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…of blue cytoplasm occasionally small vacuoles. Occasional osteoclasts are admixed. Few spindle aggregates contain

mildly increased numbers of neutrophils and macrophages. No microorganisms are seen. Microscopic findings: Mesenchymal

proliferation with mild to moderate atypia. Mild mixed

…do more bloodwork 5 days after the 14th day, to check if he was good to go a few days later... well, his red blood cell count recovered, but his neutrophils absolutely tanked, and he was borderline needing supportive therapy (but acting completely normal).  So, at the advice of the oncologist, I popped

…that when he aspirated whatever it was (there was a bit of vomit with a green bean in it on the floor by where he had been laying overnight), the neutrophils which were already depleted from the chemo, rushed to the lungs to fight the infection and left a void of WBC in the rest of the body.  Very scary.

…have nothing to do with neutrophils and many times chemo lowers the total platelet count quite a bit. My dog Tazzie had carboplatin after her amputation and she routinely went under 20

…(9x3) Dec. 12-15; received biphosphinate infusion Dec. 16; started carboplatin (498.9mg IV) on Dec. 28th; 10 days post CBC showed low neutrophils (2.3); adequate platelets (103).  Received second dose of carboplatin (498.9mg IV) on Jan. 18th; CBC that day indicated Grade I neutropenia…

…0.2 %

10.0 - 110.0

x10E3/uL

Reticulocytes 14.2

Reticulocyte 24.5 - 31.8 pg

Hemoglobin

26.9

WBC 5.9 4.9 - 17.6 x10E9/L

% Neutrophils 59.8 %

% Lymphocytes 19.8 %

% Monocytes 0.7 %

% Eosinophils 19.5 %

% Basophils 0.2 %

Neutrophils 3.5 2.9 - 12.7 x10E9/L

…of sepsis. If severely neutropenic (<1,000/uL), the CBC should be rechecked in 3-7 days. Please fax or email these results to us."

But his neutrophils are at 3500 (awesome), his platelets are 14000.  Are neutrophils a precursor to platelet creation, following which we can anticipate his platelet

…), but the instructions sent by the oncologist to my vet for what to do in case of low counts doesn't stipulate ANYTHING for low platelets, only low neutrophils.  To top it off, our oncologist isn't in today, and they don't have another on staff, and there's literally 3 others in the province (so they have

…weakness and spasticness) seems to be stable right now.  He will go back in to see the Oncologist June 29th for chest x-rays and bloodwork.  His neutrophils where within normal range on this last batch which is the first time they've been in that range since after the 3rd chemo treatment.   We are going

…All,

Just wanted to check in and update about Harley.  He just had his 5th chemo treatment of Carboplatin.  His neutrophils were a little under the lowest normal value this time and the last TX but not too low to not do the chemo treatment.  He has one more TX to go in 3

…cut back a bit on his calorie intake to keep weight off.   The bloodwork done between chemo treatments was all within normal range.  The lowest his neutrophils got was the day of his 2nd chemo treatment but they were still within normal range.   Hoping we will see the same kind of results between treatment

… right hind: Multifocally, within the stifle joint are moderate amounts of proteinaceous debris,
hemorrhage, hypertrophied macrophages, and fewer neutrophils. Widespread, the stifle joint capsule is
markedly increased in thickness characterized by marked synovial hyperplasia with formation of elongate
…

…proliferation accompanied by marked inflammation dominated by plasma cells
alongside fewer lymphocytes, macrophages, uncommon scattered neutrophils, and Mott cells. Along the
articulating surfaces of both the femur and the tibia, there is multifocal, moderate articular cartilage
erosion to

…population of inflammatory cells, moderate amount of blood in a thick proteinaceous pink background. Inflammatory cells include moderate numbers of neutrophils and foamy macrophages with occasional erythrophagocytosis and rare small lymphocytes. Microorganisms and atypical cells are not seen.

MICROSCOPIC…

…population of inflammatory cells, moderate amount of blood in a thick proteinaceous pink background. Inflammatory cells include moderate numbers of neutrophils and foamy macrophages with occasional erythrophagocytosis and rare small lymphocytes. Microorganisms and atypical cells are not seen.

Photos of

…population of inflammatory cells, moderate amount of blood in a thick proteinaceous pink background. Inflammatory cells include moderate numbers of neutrophils and foamy macrophages with occasional erythrophagocytosis and rare small lymphocytes. Microorganisms and atypical cells are not seen.

MICROSCOPIC…

…population of inflammatory cells, moderate amount of blood in a thick proteinaceous pink background. Inflammatory cells include moderate numbers of neutrophils and foamy macrophages with occasional erythrophagocytosis and rare small lymphocytes. Microorganisms and atypical cells are not seen.

Photos of

…friends, on Tuesday the 21st Jara had another chemotherapy session, everything went well, the neutrophils were at 2000.

The weekend we were on the beach, some videos playing.

