Ohhhhh dear, idiotitis takes over again! Did NOT mean to put this under "Hopping Around"... but rather "Ask A Vet"

I bet if "you kno who" sees this, she'll plop it in the right spot and make me look like I knew what I was doing all slong:-) What would we do without "you k ow who"?

HEY! Might as well use this to promote Happy Hannah's new You Tube video under "Anything Goes":-) Looking mighty healthy to me!! Be sure and watch her eyebrows! And a whole lot of thanks to the other "you know who" for helping:-)

Thanks soooo much Pam! No, nothing was done before the Cytoxan other than blood work and xrays

I just have a "gut" feeling ..and based on what you and Michelle said about the normal range....that she doesn't have a uti. There will be a couple of days delay on getting ner back on Cytoxan anyway as Onco onlh gave me prescrp. for two weeks.....which, f course she inished Sat. and couldn't get vet check til todah and onco phone app. til toorrow! Then t will take two days for shipping Soooo she'll be off five or six days anyway....ugh....or yay...depending, huh?

Will the blood work clarify if it's anything. Seems likeif the sample is in the ormal range then I would't even vother with the needle bladder thing, right?

One more thing, do most oco. do the bladder culture before Cytoxan? Needless t say, mine didn't. What would we do without our Pam?? You have to stay here withus forever, okay??:-)

Hey "JUNIOR".....Thanks for putting this in the right spot:-) You're invaluable too!

Liz and Roo! Thanks for posting even though you have so much going on K,m pretty sure it's the senior peeing (that would be Bodi) a d, if anything, Hannah's sneaking over peeing withthe attitude, "if he can peein the huse, so can I". Whoever's doing it, they at least get up and do kt on the pee pad! think I'm being played over here! I'm the o ly o e going outside like a "good girl"!.....kiddng!

Pam, what would it take to have you move to Virginia and be Happy Hannah's Physician/Onco.? There is a HUGE need for some on of your knowledge here!

As usual, I didn't speak with onco but tech called me back and o co will be go e now til Mom.
Okay, if you'll just bear with me.....

The specific questions K left for the onco were these

Based on the free catch urinalysis with a 0 to 3 field and great blood work-up, can I star her o Cephalexan AND cotinue with the Cytoxan for another two weeks?
Also, do I continue with the Piroxicam regardless? With, or without either drug? If I do Luk., still do Piricam?

Or, can I switch to Luekeran with the antibiodic.

Is the cephalexin given REGARDLESEs of uti caused by Cytoxan or by bacteria

ALSO' my vet wasn't "co fortable doing the bladder needle thing on such a bid dog. Could you explain to tme the dangers, the accuracy, etc.
In the meantime, regardless of which chemo I go with, do I keep her on antibiodic?

Sooooo all those questio s left for the onco, culminated in ths:
This was the answer from vet tech.....

Stop Cytoxan........start Lukeran if I want to but will only do a week's supply as she would want more test then p,us xrays There are no studies o Luk. and more expensive and blah blah

OR Come in for that vladder needle thing and o from there

Sooooo my dear Pam......
She's been off carboplatin almost three months and on cytaxonn just two weeks It would be next week before I can do the needle thing So she's be off cytoxan over a week.

I knw I'm asking a lot of you but guess I'm still unclear AND I'm afraid of what cou go wrong with that needle thing? Of course, the answers K got had very little to do with the questions!

Your generosity and willingness to nelp us is so very appreciated!!

With so much gratitide, Hapy Hannah and I thank you!
I'm just not getting if this urunalysis thingis in the normal range and blood workmis all good whh have to take her off Cytoxan and d the needle thing before she'll give me a prescription

And, she only was given four carboplating as thismonco said a fidth wasn't necessary.. and she went to Cornell and four is all they did at Cornell!!

Thanks Jerry! Just now grabbed your hugs and shared 'em with Happy Hannah! They divided up exactly equally too! Did you plan it that way?

Thanks...and perfect timing.:-)

Lotta' love back to you!

Sally and hug loving Happy Hannah

No, Michelle, that was VERY informative and helpful? I feel reassured about the test from a "big dog's" perspective.

Let me ask you this....if the bladder tap shows caused by Cytoxin, of course they stop it....and do they STILL take the cephalexn or which ever antiviodic prescribed? Hannah's off it already because onco won't do another prescripyion......you saw the comments above avout Luekeran........"if" "I" want to,,etc.

If the bladder tap comes back okay, then they can co tinue the Cytoxin, right? Do they STILL take the antibiodic because the "free catch" showed bacteria?

If it's the "free catch" UTI, then ....okay....if I can phrase this right...-.--.she CAN take Cytoxan because the Cytoxan did not cause that?

Head spinning over here!!!

And may I present Dr. Michelle, DVM!! I computer crashing......million thanks.....really do mean it