Essential Question

What treatment gives senior dogs diagnosed with stage two Insulinoma the best quality of life before their passing?

Monday, April 22, 2013

Blog 21: Independent Component 2

LITERAL:
a) I, Cheryl Marie Skywalker, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
(b) "Improved Survival in a Retrospective Cohort of 28 Dogs with Insulinoma." National Center for Biotechnology Information. U.S. National Library of Medicine, n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2013. This source was extremely helpful during my science experiment. It gave me a better understanding of what the life expectancey is for dogs with Insulinoma and what treatments are being given to other dogs.
c) Independent Component 2 Hours

d) I completed 36 hours at the Southern California Animal Hospital in La Puente. Although a lot of my time was dedicated towards cleaning kennels and treatments, I was a

INTERPRETIVE :
This little guy broke his leg playing with his brothers and sisters. All of them actually fell down the stairs and broke their legs.
 

This is Oscar; he had a serious case of pneumonia  I helped feed his some Nutra paste which is a high nutrient paste that helps puppies receive the nutrients that is so vital to their health. 
Pneumonia seems to be a common occurrence lately because this shepherd puppy also caught it. Although he looks super happy in this picture, he was really sick a couple days ago. 
This is me with Bobbi. He is a super crazy Chihuahua puppy rescue that is currently being housed at the hospital. Nothing is wrong with him medically, I just really like to take him out on walks. (:

APPLIED

Leukemia is not the cancer I am researching, however, helping with the treatment did give me an insight into what medication is used to treat cancer. This cat was being given a regimen of ocreotide which is a chemo therapy drug. It is given intravenously once a week (the dosaging varies depending on the animal's situation). Ocreotide was going to be another one of my answers to my essential question, but after seeing the affects it had on the cat, I decided against it. Ocreotide makes the animal very tried and weak, almost lethargic, and although it is slowing down the cancer, it is making the animal's life less enjoyable. 

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