No Lymphoma!

          No lymphoma? None?

That is what the ultra sound found. He has no more lymphoma and his intestines are fine. Dr S thinks it could also be due to the sang hwang suppositories that he has had. During this harrowing time he had a suppository everyday, even on Sunday! So in about a month, he has an all clear. 

The bad news is that his intestine is full of hard poo and Dr S said this could also contribute to him not wanting to eat. He feels full all the time. 

So Dr Ly gave him microlax and in a matter of minutes he had pooped on the examination table. Dr Ly also added that vincristine could cause constipation as well. 

I guess Megat got his revenge !

On the matter of his appetite, it is still an uphill task. But we are more optimistic as now it is just constipation and NOT lymphoma. 

       Must you discuss this! Surely no one is interested in constipation!!

Easy Saturday

This is Megat after 1/2 prednisolone and 1 ml of Appelin. He also had about 14 ml of baby food. I had mixed the baby food with a little beef gravy from Whiskers. He did not get any fever yesterday after his vincristine injection which was a surprise to me and did not need the cold compress. This morning he walked out of his cage immediately but as usual had little appetite to eat breakfast.

I will try to get him some kitten food to see if he would eat that. On a very bright note he ate almost all of his kibble last night. Hurray!

      Can I also have kitten food san?

      Bujang hanging out with grandma 

Megat's 2nd Vincristine

Megat went for his review and vincristine injection today. Dr Ly was concerned when he found out that Megat was not eating well but was glad that there was no vomitting. 

He had Betamox 0.50

Depredil injection 0.50

Dexaason injection 0.50

Metomide injection 0.50

Vincristine sulfate injection 1mg 0.10

Vitamin B Complex injection 0.30

When we came home it was nearing dinner and I was glad to see that he ate his food willingly. He had lost some weight but nothing drastic. Last week he was 3.67 and this week he was 3.5. So I am glad he was stable but we will still have to cross our fingers that even if he may not put on weight, he should lost lose anymore. Dr Ly said it was ok to give him baby food as well. Btw his lymph node in his inner thigh is a little enlarged!

He was also given prednisolone which should help with his appetite. 

                    ........zzzzzz.......

Megat on Thursday

Megat's appetite is better these last few days. Last night, he made an effort to eat his dinner and he also ate  his kibble. These days I only give him about 20 gms of kibble to last him the whole night and it was only this morning that I found only a few in his food bowl. He had been leaving about 1/2 of that in is foodbowl uneaten for the past few nights.

He also ate his breakfast, but not much. Still, it was encouraging. For the last few mornings, he did not even make any attempt to eat anything I put before him. I had been feeding baby food - pumpkin, potatoes and beef, using syringes. Since he does not spit this out, I had been giving him this for about 3 mornings already. This morning, apart from the food that he had eaten from his bowl, I had fed him 6 ml of baby food. I just feel that if I leave him to eat such little food, he would get it into his mind that there was no need to eat in the morning at all!

I also made sure that he gets fresh kibble in his food bowl in my bedroom in the mid-afternoon as well as fresh water with ice cubes. 

It had taken him about 8 or 9 days to recover his appetite from his first vincristine. He has still not recovered his appetite fully and eventhough I give him Appelin or B12 everyday, his appetite has not improved much. 

I read from another blog, that CCaps are good for animals with tumours and they also increase energy and appetite. This seems like a good  thing. 

Relapse

We are sad to report that Megat's lymphoma is back - now in his intestines. He has lost more weight from two weeks ago. He is now 3.65 kg. He has been vomitting just clear liquid for the past week as well. Dr Ly said his intestines are hard and corded. So we are starting again with his chemo protocol, only this time it will only be vincristine 0.1. Dr Ly did say that there is no cure for lymphoma, only remission and it may come back anytime at all.

When he came home, he had some dinner, which is a good thing as he did not eat las night and I had to feed him with a syringe this morning where he had only 6 ml of Waltham's Renal wet food. 

He is now sleeping and has a fever from the vincristine. 

The chemo protocol that had helped him through his first bout of lymphoma is below. This is what we will follow this time round as well.

Sang hwang suppository 1x a day

2.5 sang hwang extract (1 ml in the morning and 1.5 ml in the evening)

2 ml colloidal silver (1x1 twice a day)

10 drops of milk thistle/silymarin (if liver functions deteriorates)

1.5 ml duphalac for constipation. 

He takes all this in a mixture of strained pumpkin and papaya. 

250 ml Hartmann's Solution daily for SubQ
I have to ask Dr Ly about the predisolone next week when he goes for his vincristine jabs.

He would get 8 weeks of vincristine with a 3 - week rest and 1 comprehensive blood test after the 8 weeks. 

I am not as scared or panicky this time round and we will just go through this protocol as we has done before. But all purrayers are welcome.