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    'Crunchy' fluid from leg mass?

    My 8 year old female GSD has a large lump on her back leg. It started out as a black lump and over the past few weeks it has gone from black to pink/red. She went to the vet this morning and they did a fine needle aspirate and they're sending it out to a lab. The vet said that at first look the...
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    Bumpy, swollen nose

    We ended up in the vet ER at 3 AM! Her whole body started to swell and I got worried that her throat would close. They gave her an injection and today she is back to normal. It was scary how fast the swelling took over her whole body. We think she reacted to a new carpet cleaner I used.
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    Bumpy, swollen nose

    My 2 y/o GSD has a swollen and bumpy nose. We just noticed it a few hours ago...why do these things happen late on the weekend when I can't call the vet? Her eyes are swollen, too, one eye more so than the other. I'm going to call her vet tomorrow and I gave her benadryl. Have any of you had a...
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    Low White Blood Cell Count

    WBC count is low again. He went to the vet yesterday. I just don't get why it's up and down. I'm going to see if they would be willing to put him on an extended dose of doxy.
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    Low White Blood Cell Count

    2 weeks after finishing the doxy, Colby went back for another count and everything is NORMAL!!! I'm beyond happy but still so curious. The vet is starting to think that maybe it was the allergy shots.
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    Low White Blood Cell Count

    He is done with the doxy tomorrow. I am going to talk with the vet about taking it longer. Something else that seems odd to me...I mentioned in an earlier post that he was on allergy shots....he licks his paws raw from allergies. The doxy has about cleared his paws up. Clindamycin did the same...
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    Low White Blood Cell Count

    I think my dog's problem is tick related, too. Last April we took a hike and we came home with some critters. I had him tested then, nothing showed. Nothing showed when they tested in December when this all started but the doxycycline really seems to be helping. I wonder if he is maybe one of...
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    Low White Blood Cell Count

    Sorry it took so long for an update. The whole thing is very odd. The bone marrow biopsy came back. No cancer but they can't find the cause of the low count either. They tested him for a rare strain of erlichia (sp?) and a cobalamine deficiency. Both negative. The only thing they found was a...
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    Low White Blood Cell Count

    Thanks a lot. I definitely will. I should know something today. I'm so hopeful that it isn't cancer. I know dogs often don't show signs, but his x-rays were good, he's eating (gaining weight even), plays. I'm just ready for some answers.
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    Low White Blood Cell Count

    He had the bone marrow biopsy today. We should have the results back by Friday. Pins and needles until then.
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    Low White Blood Cell Count

    He went a month without the allergy meds then went back in for a recheck on the blood and an allergy shot. The tech gave him the allergy shot THEN drew his blood....wasn't supposed to do that. :( He is off the allergy shots now until we know what this is. The vet I took him to this morning also...
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    Low White Blood Cell Count

    The Presnisone helped but then it dropped down to 1.15!! We have a bone marrow aspiration scheduled for Monday but...they sent his blood to an outside lab and they said everything is normal. I am at a loss. Tomorrow morning he is going to a different vet for a 3rd opinion.
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    Dachshund spinal cord injury... Limp legs, HELP!

    I have no advice to offer, just my thoughts. I sure will be thinking about your little guy. I hope everything works out for the best.
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    Low White Blood Cell Count

    Thanks, guys. I will know Saturday if the Prednisone is helping when they do yet another WBC count...poor guy! I'm trying to be hopeful though.
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    Low White Blood Cell Count

    I tried to post a picture of my boy but it didn't work!
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