heartworm pos. dog-new blood drawn for test

[kimkats000]

Thank you for the info. for the Lyme d. We are now working on the heartworms. She had some more blood taken today. It had some white clumps in the blood. WHAT can it be? The vet says we should have the results tomorrow. This dog seems to be very healthy and happy. She is worth all of this effort. Thank you for sharing your "brain". Kim and Sadie

[davet]

white clumps on blood??????tiny microscopic or can they be seen in the serum after the blood was spun down...clould be fat globules..whe you find out will you pos5 ??that is weirc the way you describe it?????

[kimkats000]

Weird huh?? Sadie's "Mom" said she could see them in the tube right as the blood was drawn! Scary stuff! We are just trying to get ready for what the test results are. Kim

[Traci]

If the vet were terribly concerned, he would also have done a blood smear on a slide, but he's probably more concerned with the serum testing at this point. Try not to fret until you've got the results. Blood can look 'weird' at any time, depending on how it's handled, if it rests for too long before centrifuging, etc.

[k9Karen]

I'm not familiar with 'white clumps'. We often see platelet clumping in humans - either artifactual due to a reaction with the EDTA anticoagulant, or, due to a "bad stick" (the blood draw took too long, or a too-small needle was used). I'll have to look into this and see if I can find anything that makes sense. The term "white clumps" makes no sense to me. After 30 years working in a medical lab, I've never heard that term. We do see WBC (white blood cell) clumps in urine specimens, but, I'm not familiar with the term being used in regard to a blood specimen.