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high white blood count


Sent to Pet Experts September 11, 2005 8:37 a.m.
the wbc was 210 on a regular routine blood test.
the pathologhy/cytology report states as follows;
chronic lymphocytic leukemia with small cells
lymphosarcoma in the bone marrow.09/02/05
the chemotherphy prescribed is 2mg of leukeran
tablet gsk, one daliy, and prednisone 20 mg one
daily. is there any more we can do? is there any
other problem that could cause these results?we
feel our pet took a turn for the worse too quickly
and maybe there is another reason for this diagnosis, any other disease? thank you,

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September 11, 2005 9:18 a.m. (41 minutes and 1 second later) 		ACCEPTED Check Mark
I'm so sorry for you and your pet. This sort of cancer does come up unexpectedly and by the time its realized there is a problem the dog is often quite ill.
This site has a good over view of lymphoma disease overall
http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/ClientED/lsa.asp

and this talks about the specific disease it sounds like your dog has
http://www.vetinfo.com/dleukemia.html

You might want to see if a holistic vet has some help to make your dog more comfortable or perhaps extend the expected lifespan. You can ask your vet for referal to one or you may be able to find one in the list here www.ahvma.org
to help you in conjunction with traditional treatments.

Sometimes erlichia a tick carried disease has been confused with leukemia but the pathology in your tests seems to indicate that sadly your vet is correct.
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=2&cat=1556&articleid=430

I'm so sorry its awfully hard to cope with. I lost a dog to bone cancer this spring and it does go awfully fast.
Hope this helps you!



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