Change in plans! We took Blaze and Joker's "samples" in for testing before going forward with the transplant. We discovered that Blaze had a protozoa population (!) in her system, which is odd because she gets checked twice a year and it hadn't ever turned up. Regardless, it ruled her out as a "donor" and raised the question of whetherTrapper had the same issue. The protozoa in question causes just the type of symptoms Trapper has been experiencing for 7 months... It's only known to cause symptoms in puppies and adult dogs that are immunosuppressed (as Trapper has been for 8 years). We are hopeful that treatment might resolve the issue, but time will tell....Tonight we started the first day of a 10 day treatement. For those biologically inclined, you might be interested to know that the medication doesn't kill the protozoa, but inhibits the synthesis of folic acid which prevents the protozoa from reproducing. So, stay tuned....never a dull moment with Trapper!
On a happier note, Trapper actually played with Blaze tonight! It was brief, but it was awesome to see! Trapper is definitely feeling much better not being on chemo anymore :)
That's all for now....fingers crossed that the next update will be that the medication worked!
Kirsta & Trap
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