Jezibel and Taz
Taz had his ultrasound yesterday. We dropped him off at 10:30am. Sometime around 5:00pm we called just to see if he was ready. They told us to come get him in an hour. They had looked at his ultrasound and had seen some stray cells which they wanted to aspirate and test. The cells were not in his intestines.
We went to pick Taz up about 6:30pm. Since it was time for his Prednisolone pill, we brought them with us and asked Tazzy's favorite tech, Adin, to give it to him, which he did. Then Adin showed us how he gave pills and of course used Tazzy as a prop. Taz was in his kennel and we went into one of the exam rooms with Adin. Adin pulled Taz out of the kennel, the whole time saying "Sorry, to do this to you buddy, it's Uncle Adin and your parents........" But, Taz was the perfect patient for the show and tell. Then Adin gave Taz a big kiss on his mouth! I told him he was worse than me. I just kiss Taz on the head. I think Adin is very fond of Taz. I don't know how he could help but get attached to these little creatures that come in to be treated so often.
Today we received a call from Dr. Phillips about 3:00pm. Yes, the ultrasound shows lymphoma, so apparently the protocol of drugs we were using is not working. Taz in now relapsing. Dr. Phillips wanted to get him started today on another drug which is called Lomustine. It is in 10mg capsule form and given every three weeks. "Lomustine is used commonly and considered efficacious in rescue protocols for relapsed canine lymphoma.....Lomustine also is used in relapsing lymphosarcoma in cats. "
We got him to VSH at 5:00pm. Adin came and took him back to give him the new chemo treatment. We were on our way home at 6:00pm. We take Taz back on October 4 for an exam and if all is well, we will take him back in about 3 weeks from today for another Lomustine pill.
We don't know how he is going to do with this new medication, but we should know in just a couple of weeks. As usual we monitor for lethargy, nausea, worsening of appetite, diarrhea, or vomiting.
Dr. Phillips had asked us to give Taz a Cerenia (for nausea) before bringing him to VSH. It is usually given a half hour before so it will help keep him from feeling sick after the pill. We tried the technique to give Taz a pill that Adin had showed us.....and it worked like a charm. I just wish we'd known that before. All this time we've been torturing Taz and ourselves, using the pill popper. He hated that so much. He can see a pen in my hand and he gags!
More later........
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