Because he wasn't feeling well, we postponed Trapper's next chemo treatment, and thankfully on September 18, Trapper was feeling great, so he had the final treatment of the first of round of chemo, Mitoxantrone. Unfortunately, the chemo was really rough on him--his stomach was a wreck and he was losing his appetite, so he went back to the vet on September 23. His white blood cell count was still in the normal range (8.0 and the low end of normal is 6.0), but we added Metronidazole (an antibiotic) to help protect Trapper from the risk of bacterial overgrowth following the die-off of "good bacteria" in his gut.
Two days later, on September 25, Trapper woke up super sick. He was the saddest of the sad :( We've seen this before, when his autoimmune disease was not under control years ago. So, back to the vet we went! Sure enough, his white blood cell count was down to 3.8. We added Baytril (a more powerful antibiotic) and Cerenea (to help with nausea and hopefully bring back his appetite). He was a brand new pup when I picked him up! He was full of energy, tried to go through the front door of the vet's office to chase a squirrel and even jumped up to steal a piece of pizza off the table at dinner!
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| Trapper playing the "wait" game..really, he just wants me to release him so he can eat the treats on his paws |
Week 5 is an off week in Trapper's protocol, so no treatments last week. This past weekend Trapper got to join us on a trip to Fort Collins--we had a lot of fun!
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| Trapper loves Fort Collins |
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| Trapper checked out the map on our hike Sunday morning. He loved it! |
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| Ready to walk, Mom! |
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| Trapper was less than impressed by this selfie! |
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| Trapper's feeling like some island time, so he put on one of Tate's flip flops! |
Tomorrow Trapper has Vincristine treatment, and the start of the 2nd of 4 rounds of chemo. This boy is so amazing...Love him!
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