Starting Chemotherapy Treatments

Today we met Dr. Turner for the first time, Lulu's medical oncologist. Dr. Turner will be monitoring and administering Lulu's chemotherapy over the next couple of months. She's found the trick to befriending Lulu: feeding her constant treats as she conducts her physical exams.

She explained to us that Lulu will be doing three cycles of three weeks each to administer two different drugs. The first drug will be given by injection the first week, the second one orally the second week and on the third week Lulu will rest. At the end of the nine weeks, Lulu should be cancer free.




The scabbing around Lulu's nose has completely dried up and is starting to fall off. You can see that the new skin underneath the scabs is a very light pink color and very smooth. Her nose is also a very soft pink color but that should be darkening over the next couple of weeks. It seems very sensitive (like baby skin!) so I'm guessing it will toughen up over time too.