Friday October 26 - vet visit and chemo

October 26 Friday Morning….... Pred and anti nausea. Only ½ 20mg tab pred..went out and he went over to Star and Danny’s house and went up on the porch looking for them or their dog Katie.. he didn’t want to come inside … came in and he ate a small can of evo. Left him w/ another can and dry food with jerky treats and went to work. Got home around 1pm to take him to the oncologist. The Ziwi Peak food arrived. He loves it. Gave him a couple of handfuls and put some in a bag with jerky treats to take to the vet. Got to the vet and he did not want to get out of the car. Took me a bit of coaxing to get him out. Went inside and he was a bit nervous, his leg was shaking a bit. The appt would take an hour and a half, so he had to go to the back alone w/ the tech : -( I left and went to sprouts to do some preparatory food shopping for the weekend. Got 2 loaves of Ezekiel hoping that toast will be a winner if he loses his appetite. On my way back and they called he was ready. Great timing. Went in and sat w/ him while I waited for Dr. Beaver. Oh… when they weighed him he had lost 5 lbs :- ( another unhappy face…. While waiting for her and he fell asleep/rested quietly on the floor. He was better than the last time he had the vincristine. The news from Dr. beaver wasn’t great, while she thought he seemed better, he was anemic and of course the weight loss. His liver was a bit enlarged, and his nodes a tiny bit bigger. She feels we backslid a bit with the last drug he had. Boo. She felt he did have a good response the last time to the vincristine, so hopefully this time he will too. He got in the car ok. Last time after the vincristine he couldn’t get in very well. We went to the pet store and got some various foods. The guy there was really nice and talked to me about some different high end foods. We got a few different origen sample bags, arcana and innova. Also canned evo. He ate a bit of cheese in the car. And then when we got home the dogs were out. He visited briefly. And we went in. He ate some more Ziwi Peak food. I started the burger in the crock pot and heated up burger from yesterday. Mixed it w/ rice and a multi vitamin, DHA spray and calcium supplement. He ate some and I saved the rest. He ended up eating the rest later. We also tried eggs – he ate a little and ½ a piece of toast. More Ziwi Peak – almost the whole sample bag (which is about 1 serving for him). And then later we went back out and visited w/ Amanda, Sasha and Sammy. He came in and ate some hamburger (1/4 cup maybe) and about ½ cup of the new innova. I hope he likes that – it’s a good food. He is now lying by the door. And its 10:12pm. I need to think about lying in my bed...