Mackenzie is scheduled for her 6th and final chemo treatment tomorrow. We had blood work done and an urinalysis to determine if she should have this 6th treatment this past Thursday. Her white blood cell count was a little low (at 4,ooo vs. 16,000 the last chemo treatment she had) and her protein levels in her urine remain on the higher side (2+ – whatever that means). The last urinalysis also showed higher protein levels. So not sure what this all means, but the doctors called me today and they still want me to bring her in for her chemo treatment figuring that her wbc will be higher by tomorrow (let’s hope!) But because of her elevated protein levels in her urine, they want to do another test to see if it’s an infection or something. So I have to get her urine in a cup and bring it in to be tested. They recommend that I put this “sterile” cup underneath her when she “squats” in the morning – I have no idea how I’m going to pull this one off! And keep it refrigerated until we leave for the doctors. Has anyone ever had to do this – catch the urine in a cup? I guess I’ll be wearing long rubber gloves to prevent any splash. This should be very interesting. I hope she has to go for a long time. :).
I just recently made some videos which I want to post and am still trying to figure out all the editing stuff. But I have to say that you would never suspect that Mackenzie’s wbc is low – she still has a lot of energy and we did a walk the other day that was the longest walk we had done so far. She’s been going up our hill on a regular basis now and she recently dipped herself in the pool which I loved seeing. I was holding off from buying the float coat until we got closer to summer (not sure how she would be doing if you know what I mean) but I think I’m going to need to make an early purchase (at least I hope I need to!)
So keeping our paws crossed that we sail through tomorrow and this is the last of this chemo once and for all!

