interesting

Dave's having GI issues again. I read the posts from March 4th, his last dose of Elspar, and it's almost word for word with what happened: he got us up in the middle of the night with diarrhea, and vomited and pooped while we were at work. It makes me feel a bit reassured, I suppose. He ate his chicken and rice this morning and tonight without hesitation.

I called the vet anyway today due to his low white blood count. It was the same oncologist who saw him yesterday, and she was surprised about the reaction. She did say, as it stated in his paperwork, that his blood count was only slightly low, and advised that we give him 25 mg of benadryl in case it's an allergic reaction. Since we're becoming experts at this, we decided to hold off on the benadryl and give him nausea medicine first. The benadryl will make him drowsy, and I'd like to see his "true" activity level rather than a medically induced one. I know I should be following her advice, but being that we've been through this with the Elspar before, I feel like we're making the right decision.

Dave has his new holistic vet appointment tomorrow night... maybe she'll have some advice that will assist us.