Our Experience, the Basics

Bonnie wasn't eating.  On the third day of this we took her to our Veterinarian where she was diagnosed by blood work with Evan's Syndrome.

Over the six terrible days of our experience, Bonnie was put on steroids to calm the immune system, given two blood transfusions, intravenous fluids, oxygen therapy and an antibiotic.

Despite all the efforts of our Veterinarian and two animal emergency hospitals, in the end Bonnie was breathing very, very hard (as she had almost no red blood cells to carry oxygen), was tremendously thirsty, had an infection and had a very orange color to her skin.  She was suffering and we had to put her down.  Unbelievably hard.

If she had lived, the quality of her life probably would have been poor per the Veterinarian.

Basic Info. on Evan's Syndrome in Dogs

Evan's Syndrome is an autoimmune disease where the body attacks and destroys it's own red blood cells AND platelets.  It can happen in people as well as dogs.  I don't know about cats.

From my reading and experience, average mortality rate in dogs is between 50 percent to 80 percent.  From comments from Veterinarians, I'd say it is closer to the high end.  In other words, dogs have between one chance in three to one chance in five of surviving.  Not good.

The average mortality rate in HUMANS is seven percent.  I want to know what treatments people are getting that dogs aren't that makes that difference.  Spleen removal??  Aspirin??

Contact Information and Disclaimer

CONTACT INFO.:

I am online every day. 

My eMail address for this blog is  stevenash149@gmail.com

My message phone number is 469-777-6235


DISCLAIMER:

I am NOT a medical professional of any kind.  I have, however, been around sixty years, successfully raised children and pets and learned a thing or two from the school of life.

All information on this blog is my opinion _only_.  You should consult a qualified Veterinarian for your animal health concerns.

Introduction

Hello.  My name is Steve.  We lost our beautiful, loving Scottish Terrier in February of 2015 to Evan's Syndrome, a rare blood disorder.  She was only four years and three months old.

 The purpose of this blog is to remember Bonnie by recording our experience in the hopes of helping others whose dog is diagnosed with this horrible disease.

Within six days this disease took Bonnie despite our extreme efforts (and a lot of money) to save her.  In the end, she was in bad shape, suffering and we had to help her pass on.

It has been three plus weeks now and I am still shattered.  May this never happen to your dog.

I am online every day.  I can be reached at my eMail address -  stevenash149@gmail.com

steve nash
North Texas, USA