Monday, July 19, 2010

Chemotherapy: Dose 2

Lulu had her second dose of chemotherapy today. The doctor gave us special gloves to pick up Lulu's poop and we were instructed to keep other dogs away from her eliminations as it will have hazardous traces of chemotherapy that passes through her system.

So now I'm wondering... if chemotherapy is so "safe" for dogs and only 20% ever get side effects, then why is it so dangerous for other dogs to accidentally step in pee which will only have trace amounts of the chemotherapy drug in it? I'm getting a little worried that this is doing more damage to Lulu than we can see.

We picked up a new dog bed for Lulu so she has a safe spot where she can be alone. So far she's loving it, as uncomfortable as it might be with that crazy cone around her head.



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