Tuesday Escape-ade

No thanks san.  I do not need the meds - no salbutamol or the C-Caps. No, no baby food thanks. 

THAT is what I have to say about the meds and the baby  food. 

       Ok. Maybe they are not so bad. 

Megat behaves very well during meds. It's just a that he needs to be found for the whole thing to begin. Tomorrow this will happen at 4.30 am as it is the beginning of fasting month, Ramadhan. 

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.......

Outside Finally and an update

We went for a walk outside as the haze PSI was lower than 50. It was quite nice after a whole week of being in the house with the windows closed. San took some pikshurs of the two of us outside. 

      This is me snooping about our neighbour's garden. I think there was a lizard but san said I should leave it alone so we went upstairs. 

I do not think this a good garden. It looked very strange as well.

     

         This was much better. 

I ate some offur furry dry grass. San says she has already ordered us some more wheatgrass which will come tomorrow.

      

         I also lazed about outside with san. 

                  It was a good day san. 

And now an update on my bruffer Megat 

         This is an old picture of Megat

Megat has just a slight fever last night from his vincristine and was able to walk out of his cage to sit on the sofa with me for our usual quiet time. But he did not drink as much even when I had put some ice in his water. He did eat a little this morning but spat out most of his lingzhi meds. So later on the evening I would have to ensure that he gets the full dose. 

He seemed much more cheery this time round though which is a good thing. 

One thing that puzzled me is this. His blood test is excellent and so if his lymphoma is back, why was this not apparent on his tests? Now that I am not in a state of shock I am better able to ask these questions. Dr Ly would only be back next Friday and so I would ask then. 

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.