Last night someone decided to impersonate someone else in the comments, and wrote: Just give up on the FCR. They are cancer-bombs. Doomed to failure. While everyone angrily noted that the statement was rather unkind to direct to someone whose dog is dying of cancer, my mind this morning went to another place: Why not [...]
This week I’ll be reaching out to the academic community to see if I can get some interest in the project to break open the genetic bottleneck that is killing so many flatcoated retrievers. In my initial, far more casual discussions last year, I was told it was relative easy technically if not politically. I’ll [...]
Pathology confirms the worst for McKenzie. It’s cancer, and it’s aggressive. She starts chemo this afternoon.
McKenzie spent Thursday with her new best friends, her oncology team at the VCA Sacramento Veterinary Referral Center. I lost track of all the credentials of the two women, one of whom isn’t even 30 but I think she also has a PhD in microbiology in addition to her DVM, ACVIM creds. Clearly, these women [...]
This March is coming in like a lion, not a lamb. I am a person of occasional obsessions, and when I get them, I do not loosen my grip except to get a better one. While I cannot yet talk about the current path this obsession will take me down, I will say I am [...]
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