What to expect for my pet's bone marrow test recovery and aftercare?

Your vet can provide IV fluids through the procedure and recovery until he able to be discharge and that can help prevent dehydration and provide electrolytes to keep him strong. They will also provide pain medication for the procedure and send you home with some to keep him comfortable. You can always try canned food or mix tuna juice to entice him while he is recovering. Make sure you have an area set up where he can recover and try to decrease his jumping ability once home

Hello, sorry to hear about Theo. This is really dependent on the type of infection. If the infection is responding well to antibiotics and her bone marrow is now starting to show evidence that it may be working, then you could likely hold off on obtaining a bone marrow biopsy after consulting it with your veterinarian. Alternatively, if the bone marrow is not responding adequately, or if an underlying cause for such a low WBC count is not able to be determined, then a bone marrow biopsy is likely the next best diagnostic step. Hope this helps and best of luck.

Hi there and thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach to address your concern. The concern I would have would be internal bleeding from the aspiration sites. Plenty of rest should be provided for Chance and monitoring his gums for any change in color. If you notice his gums become pale pink or pale he needs to go back to the vet right away. Otherwise, a period of 2-3 days of rest should be sufficient. I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns and I would be more than happy to help you further! Good luck with Chance and I hope you get answers for Chance soon!

I'm glad to hear that Missy's incision is healing well. White Bood Cell (WBC) counts can change quickly in the blood stream for a variety of reasons including even stress. Depending on the lab, her value in September may have been slightly high, but I suspect her value last month was likely within the normal range, so would wait for the results to come back from the biopsy testing and determine that to do from there. Her WBC count might not be a major concern at all. We often see VERY low WBC counts with cancers in the bone marrow (less than 1.5), so I would not be particularly worried about a value of 7.47. Good luck! I hope that was helpful and answered your question. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach.

Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! Vomiting and inappetence are concerning signs when it comes to pancreatic biopsies as it may be a sign of pancreatitis after the biopsy or this may possibly due to the underlying pathology they are trying to figure out with the biopsy. This may also be due to pain itself. If this was just due to pain, you should be seeing improvement within 1 hour after a methadone injection. I would recommend you check in right away with your veterinarian who performed the biopsy as they have more information on the case and can give you more specific recommendations. I am hoping that everything is fine.

Hi there and thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach to address your concern. There can be multiple causes of low RBCs and WBCs. I would make sure that all possible infectious causes are ruled out such as tick borne diseases. A chronic infection can cause low RBCs and low WBCs as well. Bone marrow could still be diseased and be leading to the low RBC and WBC count and a bone marrow biopsy in this case would prove to be useful. I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns and I would be more than happy to help you further.

Hello. Those blood results indicate that there is a low red cell count, low white cell count and low platelets. This COULD indicate leukemia as all three cell lines are low, however it could also be due to a systemic infection and the platelets being low could be due to clumping. The first next step would be to send the blood away to an external lab to look for regeneration, as well as platelet clumps. If your dog is acting sick your vet may want to start on antibiotics in case of a systemtic infection. I suggest you go back to your vet and discuss these results, and discuss what the pathologist comments were if the blood was sent away externally. If bone marrow disease is suspected they can do a bone marrow biopsy.