Emily and Prednisone - UGH!

Time for an update as we venture on this journey.  Emily has been through 2 chemo treatments and heads in tomorrow for her third.  In the meantime she's been on prednisone and I have to say I'm not a fan.  This drug has left her moody, thirsty, ravenously hungry, unsteady.  Bottom line, she's not my Emily.  Her hind end doesn't seem to listen to her requests.  Emily has a stuffed duck that she's had since she was a puppy.  She loves this duck and takes it for a walk daily, trotting around, tossing it as it hangs from her mouth.  Well, she used to.  She hasn't touched her duck in weeks.  And when she's not walking her duck, she's got a ball in her mouth.  Something else she hasn't done in a while. 

Currently she is lying by my feet, whining under her breath.  She's looking for more food.  I had read on-line that dogs on prednisone can experience such an increase in appetite that they'll eat anything.  At this point we're avoiding leaving her alone.  Luckily that we are in a situation where we can do that.  I don't know what I'd do if I had to leave her all day. 

These are the days when you wonder about quality of life and if we're doing the right thing.  She's not a happy girl but tomorrow her prednisone gets reduced yet again.  If we can just hang on until that she comes off that drug, another 2 weeks.  Perhaps then we'll see the old Emily again.

And then last night Ollie threw up on my bed. As luck would have it I have a bed pad on the bed and he hit is squarely.  One of the first things I read about the prednisone was that it was likely Emily would have urine accidents.  She has, on the bed but again I was prepared with the bed pad.  I'm sure the only reason Ollie puked was because he's getting a lot of the new various treats Emily is getting and it's just too much on his system.  We have to watch the increase in fish oils and good fats.  Emily needs them to fight/starve the cancer cells but Ollie could get irritated/pancreatitis.  As though I don't already worry about Ollie getting exposed to Emily's toxic, cancer causing output (pee, poo, puke) after she has her chemo treatments... 

Just trying to hang in there...