Isabella update ~ enlarged spleen not lymphoma!

[laurieskatz]

Isabella has been to the specialist. Her temperature was normal and weight 
the best ever. She has continued to have tremors. She also has a very fast 
rate of breathing (70-80 BPM). A spine xray revealed nothing amiss. An 
ultrasound revealed a very enlarged spleen (suspects: lymphoma or red blood 
cell production). We got the asparate biopsy results and she does not have 
lymphoma.  She is on tramadal, clavamox and prednisone (we switched back 
from prednisalone because she was frothing). We are going to decrease the 
pred in case it is the cause of her tremors and or fast breathing (it CAN 
cause this in dogs). She seems happy except for the tremors. They almost 
resemble a seizure. If the pred decrease does not stop them, we will try an 
anti-seizure med. Vet has no idea why she cries out when we touch her or 
pick her up.
More as we learn more.
Laurie