Thursday October 25th update

25 Oct I got up at 7:10 and gave anti nausea and pred. Went outside and he saw Sasha briefly. Ernie defecated right in front of Dannys house! This isn't really like him .. but it was solid stool, so yay. win! It's the little things right now. We came back in and I laid down on the bed for a few minutes. I was so tired today. Up at 8:45am. Breakfast was a small can of evo. Then tried more and he ate it so tried to add turmeric and 1 capsule ground calcium. No go on that one. Showered. He was in a funk today. Tossed the tennis ball around the house and he liked that ☺ off to work …. Left some dry food and jerky (wellness turkey). Home around 6:30 or 7? Dogs went out. Charlotte peed/ ernied 1 and 2. Solid. Went in and he had defecated on the floor in the dining room in the afternoon while I was gone. But it was a solid, good stool. So boo for poo in the house, win for solid stool. Started cooking up hamburger, and when it was almost done I put frozen Trader Joes green beans on top to cook. Started cooking broccoli and washing kale. Gave him about ½ cup rice w/ broccoli and hamburger and 3 pumps of DHA. He loved it. Gave more … had two of the paper bowls full. He doesn't seem to want to eat out of his dog bowl, so I tried paper bowls and he seems to like that. I know weird. But cancer is weird. Made more w/ turmeric and fish oil. No go.. saved it for later. Also added some of the evo from this morning. Went for a walk about 9:30. Just short maybe 20 minutes. Came home and he was hungry. Tried the beef/green bean/evo and fish oil mix (3 capsules) and it was a go – but had to hand feed and then he finished the rest. Tried some tripe. Nose turned up. I think he remembers how sick he got the last time he ate it post viniscrine chemo. :- ( tried some holistic brand duck caviar mixed w/ some evo – and that was a go. Maybe 1/3 of a large can of evo w/ only a spoonful of the caviar. He is resting now….. tomorrow is chemo. Nervous. Also his dose of pred goes to 20 mg/day instead of 40mg/day. I hope he keeps his appetite. That is my big worry right now. I have broccoli, green beans and hamburger cooked in the fridge. Also have some blue buffalo and beef liver too – but he turned his nose up at that .. OH I should get some Ezekiel bread – he seems to always want that … and I could give him that w/ eggs if all else fails. Or we can always try the mcdonals hamburgers I spose. But I really like that he is eating so well right now. Can’t believe its been 22 days since dx. And 21 since day one of chemo. I need to fill in my blanks in my writing. 11:24pm… he has been restless tonight.. and also did this last night. Wandering in and out of rooms looking for something. I think he is looking for food or maybe cardboard or paper :0) anyways… he just settled at the door. I am so happy that I have the screen door for him to look out of and smell smells and get fresh air. He really loves to lay there. Went out for a quick pee. He came in and decided he wanted to play w/ his ball. So we played for about 15 or 20 minutes inside. And then I needed to think about heading to bed. Went to bed, but heard him rummaging around and got up and he was eating paper again!! Gave him some treats and more hamburger. Went back to bed and he finally settled down to sleep.