Dog with mass on spleen - post splenic removal problems
Our 9 year old spayed pit bull had her spleen removed, along with a 4 lb tumor, 6 weeks ago. Pre-surgery she had a transfusion her blood was at 18%, post surgery she was great and was allowed to go home a day early. The report on the tissue sent in was not conclusive, the large histiocytoid cells were poorly differentiated. So, we have been waiting on a second test (stain) there are no normal indications to suggest cancer, I.E. swollen lymph nodes, high calcium, or problems with marrow. At 5 weeks after surgery she started to slow down and seemed a little tired, we went to our vet, her blood count was 35%. then 1 week later (friday) her blood count was 22%, she was put on prednisone and imuron. The blood came up to 26% for 1 day (saturday) and is now (monday) at 21%. The marrow is still working hard. They do not think there is post surgery bleeding this long after the proceedure. Do you have any thoughts on post surgery bleeding? Can internal stitches leave a gap and allow seepage? there were no other tumors seen in the abdominal area. I have been searching for any info. on post splenectomy complications and have not found anything on dogs |
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