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Canine Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA & IMHA) - Daisy
| Daisy is my little girl; she is an 8 year old Cocker Spaniel and was first diagnosed with IMHA in 2004. After 3 blood transfusions and Prednisone, we were able to get it into Remission. But unfortunately this terrible thing reared its ugly head again in 2007 and once again my strong little girl was able to over come it. Then about 2 months or so she seemed to not be herself so I took her to the vet and she had a body infection that the vet thought was stemming from her anal glands. We put her on antibiotics but they didn’t seem to work so the vet suggested have her anal glands flushed which would have to be done under anesthetic. So of course they did blood work before the treatment and her blood came back with "0" platelets so they didn’t do the procedure. The vet diagnosed her with ITP and put her on 50mm of prednisone a day. I took her 2 weeks ago and her platelets were at 82K but normal is 175K so we continued with the 50 mm of prednisone. Well I just got back from the vet and my baby is falling apart, now her PLT is down to 52 and her RBC is starting to crash. I am calling a specialist in the morning but in the mean time I can’t find anything regarding both low RBC and low PLT. Can anyone help? Things are going down hill fast and I am so very scared for my little girl. Thank you Tina |
| Tina Ohio |
| Dear Tina, Just wanted to say keep strong hunny I lost my little girl 4 weeks ago, her platelets and RBC were severely low, When you speak to the specialist ask for all the information you possibly can, my little baby was 12 years old and I know what you are going through, Daisy has pulled through before so I am praying that once again she will succeed, Sending you both loads of love. Diane |
| Diane Luton.England |
This thread was discussed on 26/03/2010
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