Hello everyone,

My dog has been sick according to the vet, he had been drinking water and peeing a LOT for the last week or so, and has quite low energy. He also some rashes/hotspots here and there.

So when I went to the vet, he had blood work done on my 6-month old. And the results are in the image attached. In a nutshell, he has:

1. very low platelet count
2. low red blood cell count

He prescribed me a lot of medicines after suggesting that it could be erlichia. I just want to get some ideas and experiences from anyone who has had the same encounter before.

Hope to get some tips.

CBC results:



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Thanks,
Jason

I had a2 y/o greyhound that developed very low platelet count after a lyme disease vaccination. She was very sick for some time. She ended up on prednisone which did the trick in bringing up her platelet count, but wasn't a long term fix for us because long term prednisone can take years off their life. In the end we were able to successfully and slowly take her off prednisone. She was put down last May at the ripe old age of 12 due to osteosarcoma.

The only thing the vet could say was that it had to be a bad allergic reaction to the vaccine.

I'm sorry to hear that! I would want to steer clear of prednisone myself.