[MaxaLisa]

Just some rambling thoughts...

Great questions to which you may never have satisfactory answers!

Seems to me that Timber is in the chronic stage of *something*. The immune suppressants I am sure played a major role in bringing the platelets up. However, without the addition of the abx, they were also making her sicker in other ways.

The abx, I'm pretty sure, are what brought the WBC down. Whether it was the metro or doxy (or the combination, which is often important).

RBC, at thie point, I bet is anyone's guess.

Your "mono" question, that opens the door to a whole new school of thought, to which a number of folks subscribe to - all the subclinical type of infections that we harbor that make us ill on a grander scale. Knowing the things that different people have done to get better, I could see a ciral component, though I strongly believe that it's a blood infection. I think with viral, perhaps a different type white cell is elevated?

I would be nervous taking the metro off, but since you're watching closely and will be testing, it will be interesting to see how the immune system responds.