Daisy's "New Normal"

Daisy was seen by her oncologist, Dr. Lurie this week.  Daisy is still in clinical remission with normal size lymph nodes. However she was supposed to get her weekly dose of chemotherapy but her neutrophil counts (white blood cells) were at a low 750.  (He does not administer chemo to dogs unless their neutrophil count is at least 2000).  I asked him if her busy/active week (bicycling, dog scouts of america, agility run thrus/practice) might have played a role in her neutrophil count being low.  He said no and that it was most likely due to last weeks chemo. He said her new bone marrow is probably just taking longer to produce the neutrophils and this might be her "new normal" meaning that she will likely receive chemo every two weeks instead of weekly.  Daisy will be tested again next week. Dr. Lurie said that she looked very good and that she should continue to be active in her agility and other activities.

I'm still dumbfounded how healthy she seems.  One would never guess that anything was wrong with her. She just wants to jump waves, go on play dates, go bicycling, attend dogscout events and perform at dog agility events.  I will continue with the chemotherapy as well as alternative cancer treatments.

Next weekend I'm taking Daisy to a dogscout camp where she will be working on getting her dogscout badges in: camping, backpacking, hiking, biking, kayaking, travel safety, art of shaping, and  phodography.  Cute little thing :-)  I will upload pics as I get them.

Daisy's next dog agility event will be from January 27th through the 30th at Tropical Park in Miami.  There will be ALOT of talented dogs there.  Come out to see Daisy perform (she just loves it when people clap).