The First Neoplasene Infusion

Clancey had his first treatment this morning and it went very well. His veterinarian was kind enough to let me observe the procedure and I was very grateful for that. We had talked about either doing an injection of the neoplasene or an infusion. She was a little reluctant to do the injection because of possible side effects and the fact that she was going to be gone for a week but I assured her that if anything happened, his regular veterinarian and an emergency clinic were both nearby. Since it was early in the morning anyhow, any reaction would probably happen within a few hours of the treatment. So, we started the procedure anticipating an injection however, that plan changed after we had him sedated and she was able to actually look into his nasal cavity with her scope (this is a very cool instrument that I have never seen used by a vet before but you could actually see inside his nose and look at every crook and cranny in there).

After looking at the CT Scan that was done over a month ago now, it looked like the tumor engulfed almost his entire nostril and she anticipated that the injection would need to made no more than ¼” to ½” into the nasal cavity, however, she had the scope up his nose a good two inches if not more and we never did see the actual tumor on the screen. She said that it is possible that the combination of the supplements, nose drops and acupuncture may be working and have shrunk the tumor, I sure hope so.

Since the tumor was too far up in his nostril to get a needle in for an injection, she did the infusion. She mixed the liquid neoplasene with a saline solution and used a tiny tube attached to a syringe to get it up into his nostril. His noise bled pretty badly when she did this as she had to puncture or scratch the tumor itself in order to make sure the solution got in. After she gave him the dose, the tech held gauze to his nose for about thirty minutes while they let the solution do it’s work, then she flushed it out with a saline solution.

They also did acupuncture on him, this time on both back legs and on his back. She marked the spots for me in red ink so that I could find them and continue the treatment. I feel better about doing this now that I know exactly where I am supposed to put the pins.

After they finished, they brought him into an exam room on a gurney and lay it on the floor; he had a couple blankets over him. I stayed with him until he woke up. It took about an hour for him to wake up and start moving, poor boy could not figure out why his legs weren’t working very well when he got up to walk.

They sent us home with an oral neoplasene solution to be given in his food twice a day. I am also going to start the drops again, probably on Monday, and I will also be doing the acupuncture once a day for ten minutes, assuming he will cooperate with me.

We are going to go back the Monday after Christmas and do another treatment. Now that we know that he handled the liquid solution okay, she wants to try a salve next time that she can leave on his nose for thirty minutes and then wash out. She thinks this might have more impact than the solution.