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Navigating your blood transfusion care
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Working with your dog’s care team
Understanding the transfusion itself
Coping with your dog's diagnosis
Managing the cost of your dog's care
Caring for your dog during treatment
Life after treatment
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A blood transfusion gives a dog blood, or a specific part of blood, from a donor dog. Vets rarely give whole blood. More often they give the one component a dog is missing, which is safer for the patient and means one donor dog can help more than one patient.
Working with your dog’s care team