Hi, I'm here because of my 8 year old Schipperke, Iris. She has been diagnosed with TCC in the bladder and has nodes on her liver and spleen. Like the rest of you, we are shocked. Since she is so well advanced we have decided against surgery.
She was started on Piroxicam and pepcid for 2 weeks but started having stomach problems and has been off the Piroxicam for 3 days to let her stomach heal. We are going to start back with Cytotec for a couple of days and then try the Piroxicam one more time. My fear is her liver, and if she can handle all of this. I noticed you have Shelby on cytotec and pepcid. Do they work in different ways? What kind of doses are you using for what she weighs and how often? Iris is 21 pounds and had been taking 3.3 mgs of the piroxicam and 10mgs of pepcid. She was getting both once a day. My vet is not sure on the dosing of Cytotec and is trying to get more info on it. I just pray the Piroxicam will agree with her the second time around. It has really helped to clear up the blood in the urine. She is also being checked for bladder
infections, don't have the results back yet.
We have Iris on a home cooked diet with several supplements. We take it one day at a time and try to enjoy each one to it's fullest, but sometimes it's so hard.
Hope all is well with your babies. It's nice to know there are others that understand.