Monday 17th August 2009

DAILY

• ESSIAC tea (orally) 10 ml + 1ml extra Sheep Sorrel Decoction Twice a day.
  
• DAY 38 PREDNISOLONE 1.5 ml x2/day (60% of the original dose)
• DAY 48 OPC one capsule twice/day - South African 'anti-cancer' herb
• DAY 47 CF IP-6 & Inositol one capsule twice/day
• DAY63 HYDRAZINE SULFATE one capsule/once a day in morning after food.
• SHEEP SORREL DECOCTION ON GAUZE compress : on back left leg lump. Nightly applied with a gauze soaked in the sheep sorrel, kept in place with first aid tape.
• Liver tonic ( 2 drops in food twice a day) Ongoing since the beginning of Lucy's treatment. (from homeopathic vet)
• Amino Acid supplement (RAN OUT) 9 drops in food twice a day. Ongoing since the beginning of Lucy's treatment. (from homeopathic vet)

FOOD
Apetite is low. Did eat can of wet Evo dog food this morning. Refused egg. Needs encouraging to eat. Didn't eat breakfast till 1pm today. Yesterday ate some hot dogs. Will try again with Raw food tonight.

ENERGY
Slow walk this morning. Obviously not feeling too well. No poop either. Long pee ( as per normal with steroids)

STEROID DOSE
Have increased it back up to 2ml, so now at 80% of the original dose.

LAST FEW DAYS - Outdoors for Lucy
It's been my partners birthday. We were supposed to go to a cabin but discovered that dogs not allowed inside. Instead we spent the weekend in Vancouver.
Friday morning I took her to Spanish Banks beach. Gentle walk and short swim.
We took Lucy to Jericho park on Saturday. So nice. We saw a pair of Merlins (birds of Prey). It was a nice walk and sit. Lucy had fun. Played with a large stick.
Sunday we took her to the beach for another short swim. It was getting hot and it really cooled her down.

ELBOW CALLOUS
Not getting better as quickly as one would expect. We are putting ointment on it. Have tried Iodine. And moisturising it with Grapeseed Oil. Its always been there. Where she flops down to lie down, so its a callous. But it is dry and cracking, so has become sore and bleeding a bit in a couple of spots.

FAN
We were given a new stand up fan. She seems to like that and lies near it in the breeze of it. The weather is getting hotter again here now, after a week or so of moderate temperatures.