bleeding from gums purple marks all over body.

[Bob Johnston]

Im not sure where to really start. We noticed Sophie was bleeding from her gums after playing over the holiday weekend with kids an another dog. we irrigated and made sure nothing was stuck in there. Today we went to the vet to see if we missed anything. She found the purple marks all over her body and said she thinks her blood isn't clotting right and she is running a bit of a temp. We were transferred to the 24 hr emergency vet because they can do blood tests on site and she was worried about maybe rat or mouse poisoning. thank god they ruled that out right away with tests. the picture is all the tests they have done so far. Here is a list of things they found wrong and what they are doing to treat until more tests come back.

 

Bleeding from gums

red/purple spots over body

mild anemia

very few platelets 

Sophie 10,000 platelets

normal 200,000 platelets

 

Treatment

steroids immunosuppressive does

doxycycline for possible tick bite infection

 

If anyone has any info that may help me out here on what is going on it would be very very appreciated or if you think I should post this in a specific or other areas to get the most responses let me know. Still kind of in shock that this is all happening.

 

 

[Adrienne]

I am so happy for you and Sophie.  I am sending lots of hugs your way!!

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Very glad to hear

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Such great news!!!!!

[Ricki and Tara (doodle)]

Wonderful news!!

[Camilla and Darwin]

This is great news!

[Cheryl and Finnegan]

Yay!!!!! Bet she'll be so happy to see you too!

[Bonnie and Kona]

So encouraging, Bob! This is really good news!

[Jarka, Monty & Auggie]

How strange. It would really be nice to know what caused all this. I'm sure glad Sophie is doing so much better. What a scare!

[Janice Jones]

Happy news!!

[Jill, Woody & Maxi]

Great news! So happy for you both

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

I am so glad that Sophie gets to come home.  (((hugs ))))

[Bob Johnston]

Sorry for the long space between updates. Sophie is still doing about the same as Thursday when she came home. still eating and drinking normally but a little mopey. I think that is from all the medication. She goes to the vet tomorrow to have checkup blood work to see if her platelets are back to normal. Once I get the results from that I will put out another update on where we need to go from there.