Newton is still lethargic and is very picky when it comes to what foods he is willing to eat. For breakfast, he had some canned pumpkin (he seems to really like canned pumpkin), some tuna, and some canned food. It wasn't much, but at least it was something. His stool is still soft.

For lunch, I picked up some plain double cheeseburgers from McDonalds. Newton was all about eating his cheeseburgers. At least he is consistent when it comes to eating McDonalds :-)

By dinnertime, Newton seemed to be feeling better. He still didn't want to eat any kibble, but he had a lot more energy.

Today Newton was still quite lethargic and just wanted to sleep on the sofa and watch TV. He didn't want to eat any kibble and he had loose stool. So, I gave him the meds that Dr. Perry had given us. The meds seem to help by dinnertime. He still didn't want to eat kibble, but he did have some canned food and some tuna. He is doing good when it comes to drinking water and he still won't pass up a treat. Since I have found luck with plain double cheeseburgers from McDonalds work in the past, I will probably pick some up tomorrow.

Today's was Newton's second round of chemo. I was glad that our appointment was at 11:30 since I went to the Madonna concert last night :-) This session went much smoother than the last session. Newton and I checked in and were waiting in the waiting room. There was a man with his Great Dane that was checking out us. He kept getting closer and closer. Newton was being a good boy and was just laying down. The girl Great Dane started sniffing him from toe to head. He got a bit overbearing and Newton got up and started barking at her. I told him to lay down which he did. From then on he wouldn't look at the Great Dane. It cracked me up. He is definently his Newton self.

His favorite nurse, Chris, took him back and told me that he would be ready at 2 pm. I gave them my cell number and told them to call me when he was finished. I went to lunch and then took a nice nap in the car since I was so tired from the night before. Newton was ready at 2 pm. He did great.

He slept the whole way home and didn't really want to eat anything once we got home. I'm guessing his was very tired from his big day and that he may have had an upset stomach.

Tomorrow is Newton's next round of chemotherapy. He was a bit lethargic earlier this week, but has bounced back to his old self. Newton's stool is still a bit soft. I'm not sure if it is a result of our changing to a new food (even though we did it very slowly).

He is doing a pretty good job at getting into and out of the Jeep. He hasn't tried to venture up the stairs since the last time. That is the only part of his old self that I really miss.

Newton had a super fabulous day. He was full of life and ready to go. We played a little chase and fetch outside. Then I decided to load him up in the Jeep and we took a field trip to Target. He jumped into the Jeep on the first try. He did great except for the fact that he likes to ride standing up. It was much easier to brace himself when he had 4 legs...although having 3 legs didn't stop him. His day was so fun filled that now he is sacked out and snoring on the sofa.

We have our next round of chemo on Thursday up at CSU. Hopefully round 2 will be as uneventful as round 1 was. His incision is healing quite nicely as well. I'm very happy with my decision to amputate followed by chemo. I can tell that he is now pain free and hopefully the chemo will keep the cancer away.