It’s now been two months since Milo finished his second CHOP protocol, so he was back to the vets for another surveillance scan. It looked good, perhaps even a smidge better than the scan on the day of his last chemo :)

A couple of milestones worth mentioning:

• When he started chemo it was supposed to end shortly before our annual trip to the Lake District*, which seemed like something that would be good to do with him again. We go once more at the weekend :) So ‘I hope we make it through 6 months’ has turned to we made it through 18.
• We passed the point where he’s been alive for longer since we first noticed symptoms than he was before. That would be sad if he was unwell, but apart from the vet visits he’s enjoying a pretty normal little sausage dog life, with plenty of long walks and chasing around after things in the woods with Max.

Meanwhile we’re now up to date with insurance payments, and once again past the annual limit (by just shy of £900) :(

He had a visit to the vets a few weeks back for (we think) a grass seed in his paw. Thankfully that seemed to get better pretty quickly.

Note

* Various delays meant in the end he had his final treatment after we got back.

Past parts:

1. diagnosis and initial treatment

2. first setback

3. back on track

4. second setback

5. easing the pace

6. counting the cost

7. fat boy

8. done CHOPping for now

9. scans

10. relapse

11. remission

12. complications

13. more H

14. three