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.

 

 

[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.

[F, Calla & Luca]

That is great news !

[Bonnie and Kona]

Thrilled to hear Sophie is improving. Praying she continues to get better and better.

[Ricki and Tara (doodle)]

Thanks for the update. Hoping she continues to get stronger with every passing day. It must be wonderful to she her showing an interest in her toys again. :)

[Cheryl and Finnegan]

Bob, never mind my question in the other discussion as you posted all the info here:) Praying little Sophie continues her recovery. This is all good news!

[Lonnie & Libby Lu]

So happy to hear things are going better and Sophie continues to improve!  Sending hugs and prayers!

[Anne & Mr. Haley]

Glad to hear that Sophie is continuing to improve and sending positive thoughts for more improvement and good health for her.

[Janice Jones]

Great news

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

What wonderful news. Thanks so much for posting. I have been wondering how Sophie was doing.