Caring for a Three Legged Dog or Cat
Tripawds is your home to learn how to care for a three legged dog or cat, with answers about dog leg amputation, and cat amputation recovery from many years of member experiences.
Join The Tripawds Community
Learn how to help three legged dogs and cats in the forums below. Browse and search as a guest or register for free and get full member benefits:
Instant post approval.
Private messages to members.
Subscribe to favorite topics.
Live Chat and much more!
Register
Log In
Members
Add Topic
Offline
Spencer finished his 15 weeks of chemo on 12/22 and then started the new chemo (this time carboplatin for the lung mets) on 1/6. We are now halfway through the carboplatin (6 treatments, one every 3 weeks). When this first started, the odds were so stacked against him even making it to the end of the treatment that I didn't ask what happens after. But now I'm optimistic again. Assuming the mets are still there (one can dream that they aren't, right 
), after that last treatment... what then? If he is still doing great like he is for now, I don't think I'll want to stop doing whatever we can to slow this down. At that point do we do a different chemo? Stop and just let what happens happen? (I'll ask in 2 weeks when we go in; but I'm just thinking about it now...)
I'd love any been there, done that advice from someone who's dog has finished the chemo for lung mets and still was doing great (as I"m hoping Spencer will be doing in 8 weeks).
Jac and Angel Spencer. Spencer was 5.25 years old. He fought a grade 3 fibrosarcoma, started on his shoulder. Left front leg amputated in August 2011. 15 weeks of chemo finished 12/22/11 (mytox and adria). Lung mets found on x-rays 12/28/11. Started carboplatin 1/6/12. Went to Heaven on 2/27/12. I miss him like crazy every day. See his blog here: http://spencer.tripawds.com/
Many onco docs are now recommending metronomic chemotherapy for dogs after successful completion of IV chemo. This at-home, affordable low dose chemo management protocol works well for many pups, and if you search our Forums you'll find lots of info about it. Ask your doc, I'm sure they can tell you if it's right or Spencer.
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
tripawds.com | tripawds.org | bemoredog.net | triday.pet
I asked this question of our vet (he is not an oncologist). Zeus is coming up on his fourth Carbo and he has one lung met. The next step is MP chemo.
Zeus was a Husky mix diagnosed with Osteosarcoma at age 11. A visible lung met and suspicious spot on his liver meant a poor prognosis-six weeks was our vet's best guess. We decided to fight for our boy and his right front leg was amputated on 12/1/11. We did six rounds of chemo, changed his diet and spoiled him completely rotten. We were blessed with 10 great months after diagnosis. Against the odds, the lung met remained a single met and grew very little over those months. A wonderful furbaby with the most gentle spirit, he fought with a strength that we never imagined he possessed. We have no regrets...
http://zeuspod......pawds.com/
Love that boy as long as you get the chance to... Weigh your options and decide what's best for Spencer, and know that it's the right thing to do.
 |
~ ~ Rio ~ ~ |
1 Guest(s)
