2017 right lung met (renal cell)
This is what Pepper thinks...
Roger update - radiation sessions were actually 5, not 10, as we had misunderstood. No issues during the sessions, except very painful for him to get his right arm into position overhead and hold it there. Hard to tell if he is experiencing fatigue, because, well, Roger is always a bit fatigued.
For now, we are back into the same position as we have been in for the past year, which is when they first spotted the new growth in his lung, which a biopsy in September proved malignant...that is, wait and see. PET scan in January. Since there are no symptoms, and there is nothing we can do to alter the outcome, this is a good time to put the whole mess out of our minds.
I know I am feeling less stressed then I was a month ago when surgery was still on the table. Was strongly doubting that we could make it through another resection, especially with Roger in his 70s now. It was hard when he was in his 50s.
Previous surgeries...we had a nice break after those first 14 years.
1987 left kidney removed renal cell
1988 resection left lung met
1990 resection right lung met
1992 resection left lung benign
1997 resection left lung met
2001 resection left lung met
2001 Nov began immunotherapy with GM-CSF 12 cycles
2017 right lung met (renal cell)