I think there may be a few of you following this, but I just had Bella's labwork re-checked this morning. Instead of just the smaller panel they do for pre-op blood work, I had them do a full Chem panel and a CBC (they also did pre and post BAT, but I won't get those results until the end of the week since they send them off).
She had a Low Granulosites count (which apparently is a kind of WBC). It was 2.90 and normal is 3.30-12.00. I asked the physician I work with here about it, and he said that it was only a touch low and that he would really only be worried about it UNLESS it was high. (Her WBC count was normal....6.30 in a range of 6.00-16.90....so I guess really low normal, but still normal.)
She also had a Low Amylase (460 with a normal range of 500-1500). The same physician said this is a Pancreas marker, and that again, he would only worry about it if it were high. I wonder why this (and the Granulosites too) were low, though?? Especially since both have a pretty big range of normal, and she is just below the low end of normal for both.....?? Weird.
And AGAIN, her ALT is high!
A little over 2 wks ago, her pre-op blood work had her ALT at 302 (with a normal range of 10-100). This morning, her ALT was 347 (same normal range)!!! She hasn't had any form of medication at all since 2 wks ago....all she has had is her food, and some people food too (cottage cheese, chicken, veggies....but only in very small amounts). The physician that works with me asked what the vet said about it (I haven't talked to him yet, though) and then said that since all her other Liver Enzymes are normal and her BUN and Creatinine are normal, he probably wouldn't really worry about it......
I guess I'll just have to wait and see what the BAT says. *sigh I was so hoping that ALT would have at the very least gone down considerably if not be normal. I wonder why one Liver Enzyme would be so crazy-high will all the others being normal.....that's just odd to me.
Any thoughts??? Anyone know if a low Amylase should have me concerned at all??
(If her BAT comes back abnormal, I will have them do a Protein C test....I've already discussed that with them. THEN, if that is indicative of either MVD or PSVA, I'll find a specialist and we'll deal. Maybe I'll get REALLY lucky and the BAT will be normal......but, if I didn't have bad luck I'd have no luck at all
, so I won't be holding my breath.)