In mid-October, I adopted a young (about 2 years old) DMH cat from a
local shelter. We did blood work on his first vet visit, which
indicated that his white blood cells were high (specifically
neutrophils, monocytes, and eosinophils). He was developing a kitty
cold, so we figured the values were related to that. A fecal was
done, but I am not sure whether I received the correct results for my
kitty (the wrong name and age were on the print out). On 11/19, we
repeated the CBC and found that the WBCs were higher, and lymphocytes
were now elevated as well. We did an x-ray today which showed that
his intestines are somewhat thickened.
This kitty, Zek, runs around like crazy, has tons of energy and eats
and drinks normally. His stools are occasionally soft. We're going
to re-run the fecal as soon as I can get a sample, but what else
should I be looking at? The vet suggested running a toxoplasmosis
test and a urine culture, but that was prior to the x-rays coming
back.
The tests were done by Antech, so their reference ranges apply (I can
add them in if needed):
Test Name 10/18/2007 11/19/2007
CBC
WBC 22.8 40.7
RBC 8.4 8.2
HGB 12 11.7
HCT 38 37
MCV 45 45
MCH 14.3 14.3
MCHC 32 32
Differential
Neut 16872 28490
Lymph 4104 9768
Mono 684 814
Eosin 1140 1628
Baso 0 0
Platelet 378 271
From 10/18/07 only:
Chemistries
ALT (SGPT) 68
Alk. Phos. 37
Total Prot. 7.9
Albumin 3.1
Globulin 4.8
BUN 19
Creatinine 0.9
Glucose 68
Potassium 5.0
Urinalysis
Color Dark Yellow
Appearance Cloudy
USG 1.043
pH 6.0
Protein Trace
WBC/HPF 1-3
Squam. Epi. Rare
Fat Droplets 2+
All other urine values were negative/not observed
In addition to Zek, I also have one other cat, 13-year-old Odo. On
September 24th, prior to adopting Zek, I lost my 9 year old cat,
Willow, to FIP (confirmed through biospies sent to Auburn for triple
PCR). I don't know whether that is relevant to Zek's situation or
not. I hope not, but I wanted to be as complete as possible. I
would appreciate any thoughts on what could be going on or what other
tests to have run. Zek was supposed to be my healthy baby.
Edited to add:
The x-rays were sent to a radiologist for analysis (always done by my vet now). The radiologist didn't find any abnormalities. The only comment was basically to check for fecal parasites and maybe do an ultrasound to "rule out an occult focus of intra-abdominal inflammation."
local shelter. We did blood work on his first vet visit, which
indicated that his white blood cells were high (specifically
neutrophils, monocytes, and eosinophils). He was developing a kitty
cold, so we figured the values were related to that. A fecal was
done, but I am not sure whether I received the correct results for my
kitty (the wrong name and age were on the print out). On 11/19, we
repeated the CBC and found that the WBCs were higher, and lymphocytes
were now elevated as well. We did an x-ray today which showed that
his intestines are somewhat thickened.
This kitty, Zek, runs around like crazy, has tons of energy and eats
and drinks normally. His stools are occasionally soft. We're going
to re-run the fecal as soon as I can get a sample, but what else
should I be looking at? The vet suggested running a toxoplasmosis
test and a urine culture, but that was prior to the x-rays coming
back.
The tests were done by Antech, so their reference ranges apply (I can
add them in if needed):
Test Name 10/18/2007 11/19/2007
CBC
WBC 22.8 40.7
RBC 8.4 8.2
HGB 12 11.7
HCT 38 37
MCV 45 45
MCH 14.3 14.3
MCHC 32 32
Differential
Neut 16872 28490
Lymph 4104 9768
Mono 684 814
Eosin 1140 1628
Baso 0 0
Platelet 378 271
From 10/18/07 only:
Chemistries
ALT (SGPT) 68
Alk. Phos. 37
Total Prot. 7.9
Albumin 3.1
Globulin 4.8
BUN 19
Creatinine 0.9
Glucose 68
Potassium 5.0
Urinalysis
Color Dark Yellow
Appearance Cloudy
USG 1.043
pH 6.0
Protein Trace
WBC/HPF 1-3
Squam. Epi. Rare
Fat Droplets 2+
All other urine values were negative/not observed
In addition to Zek, I also have one other cat, 13-year-old Odo. On
September 24th, prior to adopting Zek, I lost my 9 year old cat,
Willow, to FIP (confirmed through biospies sent to Auburn for triple
PCR). I don't know whether that is relevant to Zek's situation or
not. I hope not, but I wanted to be as complete as possible. I
would appreciate any thoughts on what could be going on or what other
tests to have run. Zek was supposed to be my healthy baby.
Edited to add:
The x-rays were sent to a radiologist for analysis (always done by my vet now). The radiologist didn't find any abnormalities. The only comment was basically to check for fecal parasites and maybe do an ultrasound to "rule out an occult focus of intra-abdominal inflammation."