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seapee wrote:
It's been a year already
Hard to believe but we've now got to 1 year since Orinoco's amputation. Since then he's had 12 rounds of carboplatin and now on metronomic therapy at home. He happily goes to hydrotherapy every week and seems not to have noticed that he's missing a (More) |
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ourtwomalamutes wrote:
They're everywhere
Driving through town this morning and I saw another Tripawd . It was a brown lab or something like that with a rear amp, I tried to pull over in the next driveway but someone did a Cali' lane change in front of me and I lost my cheese. By the time I (More) |
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ourtwomalamutes wrote:
Round Two
Mya had her second round of Carboplatin on Wed 21st. She had a slight drop in white blood cell count on second fallow up visit Fri 16th. for blood work but it had returned to normal by the Wed appointment. She had been licking her shaved spot and irr (More) |
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teri wrote:
The New Normal
It's shameful how long it's been since I've posted. Mostly it's a sign that things are going well so there's that. I've dropped from worrying about Isa daily to every other day, so life has crept back in to distract me. Oh, and impending house guests (More) |
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ourtwomalamutes wrote:
first day of Chemo
We just got home from Can West Vetrinary , Mya had her first Carboplatin session today, IV in the right rear leg. Her bladder infection has almost cleared up. She still has a week of antibiotics to take along with the antinausia meds daily. We have (More) |
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beisner wrote:
Post surgery and two carbo treatments....Paladia?
Well, Scooter gained back all his weight and was doing pretty well with his first two treatments - Although his white cells dropped and he needed to go on antibiotics both times - they did eventually come back up. This week he was due for his thir (More) |
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ourtwomalamutes wrote:
19 Sunny Days
The last few months we've weathered the storm it seems, but Mya's smiley face brings the sunshine. 19 days today and she got the staples out last Thursday (day16) at the oncology appointment. They shaved a bit near the incision and cleaned the area, (More) |
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eider515 wrote:
Wow! An update!
Eider loves laying out in the grass on sunny Saturdays! So, I know it's been awhile since we've posted, but we have been just enjoying the hot summer here. All is well with Eider. (yay!) After the 1st carboplatin, it was discovered that his wh (More) |
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teri wrote:
Update
Four trips to the vet in three days - and he's not exactly conveniently located. Sheesh! They kept her overnight Monday night to continue the warm compresses and it really does seem to have helped. Because clever, stubborn, naughty girl that she i (More) |
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leiahmal wrote:
Anyone in Colorado?
Been researching my oncology/surgery options here on the front range in Colorado. I'm north of Denver. I cannot get into CSU (Fort Collins) for a few weeks. I've already been to in to see the oncologist at Aspen Meadows in Longmont. I'm leaning towar (More) |