Recent Posts Tagged With 'osteosarcoma'

• Raising Charlie is on Amazon.com!

  Posted on Monday August 31st, 2009 at 21:31 in Cancer, golden retriever, osteosarcoma, charlie

  There is no actual book yet that you could hold in your hands, but Raising Charlie is now available for purchase at Amazon.com. A representative from the publisher called me this morning to confirm a few details and within an hour, the book was avail...

• Raising Charlie: The Lessons of a Perfect Dog

  Posted on Thursday June 25th, 2009 at 22:00 in Cancer, golden retriever, osteosarcoma, charlie

  Last week, I finished writing a memoir about Charlie, my golden retriever who died of cancer last year. It was emotionally difficult to write about his life, especially the last three months, after he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, but it was also ...

• The Abyss

  Posted on Monday April 14th, 2008 at 18:15 in Cancer, golden retriever, osteosarcoma, charlie

  It has been a week now since Charlie died and I am more depressed than I have been since adolescence. At moments I feel like I am teetering on the edge of the abyss, that if I'm not careful, I will give myself over entirely to despair.I have experien...

• Charlie

  Posted on Wednesday April 9th, 2008 at 19:30 in Cancer, golden retriever, osteosarcoma, charlie

  Charlie passed away on Sunday evening.He and I were walking our regular late afternoon loop out to the playground near our house, and on the way back he started bleeding from the mouth and getting frantic from the pain. Nan and I rushed him to the em...

• Charlie's birthday

  Posted on Saturday March 29th, 2008 at 18:45 in Cancer, sailing, odyssey, christmas, golden retriever, osteosarcoma, charlie, jane lichty

  Charlie turned ten years old today. Three months ago, when he was first diagnosed with cancer, we weren't sure if he would still be alive for his birthday, but his condition has stabilized somewhat in the past few weeks and it now seems that he will ...

• Boat Quest, Part 9

  Posted on Sunday March 16th, 2008 at 19:28 in Cancer, sailing, fort lauderdale, bahamas, osteosarcoma, charlie, sailboat, john kretschmer, valiant 40

  The last weekend in November, I was searching for Valiant 40 sailboats online and looking beyond the OffshoreYachts.com and YachtWorld. com listings I routinely checked, when there she was: Sea Hawk! The very same boat I had motored past in Fort Laud...

• On second thought...

  Posted on Sunday March 9th, 2008 at 19:37 in Cancer, Utah, golden retriever, osteosarcoma, charlie, moab

  We were in Moab, Utah over the weekend so Nan could run in the Canyonlands Half Marathon, like she does every year. While she was racing on Saturday morning, Charlie and I hiked the Hidden Valley trail just south of town. We like it because it's dog ...

• Canary in a coal mine?

  Posted on Wednesday March 5th, 2008 at 21:50 in Cancer, osteosarcoma, charlie

  Since our dog Charlie was diagnosed with cancer two months ago, we have spoken with many pet owners who have had similar experiences. Their dog or cat was doing just fine and then one day there was a lump, or bleeding from the mouth. Within a few day...

• Charlie's chemotherapy

  Posted on Friday February 1st, 2008 at 08:30 in Cancer, chemotherapy, osteosarcoma, charlie

  Yesterday morning Charlie started the chemotherapy protocol recommended by Dr. Dernell at the CSU Animal Cancer Center. I dropped him off at the local Tiara Rado Animal Hospital, where they took a chest x-ray and an echocardiograph to check for metas...

• Charlie's diagnosis

  Posted on Saturday January 26th, 2008 at 12:20 in Cancer, chemotherapy, osteosarcoma, charlie

  Our worst fears were realized on Thursday evening when we received a call from Dr. Dernell. The results of Charlie's biopsy came back positive for osteosarcoma. Nan and I both took the news badly. It meant that there was no cure; the disease was goi...