Jilly Bean had her 2 month on Leukeran blood work up yesterday.

First, a few updates.....she hasnt been feeling that great lately.  She just seems a little "blah" and has also been having some diarrhea and vomiting.  Her oncologist said to give her 1/4 of a pepcid every night and we'll see if this helps.  That was about a week ago, and so far it has.  No more GI issues so far (knock on wood).  Shes still a bit lethargic though.  I missed a pill last week (I know I know, bad mom)...and I didn't think this could happen after missing just one dose, but she was like a new cat the next day - acting like a kitten, running around.  So.  I have been thinking a little that maybe we should stop the Leukeran.  The stomach issues seem to be ok, but I dont want her feeling miserable.  I figured I'd see what the blood work showed.

I had them weigh her yesterday when they did the blood work and she has lost 10 ounces since her last appointment (4 weeks ago).  I had a feeling she had lost some, but I was a little surprised it was that much, shes eating completely normally.  

OK, so blood work.  Her neutrophils are normal (on the low end of normal, but as we know, thats normal for her).  WBC's are low, but not low enough that we need to stop the leukeran or be concerned.  Her lymphocytes are EXTREMELY low, but as I've come to learn, this does not mean much.  Oftentimes this is just caused by stressed and her oncologist also told me that the lymphocytes are the WBC's that are most effected by Leukeran, but there is really no cause for concern, because she is not showing any symptoms of any problems that would pop up by having low lymphocytes.

So, all in all, the blood work is good.  Oncologist is not too concerned about the weight loss as she says these scales are so finicky and shes eating.  If she weren't eating, of course we'd be concerned.   Since we're checking her so often (once a month), we're keeping a good eye on her.

So the decision is, we're going to basically play it week by week for now.  She is acting much more playful tonight, which makes me happy.  She is nowhere near miserable enough that I'm ready to stop the drugs.  So day by day it is.........................and we'll have another check up in a month

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