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It is now two weeks ago that at Calhoun his linkerachterpoot is amputated. Last Monday, the sutures were in principle, but a few more pieces had not been fully developed, so we postponed it again. Back again yesterday for control and then the stitches were taken out. It looks good, still a little bit red and one very small spot has to close even more but it goes well. Calhoun also has no pain at all, he is much on that side and does not pay attention to it. However, he has occasionally increased, this is a reaction to the restoration of his body. If it gets too high to my liking and he doesn't feel good at it, I give him a aspirin. Luckily he sleeps the last nights a lot better and I so too. The lymph node was reexamined after the amputation and fortunately it was still clean. So we have good hope that it has not spread. For next Tuesday I have an appointment with Johan de Vos, one of Dutch oncologists, in Terneuzen. Calhoun then gets his first chemo cure. Hopefully he doesn't react too vehemently.