Chiclet's re-cytology for a nodal aspirate isn't in yet, but her blood
work that I told about over the phone is highly suggestive of lymphoma:
lymphocytes (if memory serves) over 13,000, anemia, etc.  I should
have taken notes but it hit me like a ton of bricks and I am still
not thinking straight.  I can ask for a copy of her reports when the
ultrasound is done if that helps anyone.
 
The next step is that she will have an ultrasound.  If the growths are
elsewhere that will affect what is done and if she will have a full
nodal biopsy or an ultrasound guided core biopsy, and what will done
in relation to chemo.  Steve and I won't be going from the aspirate
as a final determinator because those can be wrong.
 
It sounds like she may have one of the those unusual JLs that Dr. Ruth
Heller and a different FHL member mentioned: one very enlarged popletial
node, blood found when soem of the aspirate was taken, high fever.  We
hope that there are not growths abdominally.
 
So far, we can keep her fever down in reasonable levels most of the time
with the Clavamox and Baytril.  It gets to its worst in the 6 or so hours
before her Baytril injection and then we use water and cool tiles to
help.
 
She is not usually eating kibble now but readily takes babyfood or a/d
with warmed water.  In fact, she has found that chicken baby food is
maybe her favorite taste in the world and she wolfs it.  So, that and
loads fo kisses are giving her the strength for us all to try what we
can for her sake.
 
Yes, we do realize that if this is what she has that the chances are
virtually 100% that she is dying, but...
[Posted in FML issue 4175]