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…this kind of chemo treatment. Based on Jake's experience, this sounds really promising! 

Anyhoo, to address your concerns about low platelets and neutrophils, as I mentioned, we didn't do chemo but have had many members go through the same experience, and from all accounts, it's a pretty common and…

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And lots of search results about low neutrophils

I hope this helps! 

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…NEWS, today we had an appointment with the oncologist and they gave him the second dose of chemotherapy, the neutrophils were at 4400 and last week he gained 450 grams.

https://imgur.c...../a/0ioHSm4

…looks really content and happy!

What did the vet say about the neutrophils? This does happen quite a bit and it's usually just a small delay that doesn't impact how they do treatment, just when they do it. They are being

…news, in today's analysis the 4370 neutrophils, super good, are at the level of before the amputation.

The minimum value to be able to give chemotherapy is 1500.

…wanting to play, Bella wanting agility and Leidy always on the lookout for food.

Tomorrow Jara has a vet, they will make an emogram to see the neutrophils she has.

…).

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Before the dose the doctor has done some analysis to see the neutrophils, she had 2.84 and the minimum is 2.

He has sent impromune to increase it neutrophils.

…happy!!

He was put on another week of antibiotics last week after my vet looked at the fluid leaking from his incision on a slide and saw lots of neutrophils. His incision finally stopped leaking 4 days ago and is completely healed now! For anyone looking back at this thread if they have a greyhound with

…. His platelets were quite low as well but the oncologist wasn't very concerned about them - mostly focused on one type of white blood cells, the neutrophils. 

For us, it just meant that once we figured out the timing for his nadir (which means when his white blood cell count gets the lowest) we…

…to normal before the next dose of chemo and we did have to lower his dose of chemotherapy. The vet had us take his temperature twice daily when his neutrophils were low and if he had a fever, start on antibiotics. 2 or 3 of the 5 rounds he needed antibiotics during the low point and one time he did become

…#1 and saw no changes on his CBC so we increased it slightly for dose #3 (but still less than dose #1). Day 9 his WBCs were normal. Day 14 the neutrophils were just barely under the normal range. We had a weekend trip scheduled to the beach so that Grover could see and play in the Pacific Ocean (…

…home. When we got home his fever was still 104, so we went into the ER. 

His white blood cell count was 900 (Normal is >5,000) with only 300 neutrophils (normal is >2,800)!  We got SO lucky - he could have died from sepsis and our oncologist said that she has had that happen to patients - and

…28.5 - 37.8 g/dL % Reticulocyte 0.3 % Reticulocytes 32 3 - 50 K/.L Reticulocyte Hemoglobin 15.3 13.2 - 20.8 pg WBC 9.2 3.9 - 19 K/.L % Neutrophils 78.0 % % Bands 3.0 % % Lymphocytes 8.0 % % Monocytes 7.0 % % Eosinophils 2.0 % % Basophils 2.0 % Neutrophils 7.176 2.62 - 15.17 K/.L Bands…

…are noted. There are also low numbers of inflammatory cells present in some areas of the slides, and these are a mixed population of nondegenerate neutrophils, small lymphocytes, and macrophages. MICROSCOPIC INTERPRETATION: Most compatible with a sarcoma, favor soft tissue sarcoma, with mild mixed

…the results to the oncologist the same day. 

$90 to check CBC at the oncologists office, $60 at the regular vet. 

At his last CBC check, his neutrophils were low (1672), so we held off on his 4th treatment for another week (will be done on Monday, the 18th). 

So from here on out, they are only

…said

The Carboplatin can be pretty hard on neutrophils and white blood cells, so they monitor them closely.  Casey had a 10-day old comprehensive panel run before his surgery.  We did a CBC two weeks…

…after his second, third and fourth chemo treatments.  I understand the Neutrophils bottom out on day 14 after chemo, so that's why Casey was tested at two week intervals.  He never missed a treatment, but one was sort of close.  

…Carboplatin can be pretty hard on neutrophils and white blood cells, so they monitor them closely.  Casey had a 10-day old comprehensive panel run before his surgery.  We did a CBC two weeks…

…after his second, third and fourth chemo treatments.  I understand the Neutrophils bottom out on day 14 after chemo, so that's why Casey was tested at two week intervals.  He never missed a treatment, but one was sort of close.

…had five rounds of Carboplatin without any side effects. He did have some low WBC (neutrophils) counts before the fourth and fifth rounds, so we had to push those out a week. But other than that, no issues. 

His oncologist said something

…was getting Carboplatin every three weeks. Before his fourth treatment, his neutrophils count was too low for treatment. So we ended up going every four weeks for his fourth and fifth treatments. I forget the exact numbers, but his

…it maybe neutrophils?

Rocky had a low neutrophils count before his fourth round of Carboplatin. The numbers showed 2000 but his oncologist would refer to them as 2.0. 

From what I understand it