Vincristine injection number 7 and urine sample

Jazz has been off his food more than ever in the last couple of weeks. I can't remember the last time he emptied his food bowl, so I wasn't surprised on Monday when he went for his blood test and I weighed him at only 21.8kg.

On Thursday evening we saw Fiona for his 3-weekly jab, and he was down even more to 21.55kg. I also mentioned that his urine seems to smell different / stronger, so she took a sample for testing to see whether he's perhaps picked up an infection (if the sphincter muscles are strong enough to stop the bladder leaking, then bacteria can get in too).

Meanwhile, she's found a different urologist, and they had a long chat but most of the things she suggested were things that we've already tried. One possibility is that we could try a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, but to do that we'd have to wean him of the Prednisolone, so we'll wait for the outcome of the urine test before we try that. Fiona will call when she's tested it.

Also, as they've been fine so far (with one exception at the start of treatment), she's suggested that he probably only needs a blood test before every other injection from now on.