Sun., Mar. 18, 2012 - Bleeding and hemorrhaging

As excited as I was 6 days ago to write that Hardee had turned 7 years old, he had been bleeding for over a week.  It has been 2 weeks now since the bleeding started, again, and the bleeding has gotten progressively worse.  Hardee has had numerous hemorrhages throughout this past week, despite the Yunnan Paiyao.  I can't say if the Yunnan Paiyao is working or not because we don't know what the bleeding would be like if I took HH off of this Chinese herb.

In between bleeding episodes, Hardee is still doing his therapy visits at the hospice facility, and on Friday, we had our first home visit at a hospice patients house.  Hardee visited with her for 1 hour and 15 minutes.  Then we went to the in-patient facility where we made our rounds.  HH is such a good boy, and everybody loves him.  In the words of my friend, what's not to love?

We are approaching the end of this fight for Hardee.  Though he eats and drinks with gusto, and is a happy boy still, the blood loss will win in the end.

We have fought so very hard these last 20 months, I hope I know when it is time to let go.  Please keep Hardee, and us, in your thoughts for peace and clarity.  Until then, we'll still make it all about joy and all about Hardee.  You know we wouldn't have it any other way.