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  • First chemo! 🧡🐾

      28 May 2025
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    Loki Hokey Pokey had his first chemo treatment today at the Island Bay Vet Clinic with Dr Sarah Northover and their awesome team. Loki was an absolute trooper throughout and enjoyed many many pats and lots of treats! He’s very tired as it was a long day for him and he needed a couple chill pills so he wouldn’t freak out in the car but he’s now fast asleep in his bed with a full tummy 🫶🏻🧡🥹

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  • Chemo talk…

      25 May 2025
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    We had a meeting with Dr Sarah Northover from Island Bay Vet Clinic today to discuss Loki’s treatment options. We hope to get his chemo started on Tuesday!!!

    The treatment should take 25 weeks in total but he doesn’t actually get meds every single week. It’s generally 4 weeks received meds once a week and then one week off. Then start it again. So it works out to be 16 weeks where he receives treatment. We don’t know what to expect fully in regards to how well the chemo will work because it depends on his individual response to treatment but we’re hopeful. None of this would be possible without all of your help. We’re blown away by people’s kindness. Thank you thank you thank you 🧡

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  • Waiting….

      24 May 2025
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    Waiting on final results to come from the lab.. Loki has a bit of a nose bleed today which is to be expected after the biopsy yesterday and he’s a lil bit drugged up thanks to the fentanyl patch on his leg to help with pain so we don’t need to give him any oral medication. He’s enjoying the sunshine today and his licky treats 🧡

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  • Biopsy update

      23 May 2025
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    On Sunday 18th May we noticed an abnormal swelling in Lokis face, primarily on his left side, affecting his nose and eyelid.

    Loki was sedated on Tuesday by the team at Karori Vet Clinic and samples were taken and sent out to the lab for testing, as well as radiographs of his head and chest.

    The first pathology report had come back reporting features that raised concerns for lymphoma, the same type of cancer that took his sister from us in January.

    My world shattered.

    Today, Friday 23rd Loki was put under general anaesthesia again so he could undergo an endoscopy in the hopes of obtaining biopsies of the lesions

    The vet was able to visualize a distinctive mass in his nasal cavity and 3 samples were obtained. These have also been submitted to the lab for confirmation of diagnosis and we should have results by mid next week so we can then hopefully tailor a chemotherapy protocol for him.

    Loki is otherwise his normal cheeky self, bullying the dogs and stealing my pillow in the middle of the night.

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