Looong Day Tomorrow.
I couldn’t put it any better so i’m just going to past in an email my wife sent to my parents today.
Havanna is doing pretty well given whats going on with her. She was all lovey this morning and just wanted to cuddle in bed so I didn’t get out of bed until about 9:15 am! We stopped the morphine type drug and put her back on the NSAID so she’s not so doped up all of the time. Her personality really comes back when she’s not sedated but she is still up most nights in pain. Not sure why bone cancer is so much more painful at night, in humans and dogs, but I’m guessing its something with barometric pressure or some kind of atmospheric change. I am doing a lot of massage on her at night and have rotated the ice packs and now heating pads. Not sure what works better as she’s kind of tight lipped about it but something seems to help her here and there. She just started eating on her own again yesterday but its not a full blown chow down like it used to be. She will eat a little bit of kibble and then turn her nose up so we are still feeding her pureed food through a syringe.
Some how we seriously pissed off the animal gods. Sonoma has been a little sick the last two days and today we came home to a poo covered dog in a kennel. She was PISSED and stinky! UGH.
Wednesday will be a tough day for us. I have booked all three dogs for some kind of appointment at the U of M. We have to be there by 8 am to check Havanna into Oncology.
Havanna is having acupuncture, blood work, if the blood work is ok she will get her first dose of Adriamyiacin (chemotherapy) and after that she goes for Radiation.
Sonoma is having acupuncture and if she’s still sick, maybe a check up with a general vet.
Taylor is meeting with Oncology for a check up and then will have a follow up ultrasound to see if any of her tumors have grown. (Cross your fingers that they have not but given our luck lately, I doubt we’ll be so fortunate!).
Anyway, we’ll probably be at the U from about 7:45 am to at least 5 pm or later tomorrow. It will depend on how well Havanna does with chemo and radiation and how fast she comes out of the anesthesia.
If her blood work is bad they wont be able to do chemo but if its not that low they can still do radiation. I just hope everything goes smoothly!!!!
Feb 09, 2010 | 1 | Canine Osteosarcoma
February 10th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
The same thing happened to me when I was battling osteosarcoma; I often got really tired at night. My oncologist couldn’t explain it, but guessed that it was probably due to the fact that I was just tired from the events of the day and my body was reacting.
Good luck with your appointments. You guys are pawesome pawrents to do what you do for your kids.