[Dailydrool] More Harry news....looking for info

[Laura Moravinski]

OK.  So the vet called today.  We got the great news on Friday that the tumor on his spleen was fibrous and fatty.  However, his blood came back with several abnormalities.  He had a low white cell count and a low platelet count.  The platelets were also “clumping in an odd manner”.  We are going in on Wednesday for another blood draw to see if the results from the first one were accurate and there was no lab error.  When I asked him what would be causing the blood issues he said he is looking at reasons why the spleen may be destoying or sequestering the platelets.  He mentioned “autoimmune disease”, “thrombocytopenia” and tick bourne disease.  He did say cancer is not ruled totally out but is low on his list.  
SO apparently we are no out of the woods yet.  I was so relieved that the mass wasn’t hemangiosarcoma that I put out of my head that there could be other serious issues.  Sigh.  Does anyone have experience with any of the issues he mentioned?  

Thanks to you all for listening and being such a great source of support!!!
Laura and Harry Moravinski
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