I'm sorry Ollie is having a rough go of it ... Did they give him a shot of anti-nausea before you left? Shelby got that or it was in the chemo treatment but that did help. And we also had cerenia. I would call your oncologist and ask them. 

Poor guy... if you can get the cerenia in ... it should help but I would definitely check w/your oncologist. 

He also might be tired. It's exhausting on them... and while the licking is indeed a sign of nausea he might just want to sleep.

Another thing  - shelby got super picky about what she would eat ON - she would only eat on my china after her treatments (she had metal bowls) so maybe try that? 

Good luck!!! hopefully others will weigh-in. BTW - if I havent' said this before, I love his ears!!! 

Alison with Spirit Shelby in her heart 

We went through about 3 weeks of nauseau with Ellie post amp (but pre-chemo) so I totally get where you're coming from. We knew Ellie wasn't in pain, but she was obviously feeling just rotten and it was just wrenching for us not to be able to make her feel better. She was miserable and it made us miserable. The thing that got Ellie eating again (once we got the Cerenia) was uncooked egg noodles! Bill kept objecting because they were so "hard" but she'd eat a whole handful and I wasn't going to stop her. 

After our experience, we gave Ellie sub-q fluids and a Cerenia injection at the vet and followed up with Cerenia 4 days at home for each chemo round. Her appetite would dip, but she never got like she was right after the amp. The vet will probably reduce the dose for the next round based on Ollie's reaction (that is what happened for Ellie), so the next round will be better too.

Another thing to try is to take Ollie for fluids. It is just supportive care, but the vet said it can often just make them feel a lot better. 

Good luck,

Bill, Denise and Ellie.

Hi Karen,

So sorry your Ollie is having difficulty with chemo......I am starting to believe more pups than not have a certain degree of problems with it.

My Polly had an extremely difficult time with chemo, specifically the doxorubicin. I was able to pinpoint with accuracy after two months of her ending up at the vet E.R., that her symptoms started 36 hours after her chemo. She also received i.v. fluids, injectable Cerenia, and pepcid, mirtazapine to stimulate her appetite, and metronidazole for her diarrhea, and a bland diet when we could finally get her to eat again, which took about 3 days or so. We ultimately had to give Cerenia pills and metoclopramide pills in conjunction with each other,  and continue the pepcid, mirtazapine, and metronidazole, and bland diet for about 4-5 days after chemo. We were able to manage her excessive vomiting, diarrhea, and dehydration very well. She also lost about 60% of her fur, which is also very unusual for dogs but it all grew back eventually.

Hope my story helps you out a little..... the one thing we realized is we needed to head off the oncoming symptoms and not wait till they presented themselves, it is much easier to give pills and such when our pups are still feeling fine and have their usual great appetite. 

You and Ollie's vet can work together to make things very comfortable for him, and continue chemo. That was another thing that crossed our minds....if we couldn't get Polly managed during chemo, we would have had to stop. Once we did get her managed, she was able to complete 6 rounds of i.v. chemo, and 6 rounds of home chemo with cyclophosphamide. I also very much felt the way you do about amp and chemo giving Polly the best possible chance to have a longer, quality life.

I am positive you will be able to get Ollie managed and continue with chemo, and let us know how things are going for him.

Bonnie, Angel Polly, and new crew