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Canine Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA & IMHA) - Bentley 8/4
| Hi, all... Just got a few numbers by phone from LSU...will get a written report tomorrow, hopefully. Bentley's HCT was 28, down from 31 last week. His WBC was also down, but still high at 33.0. He is regenerating pretty nicely, with Retics at 110,000 (up from 59000 last week)....but he did have spherocytes noted in the morphology. Soooo we are not in remission, but still have active IMHA. Bummer! The specialist is upping his Cyclosporine to 50 mg 2x day, and recheck in a week. So not the best news, but better than it could have been, I guess Sally and Bentley |
| Sally Louisiana |
| Sally~ Sounds like you and Bentley are making progress. It took several months for Tori to go into remission. The vet is still cautious, but I'd rather they be that way than not have concern or interest in our beloved pets! Blessings, CIndi & Tori (IMHA) |
| Cindi PCB |
| Just realized I didn't come back and add the rest of the info from the written report! So here goes.... HCT 28 (down from 31) HGB 9.1 (down from 9.9) RDW 16.6 (up from 16.2) MCV 72.8 same MCHC 32.6 (up from 31.6) platelets 796 (up from 439) MPV 12.4 (up from 10.5) Plasma Protein 7.5 (down from 7.9) PCV 26 (down from 29) HPP 47 (none noted last check) Absol Retic 109.9 (up from 59.36) Advia Retc % 2.9 (up from 1.4%) Total WBCs 33.6 (down from 39.2) NEU 28.6 / 85.0% (vs 33.1 / 84.5%) Bands 0.3 / 1.0% (vs 0.2 / 0.5%) LYM 2.0 / 6.0% (vs 2.3 / 6.0%) MON 2.2 / 6.5% (vs 3.5 / 6.0%) EOS 0.5 / 1.5% (vs zero) Other notations: RBC Morphology: 2+ Anisocytosis, 2+ Spherocytes, Slight Polychromasia, 1+ Codocytes, Rare Schistocytes Plasma Appearance: Slightly Lipemic WBC Morphology: Rare toxic bands with slight cytoplasmic basophilia WOW...My head is spinning....but I'm learning....I DON'T like the Spherocyte word....that is a bad one!! We go back tomorrow for another check. Thoughts, anyone?? Sally |
| Sally Louisiana |
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