I will ask about milk thistle. I think he needs time more than anything. He slept through the night. Poop this morning was a *little* more solid so I'm hopeful there. Again, the only thing he's on is the immodium. He ate plain chicken breast last night, but we didn't have any thawed this morning, and he turned down a couple of other things, so we'll be sure to cook him up some more tonight. He will, with a little coaxing, eat peanut butter off the spoon, and that is how we've gotten the immodium down, which is good - no fighting. He seems less "out of it" this morning. Still tired, but that's understandable. He crated himself this morning, because he's such a good boy (I hadn't even asked him yet), and I couldn't even reward him with a treat, because he won't eat them! So he just got lots of praise.

On appetite, I've heard that chemo can just mess with your taste buds generally - separate from something like a nausea-induced lack of appetite. If we crinkle the treat bags in the kitchen he perks up like he's really interested, but if you bring him the actual treat, he looks disappointed, and then turns away. Hopefully he'll eat the chicken breast again, but we're going to get a few other "bland" food options to try, just to see if we can find something he likes.

I have a confession to make. I offered it to him last night heated up, in little pieces off of a toothpick. After he'd been through about half, he finished the rest in the bowl. The things we do for our pets, right? 🙂

His CBC and kidney values were perfect Thursday before chemo, so they haven't been inclined to check again so soon, but I'm sure they will if it continues too long. That's a good question. If he's really not any better tomorrow, I will probably take him in, and I assume they'd run those at that point.

The Ondansetron did not work this go-round (and actually caused, er, incontinence, which when combined with diarrhea is a little messy), even in combination with Cerenia and another anti-nausea. He didn't eat any chicken this morning. The little bit of poop he had was not diarrhea so that is indeed good. 

The pain last night did seem to be his back, just the way he was tense and held his back, and flinched if you touched it. 

"Dog walker" is an ambitious title. He's really a dog sitter. He comes to hang with him for an hour, and takes him out (the short distance) to the front yard to pee/poop twice. And gives him any meds he might need then. 

I'm waiting to hear what the onco says, about whether to come in, etc. I'm having some issues between my family vet and oncologist not necessarily being on the same page with his treatment. I'm not trying to pit them against each other, I'm trying to have a unified plan for his health, but it's not necessarily working. 

Anyway, I will update if there are any improvements. Thanks as always for the support, everyone.