Friday, May 30, 2008

Boy Kitty's Bloodwork and Hyper-T tests

Weight 4/18 6.4lbs, 4/21 7.2lbs,
Today's weight 7.80 (I'm really happy to see his weight increasing!)

Price: $176.31 (they waived the office fee :) every bit helps!!)

Todays Total T4 2.6 (1-5)
4/21 Total T4 5.1 (1-5)
Ranges in parenthesis

The following is today's Bloodwork AFTER being on methimazole for over a month .25 tablets (of a 5mg tablet) 2x daily /Ranges in parenthesis / April's bloodwork BEFORE methimazole
WBC 12.2 (5.6-19.5) 15.620
RBC 5.21 (5-11) 4.73
HGB 7.8 (8-15) 6.86
HCT 22.6 (25-45) 21.240 LOW (anemic?)
MCV 43.0 (39-50) 45.0
MCHC 34.4 (30-36) 32.290
RDW 15.9 (13-17) 15.470
PLT 503.0 (200-500) 336.0 HIGH
MPV 9.5 (6.5-15) 10.050

ALB 3.4 (2.3-3.9) 2.9
ALKP 53.0 (14-111) 70.0
ALT 39.0 (12-130) 50.0
AMYL 1270.0 (500-1500) 1292.0
BUN 93.0 (16-36) 55.0 HIGH
CA 10.4 (7.8-11.3) 10.0
CHOL 199.0 (65-225) 183.0
CREA 3.0 (0.8-2.4) 2.3 HIGH
GLU 151.0 (71-159) 162.0
PHOS 6.5 (3.1-7.5) 6.2
TBIL 0.8 (0-0.9) 0.3
TP 7.8 (5.7-8.9) 7.6
GLOB 4.3 (2.8-5.1) 4.6

Dr. Lester recommended that we take Dr. North's recommendation and increase methimazole to half tablet (2.5mg of a 5mg tablet) 2x daily and increase sub-q fluids to everyday.

She wants to see him back in two weeks to retest.

He came home, drank a ton of water, and threw it all up.
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Looking at his values, most are within range and his hyperthyroid is within range too so why would I increase his dosage? Plus, tests show he's anemic. I'm seeking help online with these issues and will follow up with my vet in two weeks. In the meantime, I ordered some vitamins with iron and am going to order a different type of phosphorus binder and see how all that goes...

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