Radiation Therapy: Week Four

Lulu isn't doing so well. This must be the "worse" that the doctor kept warning us about. She is miserable. She is sniffly. She is wheezy. She can't stop sneezing and doesn't have the energy to get up and walk around anymore. We picked up a new cone for her because the other one just didn't look comfortable. She spends all day sleeping (loudly) and doesn't even get up to greet us at the door. :(

We forced her to take a short walk with us to the park but she was walking so slowly she didn't even need a leash. She kind of slumped along and looked like she was in pain. But once we were at the park we caught a couple of tail wags and she enjoyed sitting in the shade for a few minutes. After that she napped through the rest of the day.

The "open sore" areas around her muzzle are larger and more prominent. The front and top of the nose look like a raw open wound and the inside of her mouth is tender. She can no longer eat dry dog food so we are keeping her on wet canned food for now. The good thing is she still has her appetite so she hasn't lost any weight yet.

Lulu pretty much sleeps in the same spot all day unless we move her. We have to carry her out to the grass to force her to "go" and bring her food to her. She is so miserable -- I hope the pain meds are helping her. If she has trouble breathing through the night again tonight then I might bring her into the vet tomorrow, just in case.