06/19/2026
Hearing the word cancer and Snaxβs name in the same sentence wasnβt something either of us were mentally prepared for. But it happened. This post is difficult to do and is the first time Iβve found the mental clarity to write it, thinking about how seemingly quickly this all happened. Putting it out in the open makes it more real, as if the trips to the vet and telling him how strong of a boy he is hasnβt felt real enough.
I canβt go into the details of what the past 5 days have been like for him because it feels like so much has happened between ER & primary vet visits, car rides, blood tests, sampling multiple wet foods & mouses to find something appealing. Despite not knowing what the next day will bring, we see him wanting to be social with us, with Kayda, with Luka. Just yesterday he was sitting with Luka in the front door right in the sunβs bathing path. He is trying.
All the symptoms heβs experiencing & results of multiple blood tests, are all indicating lymphoma. At 18 years old and current health, we declined an invasive biopsy, tha would have only given us humans something concrete. It wouldnβt have changed our course of action - maintaining comfort. Last night we started him on a steroid that if he responds well too will allow him a couple comfortable months. At home, in his life that heβs known for the past 10 years.
Day by day.
News like this shifts something, but I canβt put it into words.
Day by day: for Snax, and every one here who we care for every single day.
