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The "2.4" is an abbreviated form of the white blood cell count, meaning "2,400", so it sounds to me like your count was 2,400 at that time.
The "ANC" (absolute neutrophil count) is different. It is a number that is calculated by a formula that is applied to the blood cell count. Below 500 is sort of a breaking point where they start to caution you to be more careful, so 100 does mean you need to be careful, for example staying away from anyone you don't really need to see, not doing any cleaning for example, no gardening because of the contact with dirt, and for the time being even see if you can avoid the dog. You want to do everything you can think of to avoid infection so that you don't end up sicker or end up delaying treatments. Mine got down to 300-400 most of the time and I chose at the time not to get Neupogen and my treatments were delayed because of that but I did not get any infections.
AlaskaAngel
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