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Copper Sleeping

Copper loves to lay in strange positions. Here, he decided to lay against the front door. Perhaps he was trying to keep the robbers out! I used Photoshop Elements to give the picture the appearance it has.

Copper's Chemo Visit -- 6/27/06

Copper had a Tuesday visit instead of Monday because his regular oncologyst is out of town and the Head of Oncology, Dr. Crow was not working yesterday. Because things are out of wack at the hospital, they are having me give Copper oral chemo this week rather than having an IV. So for the next 4 days, I will be giving him a Cytoxan pill. 30 minutes before I give him the Cytoxan, I am to give him a Lasix pill. This will make him urinate more frequently so that after he takes the Cytoxan, his bladder will wash the drug out of his system faster. If he does not do this, the drug could become toxic.

The Dr. Crow did give Copper a full exam today and did not find anything wrong with him. In fact, he said that Copper looks really good. He said that it is possible that the heat is just sapping his energy out of him. It is cooler today than it has been, and Copper has been more active than over the weekend, so perhaps he just had an off weekend.

Here are the costs for Copper's Chemo Visit on June 27th:

Recheck.........................................$59.00
QBC or CBC in Hospital........................$40.80
Regulatory Agency Compliance fee...........$ 4.23
Cytoxan (4 pills) (Chemo Drug)...............$56.46
Lasix (Furosemide).............................$16.90

Total: ..........................................$177.39

Grand Total: ................................$4188.58

Copper's next visit is Monday, July 10, 2006

Copper Not Feeling Well?

Over the weekend, Copper did not appear to be feeling well. He was sick to his stomach twice and seemed to sleep a lot more than he normally did. His physical condition looks good though. None of his nodes were enlarged, and his appetite was normal.

Update on Copper

Copper with his shaved ears

I haven't been around to work on Copper's blog in the month of May because I took a 3 week vacation. However, all of the costs have now been updated.
Copper is doing very well. The vets are very pleased with his progress and are very optimistic about his future!
He has maintained his weight (he is now at 54.50 lbs), and his fur looks really good (except for the shaved spots). He is also back to his old trouble making self! Always looking for trouble.

The best news of all is that he has finished with the induction phase of his treatment, and will now be getting treatments every other week. This is wonderful! I'm sure he will be very happy about this as well!

Copper is suppose to go into the vet for his lepto vaccination, however the vets do not want him to have this vaccination. They do not feel like he needs it at his age, and they do not want anything that might interact with his immune system put into him right now.

Another thing that the vets have started doing is to put his IV in the veins in his ears rather than his legs. His legs have been abused enough, and it is really easy to find the veins in the ears. However, he now has two shaved patches on his ears. He looks pretty goofy!

Copper's Chemo Visit -- 6/12/06

Here are the costs for Copper's Chemo Visit on June 12th:

Recheck.........................................$59.00
QBC or CBC in Hospital........................$40.80
Regulatory Agency Compliance fee...........$ 4.23
Chemotherapy injectable handling fee......$16.30
Vincristine (Chemo Drug)......................$32.51
Chemotherapy Infusion.........................$23.30

Total: ..........................................$176.14

Grand Total: ................................$4011.19

Copper's Chemo Visit -- 5/30/06

Here are the costs for Copper's Chemo Visit on May 30th:

Recheck.........................................$59.00
QBC or CBC in Hospital........................$40.80
Regulatory Agency Compliance fee...........$ 4.23
Chemotherapy injectable handling fee......$16.30
Adriamycin (Chemo Drug)......................$45.90
Adriamycin Infusion.........................$80.00

Total: ..........................................$246.53

Grand Total: ................................$3835.05

Copper's Chemo Visit -- 5/22/06

Here are the costs for Copper's Chemo Visit on May 22th:

Recheck.........................................$59.00
QBC or CBC in Hospital........................$40.80
Regulatory Agency Compliance fee...........$ 4.23
Chemotherapy injectable handling fee......$16.30
Vincristine (Chemo Drug)......................$32.51
Chemotherapy Infusion.........................$23.30

Total: ..........................................$176.74

Grand Total: ................................$3588.52

Copper's Chemo Visit -- 5/15/06

Here are the costs for Copper's Chemo Visit on May 15nd:

Recheck.........................................$59.00
QBC or CBC in Hospital........................$40.80
Regulatory Agency Compliance fee...........$ 4.23
Chemotherapy injectable handling fee......$16.30
Cytoxan (Chemo Drug)..........................$60.00
Lasix (Furosemide)..............................$16.90
Chemotherapy Infusion.........................$23.30


Total: ..........................................$220.53

Grand Total: ................................$3411.78