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Capone

Rest in peace my best friend, Capone (6/17/02 - 10/22/07)

About Me

On January 18, 2007 Capone was diagnosed with lymphoma, a form of canine cancer. Capone began single-agent doxorubicin chemotherapy treatment the following day.

I will be keeping a blog on his page for any of his friends who want to keep up with his day to day progress on the road to a long and relapse-free remission from cancer.

If there are any other dog owners out there who have had experience with canine lymphoma, please let me know if you have any suggestions on what worked for your own dogs.

God bless!

**Update 10/22/07**

Capone passed away at 9:30pm on 10/22/07. Thank you to all our friends who helped us during his 9 month battle with lymphoma. For those of you who did not have the opportunity to spend time with him, he was a loyal friend, exceedingly humorous, a gentle character and a wonderful spirit. I am going to keep this page up as a memorial to him. Please feel free to leave a few words, or memories of him.

My Interests

Cold surfaces, walks (preferably 1.5 blocks or less), tug 'o war, car rides, humping and naps, lots of naps.

I'd like to meet:

Other bulldogs and childrens, because Capone loves the childrens.

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Movies:

Elvis movies, Ocean's Eleven (the original), Animal House

My Blog

a place to rest

i wasn't planning on continuing this blog, but i've changed my mind. documenting capone's cancer story helped me come to terms and also keep friends up to date on his little victories, changes in cond...
Posted by Capone on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:22:00 PST

rest in peace, my best friend

it is with a very heavy heart that i write this last entry for capone. i arrived home tonight at 745pm to find capone sleeping on his beanbag bed. he looked extremely fatigued, so i laid down with him...
Posted by Capone on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:22:00 PST

lymphoma: day 278

today is capone's 278th day of his battle with lymphoma, so i've changed the title of this blog to reflect this. i'm very proud of my dog for having gotten this far and for being such a strong dude th...
Posted by Capone on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 02:04:00 PST

chemotherapy 2: day 115

3 days ago when i wrote our last entry, i went into the weekend with the expectation that capone would have fallen ill by today. however, as i write this, he sits beside me energetic, appetite and per...
Posted by Capone on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:11:00 PST

chemotherapy 2: day 112

things have taken a dramatic turn for the worse since my last post. capone's visit to the vet on thursday (day after my last post) revealed that his button sized lump on the left side of his neck was ...
Posted by Capone on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:38:00 PST

chemotherapy 2: day 108

wow, it's been a month and a half since our last update. my apologies to all of caponie's friends across the globe. august and september were fun months for capone. we had lots of visitors at the hous...
Posted by Capone on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:33:00 PST

chemotherapy 2: day 60

capone just got his 2nd to last scheduled vinicristine injection yesterday. we will be returning in 3 weeks to get his final shot. after that, it's back to his normal schedule of rocking all day every...
Posted by Capone on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:08:00 PST

chemotherapy 2: day 29

hello friends. i apologize for the lack of updates, but thank you for your concern for capone. i am happy to report that capone is doing well and as always, he is in high spirits. he has completed his...
Posted by Capone on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:23:00 PST

chemotherapy 2: day 8

capone's last blood test was a false positive. while his lymphocyte count was normal, his enlarged front and rear lymph nodes did not show improvement for the following 2 weeks. about 1 week after th...
Posted by Capone on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 02:16:00 PST

remission: day 56

it's been almost 2 months since my last caponie update, but i am happy to let everyone know that he is still doing well, and kickin' ass on a daily basis. the biggest visible difference is that his ha...
Posted by Capone on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:22:00 PST