Day 1 --- Treatment 1

Today we started the battle royale of Neoplasene vs. TCC. Aussie went to the vet at 8am this morning for her first treatment. I called at noon and our vet said she did really well with the treatment. They kept her at the office all day long and kept her in a cage to prevent her from peeing. She stayed there until 6:30pm. The goal is to keep the medicine in the bladder for as long as possible. The first treatment is a diluted solution to get the bladder used to it. Throughout the course of the treatment, we will be building up her tolerance so that more and more powerful doses can be given to kill the tumor. She said that the tumor will be rotting over the next 5 weeks, so we need to prepare for some nasty, bloody, stinky urine to be coming from our sweet little angel. We are also preparing for the new flooring we will probably need as our carpet is being destroyed! It's all worth it, though.

She has peed 3 times since 6:30pm and I'm writing this at 10pm. She went once at the vet, and two times at home. The last time the pee was dark. It's not smelling any worse than normal urine right now. Aussie seems to be doing well. When I got home late this evening, she was asleep on the couch, belly up, resting comfortably. Right now, she is chewing on a bone. We think overall, this has been a successful day.

BREAKFAST/DINNER
Today’s special was turkey with brussel sprouts and yellow squash.

EXERCISE
None today, unless you count the bone chewing she is doing right now. Weather is horrible and cold. We are letting her rest. Tomorrow we will do a short walk.

WEIGHT
38.5lbs --- this tends to be lower on our scale at home vs. what we see at our vet’s office. It makes sense because I bought that scale because I weighed the least on it when I was testing…

MEDICINE
Wei Qi booster and Dok’s formula teapills & Thyroxine for her low thyroidism, and Neoplasene orally. Normally she is on 9 different medications, so this is a nice change to not pull out a medicine cabinet when it’s time to feed her. For the past few months, it has felt like we’re running a retirement home for pups.

Addendum: She also was given oral neoplasene with dinner.

That's it for the first day.