Today was Emily's fourth chemo treatment and it was the most dangerous one in the protocol, Doxirubicon. She could have had an allergic reaction, her pee will be orange or red for the next couple of days and, most importantly, this one can cause heart damage. There is a limit to what she can have over her lifetime and it has to be tracked. This was one of the reasons why I was so eager to get Emily on the L-Arginine supplement. It's good for cardiac health. She did fine. They gave her benadryl to manage any possible allergic reaction which she seems to NOT have. So that's good. We are just watching for a cough.
We also came up with a possible recourse to deal with the nausea. She has a post chemo anti nausea pill that she gets 24 hours after her treatment. If she's showing signs of nausea the next day I can give her an additional pill! I love a plan.
While Emily got her treatment and Nanny hung out with her at the vets (Emily is a serious Nanny's girl). I took Ollie, who Nanny can't console at all when he want to be with his Momma, to the park for a big walk. It was really nice to spend some time with him outside of Emily's cancer.
Emily was in excellent spirits when we got to the vets. She was cheerful, energetic and very social. It's hard to pump poison in her system when she's feeling so well. Big picture, trying to focus on the big picture. This evening she's just tired. And her Prednisone came down again so hopefully that will help again with a decrease in her appetite (She's still really whiny but only at one point during the day) and help with her steadiness. She's also been panting a lot. We're watching that.
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