Same day as Victor had is sutures removed, Hugo and Adele had complete exam and boost of distemper. The vet suggested that it will be good to do a blood test for Adele (around 5 years old). He phoned me in the afternoon... cold shower after the good news for Victor... Hemotocrit: 50 % Leucocytes: 10.67 x 1000/mm3 Neutrophiles: 50 % 5.34 x 1000/mm3 Lymphocytes: 43 % 4.59 Monocytes: 1% .11 Eosinophiles: 6 % .64 prot. tot 50 g/dl Comments: lot(+++) of accumulation of "plaquettes" (don't know the translation) He said that these results suggest a "borderline" lymphoma and Adele will have a second blood analysis next week send to an other lab to rule out technical errors. If the results confirm the diagnosis, he suggested chimio as follow: (Adele is actually symptom-free, don't seems to have any enlarged lymph node but 2 little mass (fat?) in the inguinal region. 1. Prednisone 2mg/kg PO q 24 h 2. Vincristine .12 mg/kg IV days 1, 7, 14, 21 3. Cyclophosphamide 10 mg/kg PO days 3, 24, 46 Hemato the weeks vincristine is given (before treatment) Stop the treatment X 7 days (not the pred) when lecocytes <= 1000 or HT<= 30 % or plaquettes (again...) had severly decreased. At the en of vincristine tx, pred x 30 days. Hemoto each 2 weeks During the third month of tx, pred is diminished gradually Hemoto at each month, 2 months, etc.. He and I will accept any advice on differential diagnosis and chimio. We want the best for her, the most up-to-date with the less side-effects and the better prognosis if the diagnosis is confirmed. BTW, I forgot to ask him, is there chimio side effects like for human??? Thanks, Anne, Victor, I can sleep with Hugo and Adele again 8> Hugo, Did I received distemper boost? I just remember that I ate a lot af Nutrical 8> Adele, How come an other blood analysis, I'm not sick, I'm a super-ferret, the most wonderfull ferret of the whole world...( OK Adele, we all know that!) :> Anne Charbonneau Faculte de medecine dentaire Universite de Montreal [log in to unmask] Tel: (514) 343-5924 [log in to unmask] Fax: (514) 343-2233 [Posted in FML issue 1190]