February 23, 2011
Xanadu had his 2-week post-op visit today. Incision is healing great and Xanadu is finally feeling like himself. He brought me a tennis ball yesterday! Today we had the “chemo talk” with our oncologist. I shared a UC Davis research trial with her and she got very excited. She recommended trying to participate in the trial – it deals with inhaled chemo, something uncommon at this point.
Goal of study: To evaluate the efficacy of Ifosfamide IV in addition to aerosolized Gemcitabine in dogs with relapsed gross metastatic disease.
I emailed the researcher and received a return call within an hour. Our first appointment is tomorrow morning! We will start with lab work to make sure Xan is fit for the trial. If he is, it is a 6-hour process. I will have a chance to ask lots of questions before anything begins.
Anyone have experience with inhaled chemo? I’d be very curious to know of any experiences out there.
Wish us luck!