Second Day Post Radiation & Chemo Treatment

Max had another great night of sleep last night! He woke up around 5:30am and we snuggled on the recliner in the living room until breakfast. He definitely (and thankfully) has his appetite still and he had his Paradigm along with the last of the ground turkey for breakfast. He gobb-gobb-gobbled that all up and then it was time to see if his diarrhea had subsided.... and..... IT DID! Wahoo!!! Hard poopies for Maxie! It is something we continue to celebrate when Max has good poopies! :)

Today he has been peeing fine and the rest of the day he had great poopy (I know you want to know this stuff ;). With this type of cancer and his treatments, the bathroom breaks are something that need monitored and celebrated. I should be able to take him off his anti-diarrheal medication after tomorrow if he still has good poopy so I am hoping that is the case bc he's on several diff. meds right now and I don't like giving him so much.

He isn't straining to pee too much (a good first pee) and then he walks around the yard and squirts a little here and there. There has not been any blood in his urine which is fantastic and he isn't straining too much to poopy at this point either. Day 4 & 5 after his treatment can be difficult from a straining standpoint, so we will be really watching him Thursday (tomorrow) and Friday.

He was less tired today than Monday night and all day Tuesday. He took an afternoon siesta after dinner around 4:30p but he was up and about all day today following me from room to room like he always does. He didn't want to play with toys but would watch Sammy play, but he wasn't super sleepy which I was happy to see.

Here is Sammy. He fell asleep playing with a toy with his head stuffed between pillows. :)

We had an interesting morning bc I went to wipe off Max's feet this morning and noticed something hard in between his paw pads on his left foot and sure enough - it was gum! I wrote a blog post about it already so I won't go into details but thankfully we were able to get it out easily for him. It's always something. :)

Max had another snackity snack tonight around 8pm (green beans, kibble, and fruit) and then we will keep monitoring him to see how he does the next few days. We have a professional photographer coming here Friday late morning to take pics of the dogs and all of us together so I am hoping he feels well enough for that. It will be good to get a few treatments under our belt just so we can know what to expect. So far so good.

Please keep praying for his white blood cells. They will get checked again on Monday to ensure they aren't too low. If they are, we will just adjust his chemo dosage and schedule but we are really hoping he is tolerating everything well.

Thank you for your continued prayers, love, and support! We love you all!

PS For Max's last potty break tonight, he chased another rabbit at FULL SPEED and then raced me back in the house. :) He had a great day today and is acting pretty much normal again. It makes my heart so happy. Embracing this great day!

xoxoxo,
Brenda, Colin, Max, and Sammy Lammington