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Well, here we are, 11 months later, and Molly was doing so well, up until a few days ago...
We started a much stronger chemotherapy protocol about 3 months ago, and Molly had been doing great. Didn't slow her down one bit, no vomiting, no hair loss, no obvious side effects. Wouldn't know a thing was wrong, up until this weekend.
Long story short, this last treatment completely wiped out her bone marrow and put her at serious risk for getting a bad infection from bacteria that are normally on your body. White blood cells help to keep bacteria in check - a normal amount for a dog would be 5,000, Molly only had 100 by the time I realized something was wrong.
She's been in the hospital for 3 days now, and has slowly been getting worse. We started antibiotics that we hoped would help, but didn't know for sure what specific bacteria we were fighting in order to choose the absolute best antibiotic. We finally got info today, and she has a very resistant bacteria that is only responsive to one specific antibiotic, at least in a petri dish. If she doesn't respond to it, we're doomed.
I have visited her every day, and it is incredibly hard to see her so down and out. She doesn't look like herself - she has been very crabby, snapping at the technicians and she ended up biting the inside of her lip. It is huge and swollen, so much that her eye on that side cannot open, she looks so awful. I am crying as I type this.
Tomorrow is the critical day, she should respond to the antibiotic within 24 hours if it's going to work. I don't want her to die alone in the hospital without me, but I don't want to be too quick to put her to sleep in case she can get over this hump.
Sorry, my life is so crazy with many other things as well, I just needed to vent about this
We started a much stronger chemotherapy protocol about 3 months ago, and Molly had been doing great. Didn't slow her down one bit, no vomiting, no hair loss, no obvious side effects. Wouldn't know a thing was wrong, up until this weekend.
Long story short, this last treatment completely wiped out her bone marrow and put her at serious risk for getting a bad infection from bacteria that are normally on your body. White blood cells help to keep bacteria in check - a normal amount for a dog would be 5,000, Molly only had 100 by the time I realized something was wrong.
She's been in the hospital for 3 days now, and has slowly been getting worse. We started antibiotics that we hoped would help, but didn't know for sure what specific bacteria we were fighting in order to choose the absolute best antibiotic. We finally got info today, and she has a very resistant bacteria that is only responsive to one specific antibiotic, at least in a petri dish. If she doesn't respond to it, we're doomed.
I have visited her every day, and it is incredibly hard to see her so down and out. She doesn't look like herself - she has been very crabby, snapping at the technicians and she ended up biting the inside of her lip. It is huge and swollen, so much that her eye on that side cannot open, she looks so awful. I am crying as I type this.
Tomorrow is the critical day, she should respond to the antibiotic within 24 hours if it's going to work. I don't want her to die alone in the hospital without me, but I don't want to be too quick to put her to sleep in case she can get over this hump.
Sorry, my life is so crazy with many other things as well, I just needed to vent about this
Ah BLS! Sorry to hear about your sweet dog, molly! I will be praying for her-and hope the treatment helps her! I am an animal/pet lover, 100%! i had to put my dog, Sudan to sleep because he got sick, and I didn't want him to suffer. But I sure miss my buddy, our walks and all
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