By the way, I'm caught up with my backlog of blog entries so I am up to real time updating now. This is the 7th week of Gaby's chemo, I believe... it's either the 7th or the 8th week. I'm kinda off since Gaby had a week off earlier in her treatments also.
This past week was supposed to be her first dox dose. Our vet does a great job of making sure everything is in order before doing any treatments. Unfortunately, sometimes this means more $$$ for tests or meds or time. This past week was time.
Gaby went in last Tuesday, April 15th 2008 for a long day of dox. The reason was that there were some variables on her liver function when we had her tested. We wanted to make sure her liver was doing it's job once her food was injested. She went into the vet on a 24 hour fast and once they did the test, they fed her and then did the liver test.
We wanted to stay on our Tuesday schedule so we waited another week. In addition, our vet is a part time doctor so we wanted to work on Tuesday so that our vet was doing all of the treatments. So, this Tuesday is our new first dox date.
Another thing is that we finally got our Cytoxin tabs from Canada. It took about 14 days for the pills to get here so that was not too bad.
When we take Gaby into the vet office, she gets so shaky! The nerves gets to her so badly that I feel bad for her. When the tech comes to get her, Gaby goes straight for the out door. She trusts me so I have to walk her and the tech back to the backroom. Gaby puts her head pasted right to your leg.
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I've just finished reading this and all your previous entries and found myself reaching for the tissues before barely finishing the first one....Gaby is blessed to have such an amazing, dedicated, devoted, and loving family. I can really feel the heartache in your writings and encourage you to continue.
Cancer is painfully difficult for all of us, the very most for dear Gaby. You would be so very proud of her kind spirit, sweet demeanor, bravery and dignity when she is here. I too see the anxiety in her eyes, but of late, I also see that she is beginning to trust us as another source for comfort and reassurance.
You would have been even more proud of her on the 'big day' with the Doxorubicin.....she was so brave. I also see her quiet acceptance that this is her new weekly regimen and I can only pray that on some spiritual level she can understand our intention to heal and 'first, do no harm' as our veterinary oath states.
Medicine is such a very humbling profession, like no other really...at the end of every single day we are forced to acknowledge that in the end there is so little we truly have any control over. I am continually blessed to be in the company of my patients and I consider it such an honor to be entrusted with their care. They continue to be the best teachers in my life and I am richly blessed to do this work.
Congratulations, Gaby! We are half way through your induction protocol!!! Love, Dr. B.
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