Murphy came home on both Gabapentin & Tramadol.  You don't have to give one or the other - give one, then a few hours later, give the other - that way he has a more adequate coverage.  If he has some medication in his system every couple of hours, it's better than every 8 hours.  Murphy also had Rimadyl, which is similar to Motrin for us.  So he definitely had something in his system every couple of hours.  As well as massage & ice packs.  We gave medications for about 2 weeks, weaning down during the 2nd week - although some dogs need medications into the 3rd week or even longer.

Donna

At day 11 (I guess 12 now), you can probably leave him alone for periods of time, if, of course, he is not bothering his incision and in a reasonably confined area.  I think I left Otis alone for the first time since n day 10, for just an hour.  He was fine, and it gave me the courage to return to a more normal lifestyle, with someone just letting them out midday.

We did four rounds of carboplatin.  For each round, he slept the entire day of.  Round 1 we had 1 bout of explosive diarrhea (outside).  They should give you great meds for both diarrhea and nausea.  By round 2, I started feeding boiled chicken breast and white rice day of and two to three days after chemo.  We had squishy poo with two of the other rounds.  I immediately gave the metronidazole, and it cleared up.  We also had nausea, evidenced by excessively be lip licking and drooling.  Cerenia, another med they will give you, handled that.   Some folks used the Cerenia in a precautionary manner, giving it day of and for a couple of days after chemo.   The onco also put Otis on Pepcid AC for indigestion.  Although I was really glad when it was over and he was 100% himself again, there were no symptoms so severe that I thought about stopping chemo.  (And stopping is always an option if you feel he isn't tolerating it well).  All dogs are different, but many dogs have mild or no symptoms.  Some, unfortunately, have a more difficult time.  He will have a blood test at least before each chemo, and we were told to bring him in for a blood test if we noticed lethargy or extreme symptoms around days 7 - 10.  We never had to.

Whille going through chemo, his immune system will be suppressed.  We were told to keep him away from dog parks and non-family dogs during chemo.