Gaby had her last Dox treatment at the beginning of June. Her "hot" days are days 3-5 after her Dox treatments and she always is a little down on those days. This last time was no exception - she was down but today is about a week and she is perking back up again.
She has a vincristine treatment next week, then another 3 weeks later and one last one 2 weeks later and she will then be totally off all drugs.
We also took her off of the prednisone and as i figured, she doesn't follow me into the kitchen for snacking. The downside to that is that she is a little stiffer in her joints.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Monday, June 16, 2008
Almost to the end...
Gaby is doing pretty well and is almost to the end of her protocol! I know it has been nearly a month since I have last posted but for whatever reason I have not been inspired to blog. We gave her a bath last Saturday with the shampoo that our friend Nancy J. brought us back from California. It has a nice lavender scent and it is from the Sonoma Valley I think.
Our family came in for Father's Day. Gaby really had a good time. Everybody commented on how good she looked and how nice her coat was. It was the lavendar soap, we explained. ha ha. She still is skinny as heck underneath all of that fur and you can see it when she is wet from her bath.
When your dog is on chemo you have to watch out for any gunk that forms underneath of their mouth! This is very important! We didn't even know this until the last vet visit. The vet pointed it out to us and told us to make sure to wash it off immediately. What can happen is a gunk forms around the bottom of her lips, crusts over and infection can form. Once the infection starts it is nearly impossible to get it under control. This happens to a lot of dog chemo patients.
This thursday is Gaby's last dox treatment and after that it is just pills. I'm so proud of her for being a strong dog through all of this. She looked and seemed to feel great around the family yesterday.
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