Yeah! Going to the Doctor's!

So, we're going to see Dr. Boria today for a blood test to see how Abby's white blood cell count looks at one week past the start of chemo. We are now 11 days post diagnosis and 7 days into chemotherapy. Abby is almost totally transitioned to her new food (Innova EVO) and has started her supplement therapy (from Aloha Medicinals). Abby is also on a prophylactic antibiotic since the chemo suppresses the immune system.

She has not been diving into her food as much as she used to, but she's quite distracted by the second and third courses to her mealtime extravaganzas. First course - dry kibble with olive oil - pretty darn good. Second course - wet EVO dog food with lumps (pills) in it - yummy! Third course - 1/2 carrot - woo-hoo!! Occasional fourth course - cat food soup (water sloshed around in a now empty can of wet food) - UNBELIEVABLE! It's not that she's not hungry, she just wants the other stuff more than the dry food. She will eat it with only a little encouragement - as long as I don't move too much - then she thinks that I'm preparing her next tidbits and she follows me around drooling. Sam, meanwhile, thinks that Abby's food is the best thing in the world and makes thinly veiled attempts to steal anything in her bowl if she even glances away for a second. Bad, old dog!! What a great problem to have!