update on Sophie bleeding from gums

[Bob Johnston]

Here is what is going on after taking her to the vet. Not the simple playing to rough that I thought it was.

 

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.

 

 

[Bob Johnston]

no cause was found. just one of those things that could happen.

[Linda And Loo]

Thanks for the reply. Just glad she is ok!

[Judith and Griffin]

So so relieved she's home and doing well!  Whew! :-)

[Debi and Monty Moose]

Thrilled she is finally home!

[Bob Johnston]

I know it has been forever since I gave an update on Sophie but it has been slow going and lots of testing. I am very happy to say that her platelet count has been holding at above normal now and her liver function test are all normal. She is back to a normal weight, ok maybe a pound or two over but we are ok with that for now. She is slowly tapering off her prednisone and even showing interest in playing with her toys again even if its only a few mins every other day.

[Kimberly Cook]

:) Give her a hug from me please..and a treat.

[Amy Galvin]

Glad to hear Sophie is doing better.