Lost In The Fog: Feb 2002 - Sep 2006; godspeed to you!

[Glimmerglass]

[QUOTE=YoungFilly;1841247]
Thats fantastic news!! Good Boy! Does anyone know what the medicine is that they are using to shrink the cancer? :)[/QUOTE]
Per the Daily Racing Forum (8-25):

According to Gilchrist, Lost in the Fog is being treated with the steroid dexamethasone in an attempt to shrink the tumor, “and other stuff to build up his immune system,” Gilchrist said.

Lost in the Fog also is receiving low doses of the painkiller Banamine.

“They’re doing a culture on the biopsy, trying to find out what kind of lymphoma he has, to see what other drugs might help,” Gilchrist said.

Dexamethasone: source from Wikipedia (so take it with only a fair degree of accuracy

See also this entry from Wedgewood Pharmacy: Trichlormethiazide and Dexamethasone For Veterinary Use**

Many veterinarians use this drug combination in horses to reduce mild swellings particularly of the legs.

** (An aside, with irony, Wedgewood was sued by the owners of Saratoga County and Egghead, the latter of which was a competitor of Lost In The Fog, for defective antibiotics from their firm leading to their deaths)

[vineyridge]

I had a foxhound once with Non-Hodgkens lymphoma and he was treated with steroids. It definitely extended his life.

Isn’t dexamethasone a steroid? We used prednisone, but I should think UC Davis, as the experts in equine cancer, would have selected the absolutely best interim drug treatment for LITF.

[eggbutt]

Candles lit and the super curb chain is madly jingling! Let’s see if our BELIEVE power can do it again!!

[VirginiaBred]

As Posted on The Barbaro Recovery thread!

Quick Fog update: Lost in the Fog Given ‘Reasonable Chance’. An excerpt:

The doctor treating sprint champion Lost in the Fog for cancerous tumors said Friday that the colt has “a reasonable chance” of reducing them to a size that’s conducive for chemotherapy or surgery.
Dr. Gary Magdesian, chief of equine medicine at University of California at Davis, said Friday that Lost in the Fog is being treated with Dexamethasone, a corticosteroid sometimes used in treating lymphoma.
“We want to see if (the tumors) will respond to the extent that they are reduced to a size that will make them amenable to surgery or chemotherapy,” Magdesian said

Steve Willard left me a voice mail. Giacomo is doing fine after his race in the Pacific Classic. He went back to the track a couple of days ago and is training lightly. They are training him lightly and will take it one day at a time and see how he goes. I’ll follow up with Steve in a week or so and see what their plans are. Just good to hear he is back to the track after the race.

[YoungFilly]

Thanks GlimmerGlass, I appreciate the info. Hope all goes well, I will be very interested to hear what happens.

[Fancy]

VB, you’re amazing, woman! You are EVERYwhere!!!

Thanks for the update–off to light candles for Bobby and Foggy.

"All we need is one (more) miracle!

[ASB_Stars]

We need LOTS more candles!!!

I am thinking we need to have a major campaign to get more candles lit for “the BOYS!”, guys. I just returned from Louisville, KY- the bluegrass- this afternoon- and I am here to tell you that we need to help these guys out in every way we can…OK, how many people can we email to get ten candles lit by each, and on, and on???

Let’s give Foggy the old Barbaro LIFT!!!

[Fancy]

@ASB Stars;1844398

I am thinking we need to have a major campaign to get more candles lit for “the BOYS!”, guys. I just returned from Louisville, KY- the bluegrass- this afternoon- and I am here to tell you that we need to help these guys out in every way we can.

I agree!
:yes: :yes: :yes: :yes:
Get out your blowtorches, folks–:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
Let’s get Foggy over 1,000!

[ASB_Stars]

OK- SO, can you find ten people??

Who will light ten candles for the boys, and send out ten emails to have ten more people…Oh, you KNOW!!!

We CAN move mountains. We ARE capable of helping miracles to happen.

WE NEED ANOTHER MIRACLE!!!

Let’s GO team FOGGY!!!

