Ellie's blood work is not good.

[Ellie May]

Ellie had her wellness check the other night and the vet just called.
Her ALT, BUN, etc. are normal. Her urinalysis and T4 are perfect.

Her lipase is up to 907 (high normal is 750). She did have pancreatitis and apparently it may have gone chronic. We will do more blood testing now and probably lower the fat in her diet.

Now to what really concerns me.
Her hemoglobin is up slightly which the vet isn't really concerned with.
Her platelets are 94,000 when they should be between 164,000 and 510,000. There could've been an issue with the blood sitting around and going to the lab and the people at the lab said the platelets looked okay, but this may not be good. Something else that is crossing the vet's mind is that Ellie took a long time to stop bleeding after her blood draw the other night. She wants her rechecked in less than a week.

Her titers aren't back yet but I told the vet that I am refusing all vaccines until the CBC is normal. With low platelets we have to start talking about tick-bourne illness (she went down South this year but I saw ZERO ticks on her) and immune mediated diseases. It may not be this because I think the vet said hemoglobin usually drops first if that were the case but we just don't know.

Now Ellie is sick. She threw up last Friday and then seemed fine. A couple days ago she started getting diarrhea and still has it. She has had a bit of a cough but nothing major. The vet is going to be out of town for a couple days and said if she gets worse, go to our back-up vet. It sounds like she is concerned.

I can't believe we might have more problems.

We are just hoping that the CBC will go back to normal and that a diet change will bring the lipase down.

[emilyann]

Aw! Poor baby Ellie. I'll keep you both in my thoughts & prayers that everything will turn out ok. You're such a great knowledgeable furbaby mommy so I'm sure everything will be alright.

[Suzy]

Oh no! Sounds like you have a great vet and you have a lot of information-how great they share all of that with you! I'm glad your vet wants to retest soon and hopefully that will help you make the best decisions about how to care for Ellie. We will be sending our positive thoughts and prayers for both of you. Hugs to you both as well.

[Hokule'a]

Prayers coming out from Utah for both of you!

[Wylie's Mom]

Oh, ELLIE !!! So, it's wait, adjust diet, and check again? Oh, gosh - how stressful. I mean the bleeding thing kind of stands alone - but I wonder if *some* of the other levels were off due to some combo of issues (her current bout of something) - so maybe, like you said things could potentially normalize....

You probably already looked up lab result anomalies and all of that? I wonder what else this long bleed time could be about.

[Nancy1999]

I'm so sorry Ellie is sick, I hope you find out what's bothering her soon, and wish her a speedy recovery. Not knowing is so hard.

[Jeri Cunningham]

Oh poor Ellie I hope she get better soon. Nothing is worse than not being able to fix our babies when they are sick.
Praying for a speedy recovery.

[Ellie May]

Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom

Oh, ELLIE !!! So, it's wait, adjust diet, and check again? Oh, gosh - how stressful. I mean the bleeding thing kind of stands alone - but I wonder if *some* of the other levels were off due to some combo of issues (her current bout of something) - so maybe, like you said things could potentially normalize....

You probably already looked up lab result anomalies and all of that? I wonder what else this long bleed time could be about.

Thanks Everyone.

Yes, it is wait a few days, redraw for pancreas testing and CBC and then decide what to do. I'm sure the pancreas number will be high and in that case I will have to talk to her nutritionist about lowering her fat intake. If the CBC is normal, great. We will then probably blame it on platelets clumping together. If the numbers don't normalize I don't know what the vet is thinking is next and I don't think I want to... I mean, if it is immune mediated, the most prevalent treatment is steroids. Well, Ellie can't
be on steroids because of her liver. The last resort would be a spleenectomy and that may not even work. Low platelets can also mean a tumor. I don't know what to think. The low platelets may be connected to the extended bleed time and then we really would have a problem... I am seeing platelets and pancreatitis connected on Google. Anyone know if pancreatitis can lower them?

Now with her not feeling well I am all the more concerned.

[LuvMySissy]

Crystal - we'll keep you and Ellie in our thoughts and prayers. It sure seems like pancreatitis is on the rise!! Good decision about her vaccinations as well. Keep being a great mommy!!

[chachi]

I am keeping Ellie in my thoughts and prayers. I hope her numbers are down at the retest

[Ellie May]

Originally Posted by Jeri Cunningham

Oh poor Ellie I hope she get better soon. Nothing is worse than not being able to fix our babies when they are sick.
Praying for a speedy recovery.

I soooo agree.


I just canNOT calm down.
It is going to be a loooooooooooooooooong weekend.
Now with her cough the the low platelet count, my thought is heartworms?
But she has been on something for that and tested clear this Spring.

Now my head is going in circles.

[TresCutePiggies]

I'll keep Ellie in my thoughts and prayers. I am hopeful for a speedy recovery. Hopefully, her blood redraw will have better results and you will be able to find an explanation for the abnormalities.

[143julz]

My Julz is going through similiar sounding medical issues. I assume your vet is doing a PLI test to determine the pancreatitis? 0-200 is teh norm, Julz was 337 on Monday. As for teh connection w/ low Hemo???? Because, looking at her CBC report as i type the range indicates 12.1-20.3 and her's wwas 9.3 (LOW) so with that being said it;s sounds possible. But we also learned she anemic (sp) too, REgenerative at that.
I hope things turn out ok for you at your furbaby.
I jsut started SQ today so i hope that helps and get julz back to wanting to eat *fingers crossed*

Originally Posted by Ellie May

Thanks Everyone.

Yes, it is wait a few days, redraw for pancreas testing and CBC and then decide what to do. I'm sure the pancreas number will be high and in that case I will have to talk to her nutritionist about lowering her fat intake. If the CBC is normal, great. We will then probably blame it on platelets clumping together. If the numbers don't normalize I don't know what the vet is thinking is next and I don't think I want to... I mean, if it is immune mediated, the most prevalent treatment is steroids. Well, Ellie can't
be on steroids because of her liver. The last resort would be a spleenectomy and that may not even work. Low platelets can also mean a tumor. I don't know what to think. The low platelets may be connected to the extended bleed time and then we really would have a problem... I am seeing platelets and pancreatitis connected on Google. Anyone know if pancreatitis can lower them?

Now with her not feeling well I am all the more concerned.

[TLC]

OH NO ~ Little Ellie get better soon!

What the heck is going on Crystal with our babies?

....I am so sorry that she's not feeling well again I will be watching this thread for more updates

[Ellie May]

Originally Posted by 143julz

My Julz is going through similiar sounding medical issues. I assume your vet is doing a PLI test to determine the pancreatitis? 0-200 is teh norm, Julz was 337 on Monday. As for teh connection w/ low Hemo???? Because, looking at her CBC report as i type the range indicates 12.1-20.3 and her's wwas 9.3 (LOW) so with that being said it;s sounds possible. But we also learned she anemic (sp) too, REgenerative at that.
I hope things turn out ok for you at your furbaby.
I jsut started SQ today so i hope that helps and get julz back to wanting to eat *fingers crossed*

Yes, the vet is going to do a PLI.
Ellie has already been diagnosed with pancreatitis by her internist. It showed up on ultrasound. We decided to not do any blood testing at the time because we already had the diagnosis but it appears to be chronic, so further testing has to be done now. Ellie's hemoglobin wasn't low, it was high. I really do wonder if the abnormal CBC could be from pancreatitis. The vet is about to get a lot of questions.