GREAT NEWS! Raven's bone marrow came back clear of cancer along with her blood test, so her marrow and blood are still very much cancer free YAY!
She is lying at my feet on her favourite Snooza Pet Futon, feeling very drowsy and tired but contented to be home. The other two youngsters Cypher and Spryte are sniffing at the door wondering what's going on but Raven deserves some peace and quiet right now.
The nurse who discharged her, Amy, gave us two lots of drugs to take with us just in case. One is if she has some mild nausea and the other is for more serious vomiting. She said 1 in 5 dogs will show some side effects but it is not very common at all. Her first drug in her chemo treatment was Vincristine and they inject it via a catheter. All her treatments will be via a catheter due to the risk of even a tiny drop not going where it should. She will go back next Monday for her 2nd treatment. She goes once a week for four weeks then one week off. This continues for 16 treatments. So far so good. I will see if she is interested in food tonight and give her a half or quarter meal. But other than giving her time to sleep off the sedation effects of her marrow test and ensuring she can let me know when she needs to go outside or have a drink there is not a lot more that I can be doing right now. We will know within 4 days whether or not she tolerates this drug well as the nurse said it can take up to 4 days for any side effects to develop. We've got the first win done so hopefully this second one will happen as well.
Monday, May 14, 2007
First Win Under Her Belt
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4 comments:
Good news for Raven! Suddenly my bar knocking problems don't seem that important anymore ... :-(
Heather and All
www.BrisbeeTheWhite.com
That is great news.
-ellen
Simone,
I hadn't read your blog in a little while and I was stunned to read about all of this going on for Raven and your family. It is so difficult to know what to do; in some ways having too many options is almost worse than only having a couple. With our Mr. Peabody it was so difficult to know what was the "best" thing to do. I'm glad to hear Raven is doing well. I hope she tolerates her treatments well and you are all celebrating her complete recovery soon.
Best Regards,
Steve
Hi Simone,
Sorry to have read this - great that she at least had a bit of good news on Monday and I hope she responds well to the treatment without to many hassles.
Sally and Ness
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