Update On Clancey

Clancey was boarded at our regular veterinarians office for a few days as my husband and I made a trip to California to see my son graduate from College. They reported that they had not noticed any nosebleeds during his stay but he did not want to eat his food. He did drink a ton of water when he got home and then proceeded to throw it all up along with a few chunks of kibble. After that episode, we gave him a bowl of his beloved chicken necks which he ate with no problem, I suspect he stopped eating because he was stressed from being away from home and possibly because he thinks kibble is beneath him now.

I have noticed that his nose has not been bleeding at all and I don’t think that is a good sign. The good news is that his infection seems to have cleared up as there is no more yellow snot coming out of his nose or eyes and he has more energy.

He has an appointment in the morning with the holistic veterinarian. We are going to start either the nasal infusions or possibly injections of the neoplasene. I don’t think she knows yet, we are supposed to talk about this in the morning. I assume that once we start up the neoplasene treatment, his nose will start bleeding again.

I have not done the acupuncture on him like I was supposed to. I just don’t feel very comfortable doing it and honestly, I am not sure that I understand what putting a few little needles in his legs is going to do for a tumor in his nose. I know there are people who feel very strongly that acupuncture works and I guess I need to figure out a way to get comfortable with it. I am going to see if the vet will let me try again tomorrow when Clancey is sedated. Maybe I can get her to mark the spots on his legs so that I can see them, like a bulls eye or something.

I stopped giving Clancey the astragalus as someone pointed out that it was also used as an anti-coagulate. The nosebleeds stopped when I stopped using it. I need to ask the vet about that in the morning as well.

Clancey’s regular vet told me on Tuesday that she was not opposed to trying the neoplasene treatment but that she hadn’t had a chance to read the documents I gave her or do any research on her own. She wants the holistic vet to write up her protocol for her first. I guess that is good news but I don’t understand why my vet can’t just call her or one of the other vet references I have given her who are using this treatment. It would sure save me a lot of driving as his regular vet is right on my way to work while the holistic vet is about an hour away. This is something else I need to talk to the holistic vet about in the morning.

You definitely have to be an advocate for your animal’s health when they have cancer and you also have to be very, very pushy. That is completely out of my character and I am having to get outside of my comfort zone in dealing with this alternative treatment of neoplasene..