Monday, August 16

Today was Lucky’s big day back at Colo State Veterinary to follow up on what options are available if any….

The trip from Casper Wyoming to Fort Collins Colorado is one of the most amazing drives I’ve ever been on in my life. Roughly 300 miles over the high plains of Wyoming passing through historical towns such as Laramie at an elevation of 8000 feet. Along these planes that went on as far as the eye can see we saw herds of antelope roaming freely with cattle and even coyotes. We also saw massive wind farms that hint at Wyoming’s savvy about the future of energy - after all, they are one of the top 5 states in the United States in fossil fuel production.

Lucky has lost 5 pounds and a lot of hair whereas not so long ago he was rippled with muscle today he is scrawny but just as handsome. The most important data from today was that The blood panel allowed us the option of attempting another protocol to keep his lymphoma at bay for up to 15 weeks. Dr. Martens cautioned us know that he has the most aggressive form and that would be a best case scenario. Nonetheless Chris and I were thrilled to be leaving Fort Collins and heading home looking forward to another day with Lucky on the road

Tomorrow begins our push to Salt Lake City which should take us 12 days over very remote areas. I can’t wait to get started with Lucky at my side first thing tomorrow morning.

One final historical note, we followed the Sandy massacre trail along the high plains -another sad chapter in American history. After following the trail of tears for 600 miles and learning that we took the Native Americans land and forced them west with only what they could carry, we now learned that the lands that they were forced to take had gold. And guess what, we needed to break the treaty so that we could take the land for the gold. When the Native Americans tried to fight, the Colorado Calvary was sent in and killed up to 500 Native Americans 2/3 of them being women and children.

Thank you all for your ongoing support.

Cheers,

David..

Checking in and saying goodbye…

Massive wind farms dotted the plateau

On our way home after a new chemo protocol and the hope of more quality time

Lucky is an expert on sensing wildlife and he wanted to chase something but couldn’t get theu the barbed wire

We were at 8,000’, the mountains around us were much higher