Just a quick update on Emily. She's doing really, really well. Great appetite, tired but playful and cheery. Last week at the vets she was the real Em, all over the place, interested in everything, the vet tech (who is also named Emily!) had to chase her around the vet office to get the IV out of her. She tires quickly but when she's going she really gives 'er!
Currently she snuggled up in my lap while her beef cooks for her meals. We're 2 days late getting her chemo this week due to a late delivery of the drug to the vets. It's the nasty Doxirubicin. I've got her as well fortified as I possibly can. She's eating the cooked ND diet sprinkled on her meals which are full of protein in the form of meat and yogurt, as well as eggs with a little garlic, turmeric, cabbage, broccoli, spinach, peppers (veggies well cooked so the canine gut can digest it!) and supplements of FortiFlora (a vet product that has the optimal probiotics for dogs), arginine, glutamine, gloucosamine, digestive enzyme and her daily multivitamin. I'm making sure she get 2 - 4 ounces of organ meat a day. It's full of iron and other nutrients that are good for blood development. Her white blood cell count was a little low last time. I also make sure she gets some of her cabbage juice to help fortify the gut. She's also getting some pumpkin, just a tablespoon, once a day to help keep her bowels functioning well. After she is well over any side effects from the Duxirubicin I'll put the pumpkin on hold as it's high in sugars/carbs. It's a bit of an experiment at this point... I'll do an update of her diet as a blog post in the near future.
Emily's eating has changed as she's gone through treatment. One thing I do is keep everything separate and labeled with the date cooked. That way if she's off one thing I'm not worried about wasting a whole pile of food or giving it to Ollie who doesn't need it. If she's off something I can freeze it to keep it until she is back to her full appetite.
Things have gotten so much easier. Thank goodness!
Feeling secure that I've made the right choice for Ms Em,
CJ, Emily and Ollie
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