01/02/12 -- My day with Junior - one of the loves of my life. --
Today is 1st February 2012. This morning Junior woke up, standing there in bed and I got up straightaway. Brought him downstairs and he peeped a noise. Then he and me slept on the couch. Soon he got up and just stood there. He was in pain. Today for the first time he cried in pain. Alex later gave him a shot of pain killer medication and we hoped he felt better. He slept.
Later I heated up his meat and bouillon and added Milk thistle in it.
Today I feel torn, torn within me at the prospects of loosing my most precious love to death. I need to work within myself to let him go to God. God is Almighty, the whole earth and everything in it belongs to God. I will put my total trust in Him that He will take care of my baby dog and take Junior when He is ready.
It's very painful to go through the tough times of a little dog that is said to have cancer. Junior pooped bloody stool this afternoon. We brought him to the garden and before that he shitted dark blackish poop. Then after a run around in the garden, he shitted again and this time it was bloody reddish poop. So we came home and Alex called the vet and he was informed that Meloxidyl (the painkiller) can cause that. He was advised to come get a bottle of another medication that will give a lining to his stomach. I googled Meloxidyl Metaxicam and it says that this can cause a rupture in the stomach .... some dogs get renal and kidney failure. So what's the use of giving him something that will kill him eventually through bloody stool and anemic. What a heart ache. Anyway, Junior at the garden ran like a free animal, not on leash, what I wanted always for him. Run free boy. He came home and humped his toy doll. I told Alex that I don't feel like giving Meloxidyl to him, if that is going to kill him. I read that Budwig's Protocol (1 part flaxseed oil and 2 parts cottage cheese) given to dog's with cancer made them cancer free. I am praying for this miracle for my dog. We also give him Milk Thistle, turmeric and his two meals consist of meat, brocolli and spinach. He enjoys this mix. He is totally not drinking water these 2 days so I add more water to his meat, brocolli and spinach mix. Plus he is very willing to drink the milk. The bloody stool gave us a scare today (according to the vet it's his stomach lining). Anyway, his last poop showed no blood. I just want my boy to die of old age or at the time Our Lord wants to take him home, not by this evil disease.
02/02/12 -- Junior -- NO pain --- Thanks to all your prayers and ours -Today, our doggie woke up at 9 am instead of 6am in the morning and he showed no signs of pain. We thank the Lord, we thank you for helping us with your prayers. Please help us by giving your continued prayer support. He also humped his toy two times. Right now he is shacked and on his bed resting. His urine is almost white and he is pooping almost normal. There is something else I noticed. His eyes, he used to have those cloudiness within the lens. I can normally see it very clearly and that would have eventually blinded him. GOOD NEWS is that I don't see a huge cloudiness in both his eyes, just a teeny weeny bit. All the herbs supplement must be healing him from the inside. I praise God Almighty that He is watching over our family and pet. I thank God on my bended knees. We continue to pray for healing and that my boy survives this episode of difficulty. There is still tomorrow and I can, we can only pray that tomorrow he has no pain. The last weeks when I said that he is threatening to throw up, it was not. It was pain that made him stand that way. Tomorrow is another day and I just have to go before God for fresh blessings and protection on him.
03/02/12 -- Praise God -- Junior full of energy today. Thank you my friends for your prayer support. Junior had a little discomfort in the morning but didn't cry, he just looked uncomfortable. But after mid day, our dear friend is FULL OF ENERGY. Alex and I feel too old right now to keep up with him. We start the day praying for healing. Then I make his food (for the whole day - meat, brocolli, spinach in a very soupy base. He is not drinking any water since 3 days ago. But I have added more water to his meals so that he has no choice but to drink the liquid first. He is running to urine way too often. (According to 2 weeks ago blood test his kidneys are functioning fine and he has no diabetes). But the frequent urination started the day after that Painkiller we gave Meloxicam. We are praying that he doesn't get kidney failure because of that. I still give him Flaxseed oil and cottage cheese (2 times a day), 1 turmeric capsule and 3/4 capsule of Milk Thistle. He had cataracts in both the eyes and Milk Thistle cured him of that. He has a teeny weeny amount of cloudiness now. Today he is behaving like a puppy full of energy. We pretend to laugh alot so that he thinks we are happy. We don't talk negative things to him or when he is around. We tell him that pa and ma worship Jesus and that we pray that Junior is healed. He listens as though he understands. I need to change my attitude and learn to live in faith instead of feelings. The time before 12 noon I am a nervous wreck, praying and praying. But when I see him behaving playful then my mood changes to be happy and not so worried. Tomorrow, I will just live in faith and trust in our Lord. THANK YOU SO MUCH for your prayer support, we all needed it. I am praying that the herbs that our Lord has put on this earth are helping him get renewal of his liver and that one tumor near the beginning of his small intestine is gone. That the tumor in his liver is eradicated. Thank you Melody, Simon, Ron and Desiree. Honestly, I, we wouldn't have gone this far without these prayer support. I used to think that I was to be the one destined to give prayer support but now it's I, we who need it. Thanks to all my other friends to have helped us with prayers too.
