Better today...

This morning was far easier with TJ than it has been. I don't know if he's actually a little better or if we've just figured out a system. His lymph nodes have reduced greatly, although his neck is still very red. Surprisingly, he doesn't have any big scabs from the three times that he's scratched himself, so I'm very thankful for that. He didn't eat all of his food this morning, but he got through most of it (I put 3 baby aspirin in today, based on my conversation with Erin yesterday). Last night we managed to get him to drink a little bit of water from his bowl for the first time in days. I'm only using 10-12 drops of the Tincture of Black-Leaf instead of 22 drops that we started with. This is the product that does most of the cleansing, and NZymes said that it was probably taxing his system too much. I suppose that means that the cleansing will take longer, but it's nice that he's not in such distress. Maybe we can bump it up a couple of drops every few days. I wish I had a crystal ball and could see what he'll be like 6 months from now. I re-read through some of the testimonials on the NZymes site yesterday, and several of them definitely discuss how difficult the process is, but without being explicit about what they went through. This process takes a lot of courage on the part of the caretakers, and a belief that the pet will get better and be happier in the long run.