Our story about Josie the Golden Retriever and our progress through cancer.
Is he strong? Listen Bud. He’s got radioactive blood. – Spiderman Cartoon Theme Song
Week 1 in the books and I feel great! The Doctor told me I might have an upset stomach or loose stool for a day or two and that I may need soft bland diet for a few days. I guess the Doctor didn’t read my chart close enough to see I’ve been in for “dietary Indiscretion” enough times to get my iron stomach. I once ate half a garbage can full of chicken wing bones and didn’t blink an eye.
For the first week I’ve been given a dose of Vincristine and I’m on Prednisone. The Prednisone is a steroid, which makes me thirsty, which is making me drink quite a bit, which is making me pee a lot. The Vincristine is a chemotherapy drug so my Dad has to take precaution not to expose anyone, especially my two legged siblings, to my slobber for at least 48 hours. So I can’t lick the peanut butter off their hands after lunch or no cleaning the syrup off their face after pancakes in the morning. Since I’ve been drinking a lot and peeing a lot there is a chance that my Dad might miss my urgent call to get outside because I’m going so much. Cleaning up any accidents should be treated like a toxic spill, rubber gloves and get all the paper towels outside after clean up.
My Dad has to stock up on tennis balls. I refuse to stop my evening tennis ball fetch game. My Dad has to wear rubber gloves when we play and the toxic tennis ball gets sent to the trash each evening. I noticed we are running low on tennis balls, he better get out and get more!