04/02/12 -- He slept through the whole night and woke up with no pain. Praise God. Yesterday he managed to lick water 6 times which is still too little. This morning his dad gave him water and he licked a couple of slurps. I am making his meal soon and going to make him drink the soupy drink. For the last couple of years his stomach made alot of noise. Something is making his body pump stomach acids into the stomach and I think that is the one that hurts him each morning. Since we gave him the stomach protector (a solution that coats his stomach) he is ok. We are praying that what ever that is causing the stomach acid is gone. I suspect it's the tumor near his little intestine. He could be having Gastrinoma. Anyway, we are rebuking the tumor cells and praying for healing. It snowed yesterday and Junior enjoyed that very much. He just wanted to walk and walk (according to his dad).
05/02/12 -- Junior Today -- What I noticed the past 2 days is his stomach is not pumping much acid (that is the cause of his discomfort in the mornings). Praise God and thanks to all who kept him in your prayers. He refuses to drink water, we have no idea why? I do camouflage his water in his meals but after 8 pm, it's a battle to get him to drink some liquid. Yesterday he refused to take his stomach lining medication. He is playing as per normal. Our Lord gave us 8 splendid years with him and I will thank Him for every new day He gives. As long as God is the Head of this house, I am not going to worrry or be fearful. God knows everything, why, when, how, who etc. As for today, we pray for strength just for today.
God our Refuge and Strength
Psalm 46:1-3 KJV 1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; 3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
Junior Week 2
Increased Flaxseed oil and Cottage cheese this week. Junior's cataracts are disappearing thanks to Milk Thistle. Included eggs and liver on alterate days. Junior feeling fantastic. Playful and also very hungry all the time.
Junior Week 3 - 13th February 2012
Junior's fever is no more. His stomach is not making much noise anymore (due to the bile, acid whatever that made him hurt inside). Stopped the stomach lining medication. Junior is still on Flaxseed oil/ Low fat cottage cheese. 1 capsule Turmeric half capsule of Milk Thistle. We gave him a 500 mg capsule of Fish oil on Tuesday. Junior is still feeling fantastic. Very active and hungry too.
16/02/12 -- Update on Junior --- Praise God
OK, so far this week he hasn't got the fever. His cataracts are TOTALLY gone and his stomach is not pumping much juice till it hurts him in the morning.
He is so full of energy and hungry all the time. He seems to like to walk alot according to the father. I bring him only on short walks.
He thinks I am the BEST chef in the whole wide world because he eats his food with such pleasure.
We are still giving him the Flaxseed oil and low fat cottage cheese combo but I want to reduce the milk thistle and turmeric because I read yesterday that milk thistle and turmeric are antioxidants and antioxidants will interfere with the Budwig Protocol (Flaxseed oil Cottage cheese). What I read said that natural things is ok and I am thinking Milk thistle and Turmeric are natural. I don't know what to do.
I have been reading alot of success stories on this flaxseed oil and cottage cheese putting humans and dogs in remission (some didn't make it) and I, we are still praying that Junior will be blessed by our Lord to be also in remission.
He has lost some weight though and Alex thinks it's because of the change in diet. He gets meat and vegetable on all days. Egg and liver on alternate days. Seems dogs don't have cholestrol problem (I don't know how true that is).
So we continue to pray and lift him up to our Lord and wait patiently. I don't know what God's plans are for us but we will TRUST HIM.
I have to also say that I have no idea what is going on in his body, only a blood test and a scan will tell us something but we will wait on that till after a couple of months.
18/02/12 -- Update on Junior, our doggie.
He is okay and playing when he is not sleeping. That cute little fellow. How I love him.
Anyway, Praise God that he seems to have better bladder control these last 2 days. Previously he had good bladder control but after we gave him that Meloxicam for pain and thereafter he had bloody stool, he seemed to rush to urine after meals. He was urining twice in 15 minutes. But these last 2 days he eats his meals and goes back to his place. I praise God for that.
He had some pale looking spot on his lower lip and that is slowly becoming smaller --- Praise our Lord.
I, we would like to THANK all of you who have kindly kept him in your prayers, thank you so very much.
If I may ask --- can you kindly join me in praying that he doesn't get pancreatis. I have been giving him flax oil and cottage cheese, he is getting 1.5 teaspoon of oil per day. I am afraid to increase that in case he has too much of oil/fat in his system and that his pancreas will not be able to work that out. I read sites that says they give 3 tablespoon of flaxseed oil per day to their dogs (that weighs 60 lbs). Junior is just below 10 lb.
He has not begged for his kibbles (consisting of rice and other stuff) this last week. Again all glory be to God. What I read is that Cancer loves carbohydrates and sugar, so I am glad that he didn't beg for those bad food.
19/02/12 -- Sunday -- I gave Junior his FO treatment but with the real cottage cheese instead of kwark ..... he was quiet, not very active and his body was warm. Junior had a slight fever. I gave him cottage cheese instead of kwark (quark), I also added peas to his dinner, perhaps 5 peas.
