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Sunday, October 19, 2008, - Treatment - Posted by Emily

Newton and I spent most of the day hanging out. I have to go to San Jose on Monday and was working on the presentation that I will be delivering. I called Stephanie, his petsitter, and she is cool with watching him. We are so lucky to have found such a wonderful person.

Newton is doing pretty well when it comes to navigating the stairs. He is also getting more adventurous when it comes to walking on the hardwood floors. He seems to be feeling much better.



Saturday, October 18, 2008, ( 1 view ) - Treatment - Posted by Emily

Not much exciting happened today. I am still having a hard time getting Newton to eat. He still loves his double cheeseburgers from McDonalds (which is good...at least he is eating something) and he likes some of the canned food (Salmon seems to be his favorite). Although the canned food has to be plain. Once you add kibble to it, he no longer wants to eat it.

Our pill taking routine is working out well. I wish I would have thought of the water bottle sooner. He is such a sport. He is almost done with all of his meds which is a good thing.



Friday, October 17, 2008, - Treatment - Posted by Emily

Newton is definently getting tired of all of the pills. The pill gun has become one of my favorite tools. I also found that using a water bottle works wonders. Not only does Newton love drinking water from the water bottle, but also it helps wash the pills down.

We have been taking little walks around the neighborhood and Newton has been loving it. He has become such a calmer dog. He doesn't bark at approaching dogs and people like he use to. He seems to enjoy people coming up and saying hi.



Thursday, October 16, 2008, - Treatment - Posted by Emily

Today we headed back up to CSU to have Newton's incision looked at. I will say that I was a bit disappointed with CSU. Our appointment was at 10 am. Our vet student promptly took us back to one of the examination rooms and took down some notes. One of the things that I asked her about was Newton not eating. She said that she would discuss it with the Oncologist. She then took Newton to the back. About a half an hour later, Newton and the vet student came back. They removed the drain, but kept the stitches and the staples in. She said that either Dr. Culp or Dr. Perry would be in to talk with me about what the Pathologists have found. She didn't have an ETA, but gave me the impression that it wouldn't be too long. That was the last that I saw of her.

About an hour and a half later, Dr. Culp finally shows up. He told me that Newton's incision looks great and that they removed the drain. He didn't have much to say about the preliminary Pathology report. He said that the type of cells that were present aren't characteristic of an infection (which I question) and that he needed to go an talk with another owner. He said that Dr. Perry would provide me with more information once he talks finds out more. Needless to say, I waited an extra hour and a half for 3 minutes of Dr. Culp's time. I wasn't too happy about that. I indicated to him that I would need to help getting Newton back in the car. He said that he would send a nurse in.

After waiting another 20 minutes for a nurse to show up, I finally decided to leave. Dr. Culp even walked by and looked in but did nothing :-( I wasn't in a happy place at that point in time. Not only did I feel like I was waiting forever and the vet student never came back to check on us or get my question answered about the food. I finally found a nurse in the waiting room who helped me get Newton in the car.



Wednesday, October 15, 2008, ( 1 view ) - Treatment - Posted by Emily

Today wasn't an overly exciting day. Newton had his bandage changed once again. Although today, he got out of the mini-van on his own without me needing to get help. I think that is pretty cool. Since the gang at VCA Douglas County Animal Hospital knew that Newton would be going up to CSU tomorrow, they put the pretty paw bandage on. I had to get a good chuckle out of that.



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