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Hi,
Initially it was diagnosed as localized and after his seond chemo dose, his MRI showed great improvement in the lesions in his brain. Unfortunately, it was in giving him the third (and wrong dosage) that started a series of events that led him to (supposedly) needing a liver biopsy to determine why his liver enzymes and bile acids were so high. Mind you, he survived the dosage of chemo (mean't for a dog the size of a german shepherd) not eating for two weeks and tetering on the edge of death. The horrendous mistake led to extremely low white and red blood cell counts. I gave him daily injections of epogen and neupogen to increase those counts and that along with many visits to a holistic vet for nutritional, herbal and homeopathic support really turned him around and he was almost back to his old self. He continued to have weekly blood tests to monitor his values and it was during one of those results the end of June, that indicated that his liver was in trouble!! As I mentioned the biopsy didn't go well and he bled internally and had to be revived, transfused and put in an oxygen cage to recover. Since that time, he has deteriorated to the point where he lost alot of weight, the use of his hind legs and now this week, his front legs have grown weaker and he has been spitting saliva off and on, not eating or drinking off and on and generally looking "sick." This is a nightmare! |