Lately I’ve been tweaking our routine to keep dogs and cats more comfortable around carboplatin and vinblastine days — warming blankets, a pre-visit anti-nausea dose, and a quieter recovery window (about 30 minutes) seem to help. If you’ve tried Cerenia the night before or split-dose ondansetron in the first 24 hours, have you noticed better appetite and less drooling, or is there another small change that’s made a real difference at home?
Split-dose ondansetron (AM/PM) cut my heeler’s drooling by half and kept her eating, and pairing it with “Cerenia the night before” smoothed the car ride, @OP… Only caveat: we saw a touch of constipation/sleepiness, so I pushed fluids and a teaspoon of pumpkin — and she now treats the warmed blanket like a day spa; have you tried a lick mat during that 30‑min recovery?
I’ve had better luck in Texas by calling the shelter supervisor right after I apply so HR flags my app — bonus: I put “NACA certified” in the resume filename; most listings hit https://www.governmentjobs.com… Caveat: some smaller towns post under the police department, so check their FB pages too.
Quick example: my greyhound did best when we pre‑chilled the car and gave a frozen bone‑broth lick mat for the ride; drooling dropped even on carboplatin days. We do Cerenia the night before and split ondansetron after, then stretch the “30‑minute” quiet window to about 45 with lights low — , too much noise made her queasy. Tiny caveat: if she won’t eat by hour 6, a spoon of xylitol‑free PB or a Churu kick‑start works, otherwise we skip and try a bland mini‑meal later, @OP — have you tried the frozen mat?
Quick example: switching to a $20 wired headset mic and turning on Windows “Noise suppression” with the mic level around 65 stopped the suction from triggering dictation, and I went from constant corrections to about 4‑minute charts. Small caveat: Windows loves to flip the default mic after updates — — so I check it before the first patient. In Dentrix, pairing a simple Clinical Note template with the import kept everything clean with fewer edits, @bmartin67.