Week 4
20/02/12 -- Monday - Junior vomitted bile in our bed. Body still warm. Gave him morning dose of flaxseed oil and cottage cheese. Alex bought the real kwark (low fat) today. Junior was still quite warm. I made the FO and kwark mix with a bit of milk and he gulped it down. One hour later his body is not warm anymore. Junior is back to his active self. Praise God.
Mid afternoon I gave him flaxseed oil with kwark and within the hour his fever was gone. Praise our Lord.
20/2/12-- After nearly 2 weeks of no fever, his body is warm today. He licked my face just now and his tongue felt warm. So I gave him his flaxseed oil and qwark mixture. Yesterday he was not so active. Praying all goes well again.
Next week we might bring him to the Vet to check his blood. It should show cancer??? CBC test. I have no idea but I read it yesterday and so we will bring him next week God willing.
Everyday I search the internet for people who had success with this Budwig Protocol and I feel hopeful about Junior. Ultimately it's our Lord who has to be one who gives the healing. Still praying.
--Desiree Garen Hi Sandra - thanks for the update on JR. Sounds like you are doing all the right things - you are a great mom to him. Prayers,love and hugs continue !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you dear. Glad to hear you had a wonderful birthday. Hugs to you too.
21/02/12 -- Tuesday -- Junior is well and active today, no fever.
22/02/12 -- Wednesday -- Junior is well. He still gets about 2 and half teaspoon of flaxoil daily. I noticed he had a small bumb on his right leg but it was a soft mass.
23/02/12 -- Thursday -Junior doing excellent today. Hungry as usual. How I love that boy. Muah!!!
My heart says - Junior is going to be ok
Might be too early to say but that's what I am feeling these 2 days, that he might make it after all.
Prayers and change of diet and maybe the Budwig Protocol (flaxseed oil and quark). He had fever on Sunday and early monday because he was fed flaxseed oil and cottage cheese. He also threw up in bed. But monday afternoon onwards he has been in excellent health - Praise God.
I think and feel that as long as the fever is not there, that the cancer cells are not active. I am not too sure on that
Those success stories of dogs with cancer and going into remission using the Budwig Protocol, well, some of them lived till old age. So it's possible that this diet is doing Junior good. We're still praying and leaving everything to our Saviour. He knows best. I mean the Rapture could happen anytime and maybe our Lord wishes to bring Junior home first. *smile* .... Anyway, I leave it all to Him.
I have added Brussels sprouts to his meal now. Meat, 1 brussels sprout, brocolli, spinach, capsicum, kale. Alternate days he gets 1 egg and small bit of calf's liver. He gets total 2 and half teaspoon of Flaxseed oil for the whole day. He gets 3/4 capsule of Milk Thistle and 1 capsule of Turmeric. I also give him half Omega 3 capsule once a week. I don't want to overload his systems. I have no idea what is going on inside of his body. I just pray and then do what I think I should do. He also get a small baby carrot once a day. He needs that Beta carotene???
Next week he is going for a blood test to check his CBC .... yet to do research on that. I mean those dogs that survived cancer had this sort of tests done and that's how the owners knew that their dogs were cancer free. Thankfully the cost of this test is not so expensive. Was 27 euro.
If only I knew of this Budwig Protocol I would have asked my sister to do it and maybe she might still be alive today.
I want to THANK every one who has kept Junior in your prayers. I want to THANK Almighty for hearing our prayers.
I forgot to mention --- Right from the beginning I gave him Flaxseed oil and Kwark. But sunday and early monday I gave him Flaxseed oil and cottage cheese (that's when the fever came back and that's how I think cottage cheese is not working for him. Monday afternoon onwards he was back on Flaxseed oil and Kwark (quark) and he is all good again.
24/02/12 -- Friday -- Junior is doing FANTASTIC today. He is like a new puppy. I gave him 5 times half Teaspoon of Flaxseed oil and quark. Tomorrow I plan to just give him 2 times 1 teaspoon of flaxseed oil and kwark and 1 time half teaspoon of oil. He gets a total of 2 and half teaspoon of flaxseed oil. We added Brussels sprouts to his meal now.
25/03/12 -- All OK here.-- Praise God. Junior is well and fine. We are slowly going back to our normal life. Prayers are what keeps us going. Thank you all who have kindly kept us in your prayers. We are GOOD now.
Week 5
27/03/12 --Junior's Blood Test on liver looks better today -- All Praises to God!
So we brought Junior to the Vet today for a blood test, testing Liver enzymes. She said that the results were looking better than the previous time. All praises to God Almighty.
But his glucose went up slightly and that's because he gets better food according to the doctor. Still I pray, we pray that he will not enter into the diabetic zone. One other item is still not good in his liver- Alt. That we have to pray harder that that problem is resolved. Anyway, another item ( Alkaline Phosphatase) was not readable by the machine the previous time because it was so very high but this time gave a reading and that according to her went down and that his liver is functioning even better than a month ago.
So all in all my boy is doing slightly better where his LIVER is concerned. She felt his tummy area and said that she didn't feel that hardness that was there the previous time, that it felt more flexible. So that's GREAT NEWS!!!!! All praises to God!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU to all my friends who have kept him in your prayers. Thank you so much!!!!.
