Luna had her first dose of Tanovea today.
She is WIPED OUT.
Next dose is in three weeks, five doses total if she does well.
Good night Luna. Sweet dreams sweet girl.
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It is difficult to write about Luna right now because lately we have all been a little bit apprehensive.
But you have been with us through it all, and I don’t want you to miss this chapter just because it is a scary one.
Luna is still the dorky, goofy, fun dog she has always been. Right now she is demanding canned food from Russ. (Update: He caved.)
In December, Dr. Krapfl did an abdominal ultrasound on Luna and found irregularities in her spleen. He did a recheck ultrasound in January, and her spleen was even more abnormal. We did blood work, including a clotting profile (tests to make sure Luna is able to stop bleeding in a normal amount of time), to assure the next procedure would be as safe as possible.
Dr. Clemans did an aspirate (small sampling of cells) of her spleen.
The cancer is back.
Luna doesn’t know. Please don’t tell her!
We restarted chemotherapy last Wednesday. Her next dose is tomorrow.
Luna is also on Lasix.
“Why Lasix?” I asked Julie at VCA MidWest Vet. “I don’t know,” she said. “I will find out.”
The purpose of the Lasix is to prevent hemorrhagic cystitis - bleeding into the urinary bladder. It is new since we did chemotherapy last time, and Dr. Clemans has added it to her protocol.
I hung up with Julie and yelled at Russ, “Dr. Clemans is practicing cutting edge medicine! CUTTING EDGE!” After a few minutes, he said, “so…cutting edge, huh?” and went back to reading. He was, I am sure, quietly impressed.
Between Dr. Krapfl and Kelly and everyone at Gentle Doctor and Dr. Clemans and her team at VCA MidWest Vet, and all of you praying and cheering her on…this little dog has a great team surrounding her. Beautiful things are bound to continue happening.
Luna Lovegood - Chapter 9 - In Which the Small Dog Gets Her Energy Back
Sunday, December 17, 2017
With Dr. Clemans' blessing, we started prednisone early. It is part of the chemotherapy protocol, but started too soon can interfere with the rest of chemotherapy's effectiveness.
Luna was becoming pretty mopey and was unable to jump onto the bed or the couch. Now she can do both again.
I have to admit, this picture was taken a good half year before Luna's cancer diagnosis.
It was a small risk to take, but a risk nonetheless. I am happy she is happy. I expect there will be many of such quality of life decisions to make over the next several weeks.
ONE YEAR AGO
TWO YEARS AGO