doggy update

Buzz is ok. He had his iv chemo (vincristine) on Wednesday. He had to be coaxed, just a little, to eat his breakfast this morning (and he left a little of his 10pm yogurt in the dish, last night). But for a cancer dog who just got chemo, he's doing well. (Metoclopramide/reglan before breakfast and before supper and just before bed.)

If he follows the pattern he's followed in the past, he should be back to "just fine" in a few days. We'll hope for that.


Today was Wilbur's turn to go to the vet. He has been pretty congested for most of a year. He coughs, a little (4-6 times a day?). He sneezes. He reverse-sneezes. He snorts out great gouts of snot.

But he's cheerful and lively and smiley and waggy and eats well. He feels ok, aside from being all congested.

He has been at the vet multiple times for this, and is on antihistamines.

Today they took xrays, to see if his lungs look like he ought to be on steroids. The conclusion is that he does not need them at this point, anyway.

But we learned he's been shot. Metal on one of his rear ribs. :-( People suck......

He was stray for the first year of his life, as far as we know. What happened to him during that year we don't know, but we do know that he keeps his own council as to what is safe and what isn't. He is much less likely than any other dog I've ever known to take my word for it that a situation is ok. And no wonder, I guess. :-(

So the basic "news" is that we'll keep on doing what we have been doing (hydroxyzine), and will try mucinex or something similar, to see if it helps.

And I have a note from his doctor that he is not contagious! :-)