No we haven't done that yet. He wants her to heal first and not have the test skewed because of the current issues. He almost was going to send tissue out from her leg to the pathologist but he thought that could return a false positive.
I think he mentioned another test but I can't remember the name of it.
What begins with an "h" that could happen after surgery, sound kind of like histanin....hesanine.... . That is why the recheck again on Weds.
Starts with an H? hmmmmm.
The diagnostic criteria for SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythmatosis) are:
Major Signs:
-Polyarthritis
-Protein-losing nephropathy
-Hemolytic anemia
-Marked thrombocytopenia
-Leukopenia
-Skin lesions
-Polymyositis
Minor signs:
-Fever
-Lymphadenopathy
-Oral ulceration
-Central nervous system signs, such as seizure
-Pericarditis
-Pleuritis
Serology:
-Antinuclear antibody (ANA)
-Lupus erythematosus (LE) cell preparation
Definite SLE, 2 or more major signs with positive serology; 1 major sign and 2 or more minor signs with positive serology.
Whats interesting to me about Addie and my life now is that I may have consulted with the first case of SLE identified in a Maned Wolf not too long ago. We are waiting for final diagnostics to come back and confirm things. Unfortunately the wolf didn't make it.