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Old 02-28-2020, 09:58 AM   #18
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Originally Posted by PeterT View Post
We went and had a long chat with the vet this evening and saw all the blood work results. It comes down to they are mystified; very low red blood cell counts but all other counts / tests show nothing.

She's obviously breathing a lot more deeply than usual trying to get oxygen into her system, but is only breathing through an open mouth very occasionally.

We're trying some steroids twice a day for a few days and will just continue to monitor her over the weekend.

She is still eating well but is quite lethargic; spending a lot of her time just sleeping or resting on her sides. Very little interest in grooming herself.
Did you do an X-ray or an ultrasound? Sometimes they show a tumor or an infection when blood test results are relatively normal (one of my cats had a chronic liver/small intestine problem which was diagnosed only by ultrasound, the only symptom was weight loss.)
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