Our dog Gaby had her 3rd round of Carboplatin on Friday, Jan. 6.  Very early on Friday morning (2 a.m.) Jan. 20th she became very restless and started panting.  When we took her temp. it was 103.  We took her into the vet first thing in the morning.  They ran a CBC and her white blood count was low so they prescribed ciprofloxacin to her to help fight off any infection she may have.  Well they same thing happened again on Monday night and went on the entire night (no sleep that night).  She was constantly moving around every 3 minutes and panting.  Into the vet again first thing Tuesday morning for another CBC.  Well, her neutrophil count dropped again even being on the antibiotic and she dropped 2 pounds since Friday.  The oncologist has told us that on day 14 on carbo, things like this can happen.   The other two treatments weren't this bad.  She has told us that her bone marrow is not recovering which is causing these symptoms.

Onto tonight…she started moving around again and we just checked her temp. and it's 103 again.  Right now we are trying to cool her off with ice and trying to make sure she is hydrated.

Has anyone else experienced this with Carbo?  Any recommendations to help with the fever until we can get her in to the vet?  Has anyone given their dog Rimadyl or Tramadol while on Cipro?

Thanks,

Joanie, Doug, and Gaby

Hope everything is ok! We did 6 rounds of carbo with no problem, but I know there was a woman on the BoneCancerDogs listserv who had her dog experience serious temperature spikes. I don't remember what all they did to help, but that was the first time I'd heard of someone having that problem.

All the best – hope she's ok!
Jackie, Angel Abby's mom