Day: January 16, 2010

Can you please refer a great reasonable price chemotherapy in LA?

I read a lot about financial stresses and poor services and since it will be a long journey (We really hope), I wanna find out a right one.

What I found right now is VCA west LA, city of angeles vet cancer group, animal specialty group and vet cancer fererral group (I don’t know they are hospital or just referral center).

So please let us know a great vet, great hospital for our Hero.

And also to do chemotherapy,

1. do we have to go to oncologist? 

2. how they actually do  (oral medicine or injection…) 

3.  how often he should get treatment

4.  how much does it cost (I have no idea how much it is, it is $10/time or $10oo/time or… I know every case is different, but anybody can share your info or experience, then at least I can estimate…

I have no where to ask, so please please help us.

Hello, I’m Hero’s mom.

I want to add what I did for him when he suddenly became lethargic.

Hero’s condition 5th day-6th day: gum color was pale, dry warm nose, couldn’t even stand up.

1. measure temperature-100.3 no fever (actually it seems like it was low…)

2. called to vet and they recommended to take him to local vet but I decided not to (we live in LA and we had his surgery in San Diego)  I thought what they can do except just check temp and incision.  Only thing I worried was possible infection around incision but I looked fine to me.

3. I read info from this website (thank you so much) and I took some of the advice and reduced medicine.  We gave: cephalexin 500mg 2, Tramadol 50mg 2 or 3, fishoil 1 : per time,  3 times/day plus deramaxx 50mg in the morning – I reduced tramadol 1 or 2(night) and cut deramaxx and fishoil which I think it caused diarrhea.  And of course, lots of love and hugs and tears.  And next day his condition became dramatically improved and now he’s back again as our cuttie Hero.  His gum looks pink and nose is wet cold and most important, almost running. ^^  

I am sorry I don’t have enough med knowledge but I am learning…since we never expected this kind of situation before so it takes time for us to absorb all of this… but I really appreciated for your infos thoughts and supports.  Thank you everybody.