So Much Pee

It only took a couple of weeks for Hopper's hair to grow back almost completely. She was starting to act pretty normally - considering. The prednisone was making her ravenous and making her pee...often. Luckily I was able to take her to work with me and the antibiotics seemed to regulate the peeing a bit more. I still wasn't quite sleeping through the night - with a wake-up at least once a night for a bathroom run. But there was definite improvement. Finally with the frequent peeing starting to wear on me - and the inability to leave her alone for two hours - I invested in Pup Grass. Once I un-housebroke her and she was able to use it, life started getting a little easier. Too easy - fate would say. I finally was able to leave the house with the Pup Grass on my balcony and I went to a museum with my friend. When I returned home there was an empty pill bottle on the ground and a puppy with a belly ache. She has somehow opened the drawer on my coffee table and eaten 10, to my best count, doggy IB Profens. They had smelled like beef and she had been so ravenous from the Prednisone, it was apparently irresistible. Not to mention, in hind sight I realize that the drawer in my coffee table is not the best place for medicines. This earned us an overnight stay in the hospital. Another unexpected financial burden, but she was taken good care of. The worry was that since the Prednisone was already harsh on her organs, this could definitely make it worse. It wasn't a fatal dose - thank goodness - but enough to cause some serious damage if not taken care of properly. So much regret on my end. But in the end, she came through that okay. This was just not my year.

When I finally took her back for another urinalysis, I got more bad news. ANOTHER urinary tract infection. More antibiotics and more putting off the chemo. We treated this for two weeks and then another urinalysis. And again with the UTI. This time one that was resistant to many antibiotics. So she was put on a stronger one, with more risks for side effects. And side effects we got. And we decided we couldn't put off the chemo anymore. More on this later! I must go to work now. (And I'm waiting once again to hear about yet another UTI and I'm nervous and can't focus on this!) TBC!