Quick update and MAYBE some good news!
Biopsy results are back. No sign of lymphoma. Also, the full body xrays were read by the radiologist, and he sees NO signs of lesions or growths or anything like that. Vet now believes it's NOT lymphoma. YAY!
The biopsy DOES show inflammatory process in her liver, and some kind of finding (I couldn't even understand what he said) that meant red blood cells are being made in her LIVER and not just in her bone marrow. Vet said that's an unusual finding, doesn't know why it's happening, but it shouldn't be.
He now thinks, based on everything he sees from the biopsy results, that she has chronic active hepatitis. He also now believes the "strong positive" test result for pancreatitis.
Around 1:00 p.m. I checked her back into the hospital (I had kept her home this morning) for fluids and IV antibiotics ONLY. He said the treatment for chronic active hepatitis is steroids, and that her kidneys are "in bad shape" and he's afraid that the steroids will shut down her kidneys. He said there's "no good decision" in her treatment course now. I will be doing lots of research tonight.
For now, fluids, IV antibiotics, tonight we start her back on ursodiol, she's on prescription I/D canned food, and tomorrow morning we'll re-run full blood panels to see where her kidney, liver and anemia numbers are (she's anemic, too, but until today, he didn't want to treat that, either....).
She's got a long road ahead of her to get well, if that's even possible, but MAYBE we finally have a diagnosis and I can figure out how to treat her. She's obviously weak, but she's feeling at least a little better because her personality is coming back. If she wants to be held, that's fine, but when she wants down, she wants DOWN NOW, and that's how she was acting this morning. Snuggle time is on her schedule only.
Dana and Bumble