Stacy Horn

Upshot: They are recommending chemotherapy instead of radiation. It would cost $3,315.00 to $4,972.00, and they cannot give me *any* stats on how effective chemotherapy is for this kind of tumor. They do not know. At all.

They said they got really good margins in surgery, and if he didn’t have the most aggressive kind of tumor they would normally be telling me his chances of recovery are pretty good. But based on his tumor they said there’s a 50/50 chance it will metastasize.

I’m not going to spend that much money when there is not a single study which says it might work. I also don’t want to take him back to the vet five times for the treatment. This morning he peed himself the minute I picked him up to put him in the carrier.

I feel like I’ve done everything within reason (and some would say beyond reason). We’ll take our 50/50 chances and hope for the best.

I’m very happy I did the surgery though. Because he seems much better to me, and we’re going to get a few good months it looks like, maybe more. I’ll take it.

Pretty much everyone who follows this blog knows that I sing with the Choral Society of Grace Church. If you’re in New York, our holiday concert is a great feel-good way to start the season. Our concerts are at the beginning of December. AND, if you buy tickets from me, you get a discount (they’re $25 vs $30). But if you prefer to buy them online you can do so here.

Weirdly, I wasn’t as into it this year. My favorite thing was the dancing skeletons in the doorway in the very beginning of this movie. Maybe I should go back to drumming in the parade.

It’s embarrassing how often I have to resort to a thesaurus when I’m writing, for instance. It’s not like I use the words I find there, although I actually often do, but I need it as a kickstarter for finding other ways to express myself.

Subtle, but enjoyable Halloween decorations on 11th Street. Rat skeletons crawling all over the front of an apartment building.

Still nothing at my favorite spot on 11th Street. I fear it means those days are over. Thank you, whoever did it, for all the great decorations in the past. But there are still plenty of great decorations to see. This is pretty freaking amazing.

This was at 5th Avenue and 11th Street, on my way to choir.

This is a pumpkin version of the martian squeeze toy thing, I think!