Hip hip horray!!!! Today was Newton's final round of chemo. The side effects that he experienced from the Carboplatin were quite minimal and he is truly back to his old self. I was hoping that some of the calmness would stick around (since I liked having the most well behaved dog in the CSU waiting room), but I am not complaining.

Once again, we are fighting another ear infection. I swear he gets more ear infections than any dog I know and I am already cleaning his ears twice weekly. The ear infections seem to coincide with a change in the weather. His "Y" portion of his incision also started leaking again over the weekend. WTF?!?! One of the oncology surgeons took a look at the incision and said that the healing was going inwards vs. outwards. At the moment there isn't anything to worry about, but that they would recheck when we go back for our next visit.

They also noticed a lump by one of his nipples during their general exam. They did a biopsy to make sure that it wasn't anything to worry about. So far so good, the cancer hasn't spread. They put him on Clavamox so that the biopsy site doesn't get infected and to prevent any re-infection of his incision.