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Ha, Yes, I do mean Probiotics. Thank you for the info and direct links to more information.
I have never been on a forum before and I'm loving it. I appreciate everyone taking the time to give me so much great information and I love seeing all these pictures of all your beautiful babies The Vet knows by now when I ask a question, I normally follow up with, "they said on the forum". He called today to check on Jasmine and that meant alot to me. He has been working directly with OSU and is finding out the best things to do for Jasmine.
Katy, I'm going to mention your experience with the antibiotics to the Vet. Thank you!
I am so encouraged by your comments and it makes me less stressed for Jasmine!
All for the love of Jasmine because every moment matters,
Sherry
My dog (2 days post-op) was undergoing chemo for lymphoma when his osteosarcoma was found. He developed an abscess at the site of his lymph node biopsy and was started on antibiotics, which treated the infection really well but I noticed that he was having some diarrhea. I started him on people probiotics because there are a LOT more & varied cultures in the human ones than the overpriced pet varieties. The diarrhea went away in one day after starting them. I compared ingredients carefully to be sure there were no additives, but I firmly believe that anyone, pet or human, benefits from probiotics to overcome the effect of antibiotics killing off many of the beneficial gut flora.
Anyway, I don't think probiotics would have an effect on nausea but they certainly help digestion & can't hurt.
We give them to horses that are hard to keep weight on as well, because they help them digest more effectively.
Good luck! 
When our Cassie had her first chemo (Carbo 260mg/m2), her onco prescribed Metoclopramide (10mg) for decreased appetite or nausea, and Metronidazole (500mg) for diarrhea. Because we were in a similar situation of leaving her alone all day by herself, we decided to take precautionary measure and give her the nausea medication (but not diarrhea pill) from Day 3 through Day 8. This was recommended by her onco as an option, and Cassie did not have any sign of fatigue, nausea or diarrhea.
Cassie just went through her second round of chemo (Carbo 280mg/m2) 3 days ago, and she did throw up once about 1.5 days after the procedure, though we don't know if it was from chemo or eating grass (she's done that before). Today being her Day 3, we started her on Metoclopramide (1 pill every 12 hours with meal) again, and so far she is full of spunk and lots of appetite.
Cassie's onco seems to take a more conservative approach in that she started chemo at a relatively low dosage and increased it for the second round after seeing that Cassie tolerated the first round well. Same with metronomics . She has prescribed Cassie with Lukeran (4.2mg), which seems to be one of the less toxic type of LDCs being tried by various onco vets. Her position is that quality of Cassie's daily life hereon forward is very important, so stronger/higher dose chemo should only be used if tolerated and necessary. If Cassie showed any sign of side effects or loss of WBC, then she'd reduce the dosage for the next round or stop it all together. In between the rounds, Cassie is having blood work (CBC) done at her local vet every week to track change in her blood composition.
My point is, if Jasmine has reaction to chemo, you can always talk to your onco to have the protocol reviewed and/or changed. I think the same applies on the flip side, say, if you are concerned about higher probability of cancer moving to lymph node or lungs, you can insist on stronger chemo protocol. The most important thing to remember is NOTHING is written in stone.
Your Jasimine is such a cutie - wishing you and Jasmine side-effect free chemos in the months ahead!
Mire, Cassie's mom
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