First round of post-chemo blood work...only concern is a bit low white blood cell count but they aren't overly concerned.  He's got another CBC scheduled for next week so they'll make a determination on adjusting the carboplatin at that time.  He's doing well overall although still a little loose stool and only interested in boiled chicken and rice...and of course a treat or two!  

He's pepped up a bit and playing with some of his toys, although Kenya keeps stealing the toys from him...well, that's pretty normal for them though!  We're experimenting with longer walks and using a kids wagon until I can decide on a wagon/stroller.  He'll walk longer now but still gets tired pretty quickly, but up in the wagon for a bit then he's ready to walk a little more.  And he gets to visit some other areas of the neighborhood instead of the same 5-6 houses!

I also scheduled a consult with a local physical therapist but oncologists wants me to wait until after the 2nd chemo, probably due to some of the effects he's shown with round 1.  In the meantime, he (and Kenya) are enjoying some massages from mom! They both really love them but I can tell they both have some sensitive spots so hopefully the PT will help.  

Looking forward to the weekend and maybe taking the pups to another area out of the neighborhood for new smells and trails!  Well, short trails anyway!

We're having a horrible morning!  Started yesterday when Chance wouldn't eat dinner.  I took his temp and it was high...like 104.  I called the vet and oncology dept and they recommended using rubbing alcohol on his paws to help bring down the temp (I'm familiar with that having seen that with a dog I had with heat stroke) and keep an eye on his temp.  So all night I was putting cotton balls with rubbing alcohol (thankfully my neighbor had some...try finding rubbing alcohol anywhere today!), putting cool towels on him, and his temp was slowly going down...still high, but improving.  But this morning it was up to 105 so ran him to the ER!

He has sepsis...his white blood count which was low last week but not too concerning dropped from 2.09 to 0.01!  His platelets are almost non-existent!  They've got him on an IV and antibiotics.  We also talked about Neupogen to help boost his immune system.  She said it's kind of expensive so not all patient's humans approve it.  They don't use it a lot but she said they've seen good results when used.  Of course, she couldn't promise anything but how can I NOT try it?!  

She confirmed that this is from the chemo and he's just one of the rare cases that has this severe reaction.  Of course now I'm second guessing having gone ahead with the chemo, were the walks too long, did he eat something on one of the walks?!  I just want to be there with him and hold him but with COVID I just had to leave him!  This is going to be the longest day!