Sasha got his CBC back today, the doctor called me this afternoon. I already cried my eyes out and am just being totally positive that we can have good results on Monday. Sasha's white blood cell count is elvated. The top cap/normal is 5.3 and his is 5.5 - enough to run a FeLV test over the weekend. Additionally, his blood sugar is dangerously low, at 54. 65 is normal, 45 is seizures...but he's showing no outward signs of ANY infections of illness and his urine panel was perfect, and his red blood cell count was perfect. There are no white gums and pallor. So we wait.....
Dr. B who we adored when she saved his life after the coyote mauling a year ago has gone back to Nova Scotia, so we have a good doctor - he's gentle and kind and very, very thorough. We like him! He was so surprised at the blood sugar reading he called the lab to make them walk him through everything they did.
Freddie (
RIP 11/9/03 FeLV) and Sasha were very close. In Freddie's last days, Sasha would wash and bathe him. We are thinking that something indeed was passed at that time, but because strapping 20 lb Sasha was so strong (and the mauling hadn't happened yet) that his immune system was never weakened. Now that 20 months have passed since Freddie, it might be that "something" is getting through.....
So we wait......
Please for all your prayers and vibes that Sasha aces this. I know he used up 8 of his lives, but Sasha is so much a part of my life as SiSi's son, I refuse to lose him!
Dr. B who we adored when she saved his life after the coyote mauling a year ago has gone back to Nova Scotia, so we have a good doctor - he's gentle and kind and very, very thorough. We like him! He was so surprised at the blood sugar reading he called the lab to make them walk him through everything they did.
Freddie (
So we wait......
Please for all your prayers and vibes that Sasha aces this. I know he used up 8 of his lives, but Sasha is so much a part of my life as SiSi's son, I refuse to lose him!