EPI * Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency
managing EPI
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Site Owner Posts: 10230 |
VERY Good that you plan on chatting with your vet about the B12 this coming week. YEAH... glad you got some slippery elm and gave Jake some.... please let us know if the slippery elm helped any. i sure hope so! | |
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-- Olesia, owned by Izzy-45lb SWD, Diagnosed at 1.5 years old - TLI results 1.3, Stable almost 7 yrs! Once stable, was able to reduce enzymes to only 1/2 tsp of Enzymes with each meal, but after almost 4 years of stabilization... had to increase the amount of enzymes to 3/4 teaspoon with each meal. Feed various grain-free kibble+real meat, 6x pancreatin enzymes from EnzymeDiane. I give 1 tsp of coconut oil one day and 1 tsp salmon oil next day, and also give canned sardines packed without salt or canned herring for extra omega oils. In Feb 2013, Izzy developed a very serious condition called IMHA which she (thankfully) beat and is now in remission. We also discovered that now, at 8 years old, she not only has EPI, but also Diabetes and Low Thyroid. Izzy was able to receive excellent care because of the kindness of so many here on epi4dogs and is currently doing extra-ordinarily well. If anyone could spend a day with Izzy, they would never guess that she has any health problems!
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Member Posts: 42 |
I just wanted to provide a quick update because everyone was so helpful here!
We've gotten Jake past the latest flare up with diarrhea. We started giving a tsp of slippery elm bark on Saturday with each meal and I got the Missing Link Puppy formula to attempt to increase his fibre intake. I'm only adding a very little amount at each meal at the moment because he's still getting a full can of Medi-Cal canned food right now. As we reduce the amount of canned, I'll slowly start increasing the amount of Missing Link. I don't want to create the opposite problem 
I'll definitely come back and provide updates as we transition him more to the Natural Balance LID dry food from the canned food.
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Site Owner Posts: 10230 |
Looking forward to hearing how Jake does... please do keep us posted! | |
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-- Olesia, owned by Izzy-45lb SWD, Diagnosed at 1.5 years old - TLI results 1.3, Stable almost 7 yrs! Once stable, was able to reduce enzymes to only 1/2 tsp of Enzymes with each meal, but after almost 4 years of stabilization... had to increase the amount of enzymes to 3/4 teaspoon with each meal. Feed various grain-free kibble+real meat, 6x pancreatin enzymes from EnzymeDiane. I give 1 tsp of coconut oil one day and 1 tsp salmon oil next day, and also give canned sardines packed without salt or canned herring for extra omega oils. In Feb 2013, Izzy developed a very serious condition called IMHA which she (thankfully) beat and is now in remission. We also discovered that now, at 8 years old, she not only has EPI, but also Diabetes and Low Thyroid. Izzy was able to receive excellent care because of the kindness of so many here on epi4dogs and is currently doing extra-ordinarily well. If anyone could spend a day with Izzy, they would never guess that she has any health problems!
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