Today we got the last of her stitches out! Now we can let her run around, give her a much needed bath, and even got a flea pill to start killing fleas in about 2 hours – which she DEFINATELY needs! Poor thing is full of them – which of course helped our indoor kitty also become friends with the flea population. Needless to say, horse pills do not go well even with peanut butter.
She’s been doing really well. Today marks 5 days post chemo session 1. No side effects so far *fingers crossed*. She’s been tired, which we expected. She saw the vet that did her surgery today and everybody gave her some lovin’s. Reeses even got to visit a kitty that lives at the vet office. Good story to share with the folks asking about the missing leg, and were all smiles seeing how well she is doing hearing she had it removed almost 4 weeks ago.
We’re proud of our little trooper, and hope she kicks this thing! cautious optimism as always, but, we hope she enjoys the rest of her time with us.
Next week may be a trip to the beach for the first time in years! We’ll see if she can handle the walk. Something we started doing with her last week for the first time with 3 legs. Gets tired and has to sit often, but, she is very excited to be out and about.
We’re proud of her too, this is terrific!
Just want to caution you, use care when applying flea meds right now. I’m not a vet, but I’ve read that when a dog has cancer, you should use discretion with flea medication. That’s because right now her immune system is weaker and too much use of toxic flea meds can wreak havoc on her ability to bounce back from the chemo sessions. You may want to talk to your oncologist about whether or not it’s OK to use them and find natural alternatives like cedar oil (see our Nutrition Blog).
Reeses, we’re so glad you’re getting out there aqnd being such a great ambassador.