resamille
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- Beardie name(s)
- Lio, Micah (deceased)
Micah has recently been struggling to poop and there's been regular blood in his urate/stool. His vet ran bloodwork (I'll add the results at the end of this post) and it came back with high glucose levels. She suspects GNT. I'm considering getting an ultrasound to confirm, but Micah's current vet doesn't have the proper set up for it, and the nearest place to go is 3 hours away. As of right now, he's not eating, black bearding on-and-off, and seems dehydrated (but won't drink water). I've managed to get a little bit of Fluker's Repta Boost in him earlier today. His energy levels are low but not unreasonably lethargic (he isn't going out of his way to run around, but I brought him out to cuddle a bit and when he was done with me he wandered back over to his cage & climbed up to his basking spot without any trouble).
Could anyone provide a second opinion on Micah's diagnosis? Micah's vet isn't a certified rep vet as far as I know, but the next appointment with the nearest certified vet isn't until 6/13. I'm pretty resigned to it being GNT, so I don't expect good news, but I figure it can't hurt to have more information. I really have no idea how long as he has left, and I'm just sort of heartbroken about the whole thing, but any info anyone has would be helpful, including any advice to make the rest of his time comfortable and as pain-free as possible.
Here are the blood test results. I'm not super great at interpreting all of these, but I've noted which ones are outside the expected range according to the lab.
Total Protein (TP) 6.7 g/dL
LDH is 627 U/L
Albumin (ALB) 4.3 g/dl
Globulin (GLOB) 2.40 g/dL - higher than expected range 0.1-2.3 g/dL
Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) 60.0 U/L
Total Bile Acids (BA) 9.0 umol/L
Uric Acid (UA) 8.0 mg/dL
Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) 3.0 mg/dl
Glucose (GLU) 567.4 mg/dL - higher than expected range 140-282 mg/dL
Total Calcium (CA) 15.01 mg/dL
Phosphorus (PHO) 5.0 mg/dL
Sodium (NA) 113.9 mmol/L - lower than expected range 131-165 mmol/L
Potassium (K) 3.25 mmol/L
Chloride (CL) 83.0 mmol/L - lower than expected range 90-130 mmol/L
Cholesterol (CHOL) 164.0 mg/dl
Creatine Kinase (CK) 2421.0 U/L - higher than expected range 61-1500 U/L
RBC Evaluation
PCV 41.7 %
WBC Evaluation
WBC 35937.0 /uL - higher than expected range 5640 - 19100 /uL
Heterophil
Heterophils 1646 /uL
Heterophil Differential 4.6 % - lower than expected range 5-60%
Toxic Heterophils 0 /uL
Band Cells 0 /ul
Lymphocyte
Lymphocytes 31137 /uL - higher than expected range 1450-12400 /uL
Lymphocyte Differential 86.6 %
Reactive Lymphocytes 0 /uL
Other WBC
Metamyelocytes 0 /uL
Azurophils (reptile) ↑2469 /uL - higher than expected range 0-1980 /uL
Azurophil Differential (reptile) 6.9 %
Monocytes 0 /uL
Monocyte Differential 0.0 %
Basophils 685 /uL
Basophil Differential 1.9 %
Could anyone provide a second opinion on Micah's diagnosis? Micah's vet isn't a certified rep vet as far as I know, but the next appointment with the nearest certified vet isn't until 6/13. I'm pretty resigned to it being GNT, so I don't expect good news, but I figure it can't hurt to have more information. I really have no idea how long as he has left, and I'm just sort of heartbroken about the whole thing, but any info anyone has would be helpful, including any advice to make the rest of his time comfortable and as pain-free as possible.
Here are the blood test results. I'm not super great at interpreting all of these, but I've noted which ones are outside the expected range according to the lab.
Total Protein (TP) 6.7 g/dL
LDH is 627 U/L
Albumin (ALB) 4.3 g/dl
Globulin (GLOB) 2.40 g/dL - higher than expected range 0.1-2.3 g/dL
Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) 60.0 U/L
Total Bile Acids (BA) 9.0 umol/L
Uric Acid (UA) 8.0 mg/dL
Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) 3.0 mg/dl
Glucose (GLU) 567.4 mg/dL - higher than expected range 140-282 mg/dL
Total Calcium (CA) 15.01 mg/dL
Phosphorus (PHO) 5.0 mg/dL
Sodium (NA) 113.9 mmol/L - lower than expected range 131-165 mmol/L
Potassium (K) 3.25 mmol/L
Chloride (CL) 83.0 mmol/L - lower than expected range 90-130 mmol/L
Cholesterol (CHOL) 164.0 mg/dl
Creatine Kinase (CK) 2421.0 U/L - higher than expected range 61-1500 U/L
RBC Evaluation
PCV 41.7 %
WBC Evaluation
WBC 35937.0 /uL - higher than expected range 5640 - 19100 /uL
Heterophil
Heterophils 1646 /uL
Heterophil Differential 4.6 % - lower than expected range 5-60%
Toxic Heterophils 0 /uL
Band Cells 0 /ul
Lymphocyte
Lymphocytes 31137 /uL - higher than expected range 1450-12400 /uL
Lymphocyte Differential 86.6 %
Reactive Lymphocytes 0 /uL
Other WBC
Metamyelocytes 0 /uL
Azurophils (reptile) ↑2469 /uL - higher than expected range 0-1980 /uL
Azurophil Differential (reptile) 6.9 %
Monocytes 0 /uL
Monocyte Differential 0.0 %
Basophils 685 /uL
Basophil Differential 1.9 %