Irma, Take Shata to the vet. With a cancer pup you can't take chances. Lesley My Forever Angel Misty (Golden Retriever - 5/3/1999 - 8/10/2006, dx HSA...
Irma, It's always best to be on the safe side and get Shata to the vet for evaluation. Even safer would be to avoid places where Shata has a higher risk of...
Rosemary, Thank you. Shata has a vet appointment this evening. Yes, you are right. Even though she loves going to daycare and playdate. I need to start...
Hi Lesley, I just got back from the vet and Shata has a respiratory infection. She was given antibiotics and I hope that does not cause any harm. Irma ... ...
Hi Rosemary, I just returned from the vets office and Shata has a respiratory infection. The vet also told me that I have be more selective where I take her....
Irma, Sorry Shata has a respiratory infection but glad they are able to treat it with antibiotics. The antibiotics won't cause any harm. Take care & give...
Thanks Lesley, I was just doing a google search on whether the antibiotics would affect her.Thanks for the info. Do you know if hemogiosarcoma causes any kind...
Hi Irma, i have done a lot of looking after losing my dog 2 months ago to a bleed into the pericardium; Have you checked into Smith Ridge Vet Ctr, started by...
Irma, you can get alot of info @: http://modianolab.org/cancer/cancer_hemangiosarcoma.shtml There's even a link for Oncologists, if you have not yet found one....
Hi all - we traveled to Texas A&M yesterday for Maggie's first consult with an oncologist. All went well. The oncologist was very knowledgeable about...
Kristin, The oncologist has recommended much the same treatment as my Dylan had. He did very well with it and over 10 months later is still fine. I know that...
Hi Kristin, Mali got 5 rounds of Doxorubicin (also known as Adriamycin) every 2 weeks. On chemo day we gave her Reglan for nausea and Flagyl for dairrhea,...
Kristin, That's great. Please keep us posted. All the best to you and Maggie. We'll be thinking of you. Rosemary and Ginger Ginger, 13 1/2 y/o yellow lab dx...
She is currently taking 175 mg of milk thistle daily, 30 mg of CoQ10, 500 mg of IP-6, and an adult multi-vitamin. The Yunnan Paiyao I ordered for her should...
Thanks. Looks interesting. I give Cody liquid oxygen right now. Is this similar to the Ozone therapy you are giving? Is it a liquid you give orally? Thanks for...
Kristin, I'm so glad to hear this report about Maggie. I wish you well with her. And please do have the ultrasound done. It is important in the overall...
No, not a liquid. They inject under the skin ozone in saline (about 200mL) and then ozone in a large syringe through the rectum. No pain, Van Gogh just has...
Hi Kristin, I am so happy that everything is working out for Maggie. I have been that position and both Shata and I wish Maggie lots of good health during her...
Hi, some Oncs may not want a dog on a raw diet during chemo because: "Suppression of the bone marrow by chemotherapeutic drugs may cause a drop in the white...
Basically she said that a dog without a spleen has a compromised immune system, and that the bacteria in raw meat could be harder for their systems to handle...
... Do you think the immune suppression remains high months after the heavy duty chemos? How is it affected by the low dose chemo? Should I always be ...
I cook Shata's meals. Her vet said to never give her raw meat. So I boil her chicken breast. Vets still call this raw diet. Thanks for the info. Irma ...
Marty, I can't answer medically; but from what I've read, Mali being without a spleen and being on weekly (low dose) chemo, she has a compromised immune...
Ilene, Thanks for your response. While I know you can't answer medically, I value your opinion as you're so well read, and have a lot more experience with ...
I second that comment on the raw diet. Koa's on a raw diet, but he's been on one for the past 9 years. There's lots of bacteria in raw meat that, once a dog is...
Marty - I picked up a bag of Evo last night for Maggie, as well as some canned EVO. She loved it! I mixed in some cottage cheese as well as her supplements,...
Emily, have you been spying on my Lab? Mali never met a man she didn't lick...or a meal that didn't take 10 seconds to swallow. Fortunately this "inhalation"...
One thing I did for Mali was to give her cooked chicken livers for 5 days starting on chemo day to help with any chemo anemia. Not sure if it helped, but she...
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