I've had my favorite Alan Jackson song going through my head a lot lately.  True, I only know the one, but I'm pretty sure that it would be my favorite even if I was better informed of his work.  Anyway, it goes something like this:

...Little Bitty dog and a Little Bitty car

Well, its alright to be Little Bitty
Little hometown or a big old city
Might as well share, might as well smile
Life goes on for a Little Bitty while...

Okay, so I guess he is talking about the boss ma'am's car in the first part because he sure can't be talking about the boss man's truck even though that is the vehicle I go riding in most often but I understand how sometimes artists take a few liberties with their work.  Anyway, getting back to my point, the song (to me at least) is about life going on.  I can't help but feel it pertains to me lately. 

When I wrote back on June 26, 2006, my latest chemo protocol had just failed and we really didn't think there were any options that were still left for me to try.  I went on the hungry maker (prednisone) which helped in the short term but didn't leave me with much time.  Then people and dogs all around the world started praying for me and offering their support.   When Dr. Hathorn suggested we try one more time with the l-asparaginase we thought that it was worth a go but we didn't think it would help because I had been given it too recently and we were led to believe that it loses it effectiveness when given too often.  So back on the 5th of July, I went in for my injection and it worked great.  Before I knew it my bumps were gone and my energy had skyrocketed.  Clearly all of those prayers were helping.

Fast forward to today (rawhide day - Yeah baby!), and I am all but a couple of doses away from being weaned off the hungry maker and I'm still doing pretty good.  My bumps are starting to grow again (maybe peanut m&m size - Mmm, candy coated chocolate) but my energy is still good and I'm feeling good.  Dr. Hathorn said that we can keep trying the l-asparaginase indefinitely as long as it continues to work and as frequently as once a week.  We really don't have any idea how long it will continue to work for me but we are so very grateful for every last second that it helps.  There can be no doubt that without it I would not have made it to see August.  With it who knows?  I'll take what I can get.  Die cancer!  Die!

Life goes on for a Little Bitty while...

So did I mention it is rawhide night?  Yeah baby!  I love rawhide!

And did I mention what great friends I have?  263 dogs in the Little Bit photo stroll, 154 rosettes, over 62 thousand bones.  WWWWAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY more than enough to make a small girl dog feel loved.  Thank you all so much.

Well, a big storm is rolling in and I feel my power supply might be in danger so I'm going to sign off.

Peace, out.
Little Bit