[Glimmerglass]

Lost in the Fog will be examined Thursday [8-31] by veterinarians from the University of California-Davis to determine if the three cancerous tumors discovered two weeks ago have shrunk. Lost in the Fog has been treated with the steroid dexamethasone since last week.

Depending on what they find, veterinarians will then set a course of treatment. If there has been no growth or the tumors have shrunk, options include chemotherapy or radiation, said trainer Greg Gilchrist. One of the tumors is located near his abdomen, just below his spine, and is inoperable.

Lost in the Fog is stabled at the Golden Gate barn of Gilchrist. He leaves his stall every day and sometimes is taken to the track to watch other horses. His appetite remains good, Gilchrist said, and he continues to nip at his trainer, a sign that he is in good spirits.
Source: Daily Racing Form Aug 29, 2006

As an aside, LITF stable mate, Victorina, will be shipped to Del Mar and run in Friday’s $100,000 Torrey Pines Stakes at a mile.

[Fancy]

Thanks, Glimmerglass, for this thread and for all you do.

I have to go out of town Thursday AM and will be away for the weekend–no internet access at all!! :eek: :eek: So I won’t know how this plays out until Tuesday. :eek: :eek: But I will hold the thought for Foggy. :yes: :yes:

[Kenike]

Nobody has heard any further on this, yet? Still jingling…

[lisann]

We’re up to 979 candles. Fight the good fight, LITF!

[Glimmerglass]

San Francisco Chronicle 8-29-06 “Peaceful days and hope for Lost in the Fog”

excerpts

“We’re using steroids and also holistic medicine that we consulted someone on,” Gilchrist said Monday morning. “It’s just like a human situation right now. We’ve all had a mother or father or sister or brother or friend touched by this disease. This is following right down that road.”

Veterinarians from UC Davis are scheduled to scan Lost in the Fog’s tumors Thursday at Golden Gate Fields’ small equine hospital to determine if they have begun to shrink.

“If so, we’re on the right track,” Gilchrist said. “His last two days have been his best in two weeks.”

“I wanted to take him back for the quality of life thing, but I also decided I’m just not going to give up on this horse,” Gilchrist said after Lost in the Fog had walked around his barn’s shedrow and had a bath. “Right now, I’m standing right in front of him and if you didn’t know the situation, you wouldn’t even know anything was wrong with him. He’s a pretty happy horse right now, enjoying life pretty good. That doesn’t mean he’s cured; he’s still a very sick animal. But we’re doing all we can to get him well.”

Additionally, The Horse has an article now, titled: “Lost in the Fog: How Common is Equine Cancer?”

One very interesting citation in that article:

Though statistics show more than 80% of gray horses over the age of 15 will develop at least one melanoma in their life, the tumors are usually benign.

[eggbutt]

I’m almost dreading the news tomorrow…

off to light lots of candles for both boys.

[Fancy]

I hope the test is early. Mr. Fancy and I are leaving about noon for a 6 day outing with the horses. I’ll take my curb chain with me–you guys light some extra candle for me. I’m hoping Foggy is our next new miracle. Guy really deserves it–he’s all heart!

[Glimmerglass]

No news yet [although expected Friday eveing - so about now] and of course just idle speculation would suggest that the news is either mixed or poor. Wishing for the best possible news!

Lost in the Fog undergoes tests
By CHUCK DYBDAL
Daily Racing Form, August 31, 2006

ALBANY, Calif. - Veterinarians from the University of California-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine conducted tests on Eclipse spring champion Lost in the Fog on Thursday at Golden Gate Fields to see if his three cancerous tumors have shrunk.

Results of the detailed physical examination, which took an hour on Thursday afternoon, won’t be known for 24 hours until blood work is analyzed and comparisons are made between the ultrasound examination with previous tests.

[Bugs-n-Frodo]

I am praying for good news about this boy, hoping for another miracle. Jingles to Foggy.

Guys, does anyone have any idea what kind of Chemotherapy they would use on something like this? On a horse, no less? I work in Pharmacy, and am familier with Chemos, as well as their use in dogs and cats, but not in horses. Anyone have any ideas? Vets?

[Sport]

Curb chains are jingling that we get good news today.

[Duffy]

Major jingles from Virginia for Foggy!