Update From Mon. Mornings Recheck Visit
Hi, I didn't have time to update you as promised about this mornings recheck. Pearl's temp. is normal and she doing very well. Her previous bloodwork was normal except that her white blood cell count was sky high due to her bacterial infection. She had another CBC done this morning and she's now in the normal range.:)
I asked the vet more about what he thought had caused her bacterial infection. He thinks that it had to do with a reaction to her steriod shot. She received a steriod shot on Sat. Nov.4th for the ulcer on her lip. It has helped to heal her ulcer but she may have had some bad bacteria in her body and it caused her body not to react to it to try to fight it off. If she needs another steriod shot in the future,which he thinks she will,then she'll also be given some antibiotics so that this won't happen again. He said that the ulcer is caused by an immune system deficiency. I think it's like an auto-immune disease.
Hopefully her ulcer breakouts won't happen very often. I'm just so thankful that she's doing well now and is almost back to her old self. Thanks again for all of your concerns.:)
