I took Beasley in this morning for her first treatment. We had to leave early because she couldn’t
eat since he had to sedate her. I couldn’t
feed the other dogs and not feed her. She
was still awake through the procedure, just really groggy.
He used a drug called Adriamycin which has to be
administered intravenously. It took
about a half hour. He also took a chest X-ray and didn’t see anything in the
lungs. That gives me so much hope. Also the
heart murmur she had last year didn’t show.
So far so good. She’s
not the peppy dog she was yesterday but it’s so traumatizing for her to leave
the house. When someone just knocked on
the door, she was right there barking with the rest of them. I
remember how long it took me just to get her to walk out the deck door and go
potty on her own. She seems a little
tired but she ate and went potty and let me take off her yellow band aid.
She may get a little nauseated on day 3-5 and I have some
meds for that but if that’s the worse that happens, I think we can do
this.
I am not giving up. I am going to put all of my positive
energy into fighting this as long as nothing hurts her. As scared as she is (heck, I am too), she is
a strong girl. She’s been through so much and has survived it all. She needs to experience more love, not just
from me but from all of my friends who love her.
The vet prescribed a very low dose of Piroxicam. It’s mainly used for osteoarthritis but
also works by preventing the establishment of a certain type of body chemicals
which contributes to inflammation, pain, stiffness, tenderness and swelling. You know I just copied and pasted that.
Last night, I
read about a drug called Cytoxan, which they are giving women in conjunction
with the chemo. It helps slow down
metastasis, especially to the lungs. So
we are both going to do our homework over the weekend.
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