Buddy went back to the vet last week. According to the vet report and what my husband told me the lymph nodes on the dorsal side are still present and enlarged but stable in size. However there is a firm thickening at the site of the previously removed anal gland. I don’t think …
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Buddy Update 5-13-2013
Buddy visited the oncology vet today. Buddy was beside himself on the drive to an from the vet. Constantly moving around, his breathy crying, and wanting to climb in my lap. I dared not due to I-4 traffic. They took chest x-rays 3 views and they came out clean. The radiology report pending. The tumors …
Buddy Update 4-25-13
Today had another visit to the oncology vet today. He still has several enlarged lymph nodes in his pelvic canal but no sign of recurrent anal gland mass. His lungs and heart auscultate as clear and the rest of his assessment is normal. His hematocrit (HCT) which was 35.7 is now up to 40!! Yay!! …
Buddy Update 4-11-13
Buddy had his second visit with Doctor Lurie today. Our appointment was for 10:45. We arrived at 10:30 and Buddy promptly took a poop on the floor of the lobby. Now Buddy is not the type of dog to poop in one place, he poops in multiple places. He poops and walks at the …
Guest Blogger: Buddy
So this is my life now, pills morning and night and this yucky liquid in the morning and at night. I don’t like it and I struggle to keep from having to take it but I take it for mommy. I saw my new doctor today. Mommy’s GPS took us way out of our way …
Buddy Update 3-29-2013
We received a phone call from the old oncology vet today saying that Buddy’s latest blood work showed that his Red blood cells (RBC) have dropped again. It was recommended to us that we stop the Palladia for a couple of weeks to see of his RBC’s come back up. We will continue to give …
Buddy Update 3-28-2013
Buddy wasn’t being himself today so we carted him off to the vet today. Apparently Buddy now also has some degenerative disc disease in the Thoracic/ Lumbar Junction. My poor Buddy is in pain. So now in addition to all his chemo meds and acid reducers and stomach coaters he now has a muscle relaxer …
Buddy Update 3-9-2013
Yesterday Buddy went back to the oncology vet. We hit all kinds of problems on the way there with Traffic and construction work blocking the road, along our route that we were about 5 minutes late for the appointment. We didn’t have to wait very long so that was good. There were a lot of …
Buddy update 2-11-13
We received word the day following the last blood draw which occurred on the same day we went to the oncology vet that his neutrophils have actually increased. So the Vet sent us the Palladia in the mail at the 20 mg dose. We had no break in medication as expected. It just worked out that way. …
Buddy update 2-6-2013
I packed Buddy up today with his bed and a blanket for the car ride over to the oncology vet today where he had his appointment. I brought him in expecting an ultra sound, a $300 bill, the Palladia, and a dog wet with ultrasound gel. I got none of that. They took Buddy back …