Just thought I’d post an update about sweet little Bobbie and We also wanted to say the biggest heartfelt THANKYOU to everyone who has donated, you don’t know how much this means to us and to Bobs, It’s already helped so much, especially with extra unexpected costs that have come up along the last few weeks since starting her treatment. We have had extra vet visits, extra medications etc that have added a few extra thousand to her already increasing bills and while we will do anything for her and make it work, having some of the stress taken off our shoulders is just incredible and we are forever grateful for the help and support for our sweet girl who just deserves to be loved and looked after as best as possible!
So Bobbie had her first chemo treatment on the 1st of December. She did really well, we monitored her at home closely in the days after and she didn’t suffer any side effects to be concerned about but she lost her appetite and became increasingly tired. She showed no interest in food-which is not like her, one of our nicknames for her is fatso, and also piglet, so that was concerning but apparently expected. She went in a week later to get blood tests to make sure everything was looking ok, and the results came back showing her white blood cells were lower than what Kirsty (our wonderful vet) would like but that was also to be expected and they would hopefully come back up in a weeks time ready for her second treatment on the 15th December. I took her in on the 15th and they did their routine blood test before treatment but Kirsty made the call that her white blood cells were still too low and that we would postpone treatment for another week to allow her body time to bring them back up, which is meant to be tomorrow (Thursday the 22nd December)
Bobs had started to get her appetite back and had a good few days this week eating normally, running around, barking at cats outside, growling at her sister Delilah for invading her personal space, just full of beans and she looked like she was on the up, but yesterday she took a turn and became nauseated, visibly in pain and uncomfortable and refused to eat or even drink water. I gave her some anti-nausea (she is on daily anti-nausea but has extra for when needed) but that didn’t seem to work as it usually does so I called our vets and they saw her within the hour. On a positive-her bloods came back this time that her white blood cells have come back BUT she is very dehydrated and there are signs of infection. They put her on fluids for a couple of hours, gave her some intravenous anti- nausea, and then I picked her up and brought her home for the evening. They kept the catheter in her leg so that I could bring her back to the vets first thing in the morning for more fluids if needed. She had some pain meds overnight and managed a few hours sleep cuddled up with Myles but became restless and nauseous again in the early hours, so I brought her back at 8:30am, and they called at 9:30am to update that she is back on fluids, anti-nausea and pain meds and will stay with them for the day. I will find out more when I pick her up and will update again. I can’t imagine she’ll be going through with her second treatment tomorrow after the last 2 days, it’d be too much for her little body, but I will update you all once I know what the next course of action will be. It’s so much on her little body but she is such a fighter, we are anxiously waiting to hear from Kirsty about when I can pick her up, all we want is her to feel better and be back to her regular little self. Thanks again to you all for being so kind, Bobbie deserves all this kindness more than anything after what she’s been through and you have directly helped with treatments, medications and making sure she’s seen and getting the best care she can!
All the love and gratitude-Ebony, Myles, Bobbie and Delilah xx
