Tumor Getting Bigger, Starting New Chemo, Surgery to Block Blood Flow to Tumor Not an Option

Brody had a CT scan done yesterday which revealed Brody's tumor is still continuing to grow larger.   Doctor stated that it is significantly larger than it was at his last CT scan which was done just a couple of weeks ago.   The last 2 rounds of chemo each seemed to work initially but before Brody was able to recover from a round the tumor would start growing larger again.   The last 2 rounds each would temporarily shrink the tumor (we could feel it get smaller) but about 4 days before Brody's blood counts recovered from the chemo,  we could start to feel the tumor get bigger again and grow very quickly in those few days before we could hit again with more chemo.
 
Brody started on a new chemo regimen today.   His doctor is referring to this one as his "last bag of tricks. "  If the tumor is not responsive to this regimen,  we are left with Phase 1 trials.  

Brody's doctor looked into doing an angiogram to map blood supply to tumor followed by surgery to embolize the vessels suppling blood to the tumor.   He said that they didn't really have any experience with performing such a procedure at our hospital so he called and talked to other children's cancer centers to see if they had any experience with this idea.  Those who had tried this before found it to be unsuccessful to stop tumor and since the blood vessels supplying the tumor were blocked,  they were then also unable to effectively get chemo to the tumor also.   The consensus was that the surgery could do more harm than good.  

Anyhow,  it's been all around bad news.   Let's hope that somehow we are lucky enough that Brody responds to the regimen he just started today.   Brody is tolerating the new regimen well so far and the best part of this new one is that it does not require any overnight hospital stays.   Really hope it works!
 
We have had more than our fair share of bad stuff lately but apparently we get to deal with even more emotionally traumatizing stuff.   Our little Yorkie,  Leia,  is missing.   She has been missing since last night.    We have a Radio fence to keep the dogs in the yard.   The fence is still working and Chewy and Tori are still staying in the yard just fine.  And I remember hearing Leia's collar beeping yesterday and she jumped back right away when she heard the beep. Leia is a very small dog.   I am worried an owl,  falcon,  or chicken hawk may have got her.  Or maybe a coyote?  Neighbors have reported seeing 2 of them in their yard before.  And, a couple nights ago, late at night I saw what I thought was a dog in the yard but maybe it was a coyote?   I am hoping the battery on her Radio fence collar just went dead and so she wondered out of the yard.   I am hoping she just got loose and that she will find her way back.  She does have a Home Again chip.  I hope if someone finds her they think to take her to a vet or someplace that will know to try to scan her for the chip.   Leia is the puppy Brody picked out too.   As if he didn't have enough to deal with already and now he has to face loosing his puppy!  

We really need some good luck headed our way please!   Geez!