We reduced Harvey's metoclopramide yesterday, as well as starting him back on the slippery elm bark and today he ate both of his meals. He did leave a few bites behind, but that's not at all unusual for our boy. The most important thing is that he experienced no nausea or vomiting.
We had a great appointment at Dr. Towle's this afternoon. Harvey had so much energy, he was bouncing of the walls. Flew off the table into my arms at one point, trying to squirm away from the tech assisting Dr. Towle. They finally had to take Harvey into the back exam room to get a blood sample for his superchem and CBC tests. I'm surprised they didn't have to tie him down to an exam table! We'll have the bloodwork and urinalysis results tomorrow.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Rough day today
It's been a challenging day today for Harvey. One potential side effect of Neoplasene is gastric upset and Harvey had to deal with that at breakfast. This is the first time since he began this protocol that he wasn't able to hold his food down. He does take an anti-nausea medication, metoclopramide, before every meal, but it didn't seem to help much today. Of course, he did take as many liver treats as I offered and has had good energy levels, so that's a positive. We'll see how dinner goes.
We're going to try adjusting his dosage of metoclopramide to see if that helps, but I certainly don't want to stop the Neo at this point. We've also tried Pepcid, but that didn't help much when his kidneys failed in 2006. I've read some promising blurbs about Tagamet possibly having anti-cancer properties, as well being an anti-emetic, so I'm planning to talk with Dr. Towle about that at Harvey's appointment tomorrow.
It's so important that he keeps eating, so that he can take his medications. With his history of being finicky, it can become very challenging, indeed, to find something he'll eat when he's less than interested.
Even more worrisome is the possibility that his nausea isn't related to the Neoplasene, since it can also be a sign of liver issues. We're doing a blood draw tomorrow to check his kidney and liver values and saying lots of prayers tonight that they're all within normal ranges and it's just a matter of finding the right balance and type of anti-nausea medication to counteract the emetic properties of the Neoplasene.
We're going to try adjusting his dosage of metoclopramide to see if that helps, but I certainly don't want to stop the Neo at this point. We've also tried Pepcid, but that didn't help much when his kidneys failed in 2006. I've read some promising blurbs about Tagamet possibly having anti-cancer properties, as well being an anti-emetic, so I'm planning to talk with Dr. Towle about that at Harvey's appointment tomorrow.
It's so important that he keeps eating, so that he can take his medications. With his history of being finicky, it can become very challenging, indeed, to find something he'll eat when he's less than interested.
Even more worrisome is the possibility that his nausea isn't related to the Neoplasene, since it can also be a sign of liver issues. We're doing a blood draw tomorrow to check his kidney and liver values and saying lots of prayers tonight that they're all within normal ranges and it's just a matter of finding the right balance and type of anti-nausea medication to counteract the emetic properties of the Neoplasene.
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