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My vet did a house call today and drew blood for WBC. Sophie's lymphocyte count was 6.7 two weeks ago when another vet, closer to my home had done the test. Today, my regular vet did it and just called me with the results...Sophie's lymphocyte count is now 13 ! She is sending the blood sample to a pathologist for review. Apparently there are diff types of lymphocytes and an increased number does not necessarily mean lymphoma. Lymphocytes can be elevated due to stress for example (Sophie was definitely stressed today,she peed as the vet picked her up to put her on the counter!). Sophie had diarrhea for 1.5 months but has been pooing "normally" now for over 1 week after taking 5 mg daily of prednisolone. She's gained weight ( a month ago she was 4.2kg and now she's 4.8kg) and is eating normally, playing and looks well. My question is, other than from excitement, has anyone else had a kitty with elevated lymphocytes that did not have lymphoma?