Jack Gets Her First Adriamycin / Doxorubicin Chemotherapy
Ahh of course as things get better we’re back at the U for more Chemotherapy. However the red devil Adriamycin isn’t so far as bad as the Carboplatin was and which by the way didn’t do anything for us. (not that it’s the same for everyone.) Jack got Moxa and acupuncture from the eastern medicine vet and then had her Adriamycin. She then was put out with the Michael Jackson drug and had her radiation which is her second treatment. We hope to see some pain relief from that so we can give her less drugs. Taking her off the Tramadol and onto the Rimadyl has been a great move. As long as her belly is full the Rimadyl is no problem. It gives her pain relief with no dopyness. Back to yesterday’s treatment. She came home and slept the entire rest of then evening and night. NO RAISED TEMP Thank god! I was pleased to wake up to a personality and wide brown eyes. She didn’t have any pain medicine all day until a Rimadyl around dinner. Still not eating on her own but takes the pureed food easily. So far on the Adriamycin / Doxorubicin she’s less sick, no naseua but we’re giving her drugs anyway and still has some minor diarrhea but not so bad and we give her a drug for that too. I never thought i’d say this but we were relieved to get a $2200.00 bill at the end of the day yesterday. We also had two other dogs there one 14 full of tumors but with no discomfort and the other with tears in the acl and groin injury getting therapy and acupuncture.