Hi, Robin.
It's not clear to me from what you posted about your Mom's diagnosis and treatment for "Eurlickia" (I think it's spelled "ehrlichia") if she was already diagnosed with MDS when that happened or if her MDS diagnosis came after her treatement for ehrlichia. A diagnosis of MDS requires a bone marrow biopsy to look at the shapes (morphology) of the bone marrow cells and to test for chromosome abnormalities. The information from those tests would tell you what subtype of MDS your Mom has and could affect her treatment options. Do you know what subtype she has?
If you haven't already done so, you can get an information packet on MDS from the
Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation. In the meantime, you can download their Basic Explanations booklet
here.
Regards,
Ruth Cuadra