Have you had an experience with doxorubicine? Beacon is coughing when excited. It almost sounds like kennel cough. His chest rads were negative two weeks ago so I don't think the cancer is in his lungs yet. I wonder if it is kennel cough since his wbc was low from the chemo.I hate to drag him in for yet another vet visit when he will go this Thursday for his chemo. But then it is a 6 hour round trip drive and I wouild hate to get there and be told he has kennel cough so can't have his last chemo. Yikes, always something!

Susan

I will either call the oncologist Monday or my vet tomorrow-he has Sunday hours. Thanks, I just didn't want to face this new development but I really must. It can all be so overwhelming. I thought he was doing so well and now another set back perhaps.

I am sorry your dog had trouble with one of his drugs. Beacon has done well with the doxorubicine but I wondered if it was doing something to his throat He  doesn't eat or drink for 2 days after a treatment and is a bit lethargic but it seems a small price to pay. I guess we have to make them sick in order to make them better, aka tough love. But the coughing is odd. I hope your dog didn't get very sick from the doxorubicine and that it helped him. Beacon and I have been so lucky.

Susan

Hi Pam,

   The cough is better since I got the harness. It has really helped. I think I bruised his trachea. But now the left side of Beacon's face is paralized as evidenced by his ear flopping, eye drooping and not blinking and his lower lip also drooping. He is scheduled for a neuro exam Thursday when he is to have his final chemo. It could be a mass on a facial nerve or a deep ear infection. I am going to my vet to check out the ear possibility but only an MRI or CT can diagnose a mass. Going from bad to worse here!

Thanks for repyling about the doxorubicine.

I hope all is well with you.

Thank you. This is an old photo and it is odd becasue it looks like he is missing his left leg. Happily Beacon was not missing his leg, just holding it up to be cute.He doesn't look so happy now I am afraid. He still has left facial paralysis and vestibular disease, with no improvement. I did not do an MRI necessary to diagnosis a mass on his brain stem because I would not be willing to do the treatment-3 weeks of hospitilization with radiation 5 days a week. He is 12.5, with mild seperation anxiety and intense devotion to me. I don't think he would survive. He also did not have his 4th and final chemo because I was afraid he would not tolerate it. I did have a CT done and it ruled out an inner ear infection. So it may be idiopathic or a mass on the facial nerves. He is not doing well and I know the end is coming. It is very heartbreaking to see him so debilitated after having once been such a grand dog, full of drive, fun and energy.

How can I get his picture to appear on the little icon with my user name where it now says "member"?

Susan and Beacon