Sassy – New thread

[Linda]

Sorry – ‘stinkier’ the better. Slow down Linda!!! 😁

[Alyssa]

Hey guys, back from another checkup

What is going on with her platelets?? I don’t understand and am concerned :( they seem to be wildly fluctuating. Did anyone else experience this?

4 weeks ago – they were low but still normal-low.
2 weeks ago – they were perfect, at 3xx
today – they have dropped 200 points, now below normal, at 184

White count is fine. RBC is fine (45)

Should I be concerned or not? The dr wasn’t. He said unless they drop lower at the next test (2 weeks), he is not concerned, and not concerned until we reach levels like 150.
I was told to go ahead with our reductions , but I’m nervous.

[Alyssa]

Her white count was 10, by the way.

[Alyssa]

Two week checkup!

Platelets are back up again. 248. I don’t know. I guess this fluctuation is normal for her and I am going to stop fretting over it.

PCV 45%

Whites were lower than they had been, but still normal

Get to drop Aza to 1/2 a tab a day.

Sassy is like a whole new dog. Getting her thyroid fixed and getting her completely off Pred, she is just a ball of energy, always wants to play and go walk. She has been so happy.

There was a small bump on her belly, near her nipple, and has been concerning me. I don’t want to say the C word. But, it isn’t hard. It showed up about 1.5 weeks ago. Really hoping it’s just a cyst. We looked at it, but it isn’t hard at all, it doesn’t even feel fatty – just feels like it’s on her skin, not under. he squished and prodded so there really was nothing to aspirate if we wanted to do that. For now, we’re going to watch it.

Weightloss front is still eluding us – she is only eating 1.5 cups a day, of a low calorie food (Whole earth farms whitefish & salmon – but I just switched to this a week ago). Shes running so much, playing, just don’t understand why she won’t lose!

[admin]

Hey Alyssa!

Nothing to worry about AT ALL. Worzel’s platelets are always all over the place – this is perfectly normal. People are the same too. As long as they are in normal range, don’t even think about it. You vet is quite correct – only worry if they get really low or really high – out of range.

Worzel is a lumpy, bumpy boy from the pred, but nothing dangerous for now – keeping an eye is the best idea & I always get everything checked at the vets each check-up. If something grows quickly, it needs special attention. Is the lump mobile? i.e. can you “move it around”? Has she been spayed?

So, great news all round, Alyssa! If she’s back to her happy, energetic self, that means such a lot – it makes a huge difference to our “worry” levels when we see them like that again. I do think the weight should gradually go down, but keep a good eye on her thyroid as weight gain is a notorious problem if they are hypothyroid. I confess I keep Worzel slightly heavier (not fat though!) now, because of the scare we had when he looked skeletal during treatment. I suppose it’s just peace of mind for me that he has a bit of spare, just in case he gets ill. Those things always stay in the back of our minds forever, don’t they? I know I will never stop being paranoid about everything.

Love Sheena, Slightly Chubby & his friend Ollie xxxx

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[Vally]

Oh it’s great to hear your Sassy is back. When you think of what they’re like when they’re so sick, you never dream it’s possible.

Well done mum. You too Sassy.

Vally & Bingo.
xxx

[Alyssa]

Sheena, it’s not mobile at all. It feels like a raised area of skin, not like there is anything under it. It seems to be shrinking a little bit each day. She was spayed, but, not before her first heat (which is suppose to reduce the chance of breast cancer in dogs?). We rescued her when she was already around 2 and being used as a puppy mill.
It feels more like a welt, than a bump!

[admin]

Alyssa – you know why I asked about the spaying then. Having her spayed at all still reduces the chances of breast cancer, I’ve read, even after 1st heat. Puppy mills make me really angry, as you know, & she is lucky to be with you & deserves that luck too.

From the way you describe it, it sounds more like an injury of some kind – maybe that’s why is getting smaller. let’s hope that’s what it is & fingers crossed it’s nothing untoward. All you can really do is monitor it for now. Getting smaller makes me happy!