Things are looking up again

Jazz hasn't had any diarrhoea or vomiting while he's been at the vet's today. Also, when I went to collect him, Fiona said his gut's feeling much better too. She hasn't managed to speak to Gerry (the cancer specialist) yet - he was consulting when she called him, and she was operating when he called back.

Not surprinsingly, she's recommended that he goes back to weekly Vincristine, so we've booked him in for Friday morning, as we're due to be away at Paws in the Park next weekend, so we can do his post-treatment drip there.

Yesterday, Fiona had given Jazz an injection of Dexadreson steroid, on the basis that it was doubtful whether he was absorbing the oral Prednisolone. It was within an hour or two of this that he started to get visibly better, so she's given me some more, with some syringes to give him every other day in place of the Prednisolone. (I was due to get some more Prednisolone for him in any case.)

So, it's now down to whether the Vincristine can overcome the cancer in his gut (assuming that's what's been causing the diahhroea and vomiting), and whether his gut can recover enough to start absorbing food again. And of course, we have to get him eating enough too.

For the moment, he's still losing weight though - he was 21.85kg when I collected him. I've got some more of the tinned Sensitivity Control food for him, as that's what he seemed most inclined to eat yesterday.

Finally, by way of celebration, he produced a pretty solid poo on the way out to the car. Yippee!