Vet visit today

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jilbert57
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Re: Vet visit today

Post by jilbert57 » 27 Apr 2021, 10:03

Good on all that!
Mickey was put on enzymes and it helped a lot. It took around 6mos for his Tli to come down around 25, so normal. However, his Pli remained over 1000 so his pancreatitis turned chronic.
The Hills food is a good choice for the pancreatitis. Also the Royal Canin gastro low fat
is a good choice. A lot of time Mick would have slime coating his poop. Olesia mentioned to me about Tylan so I put him on a 2 times a day routine and it cleared it up.
Also I was able to reduce the amount of enzymes per meal.

Jill
My name is Jill and we live on the Hood Canal in Washington State. We currently have 2 Jack russells, TJ is 8 and Sadie is 2.

Mickey and his pancreatitis brought me to Epi4dogs.com site in 2012 to help manage it.
He lived from 6/99 - 8/2014

Mickey, Jack Russell. Chronic Pancreatitis. Dianes enzymes, 1/8t 3x/day with meals.

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Post by Roosdad » 28 Apr 2021, 02:45

Okay thank you for all your help we’ve been having a real rough time with all of this. It’s so hard to watch my sweet girl lose all this weight and get diarrhea daily and regurgitate at least a few times a day. I’d cry tears of joy if I could get one normal poop out of her.

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Post by jilbert57 » 28 Apr 2021, 09:46

Please feel free to ask questions and we look forward to hearing an update. These unsettling times of constant tweaking the diet, meds, enzymes to help them can be trying.
We just want our furry family members to feel better!

Jill
My name is Jill and we live on the Hood Canal in Washington State. We currently have 2 Jack russells, TJ is 8 and Sadie is 2.

Mickey and his pancreatitis brought me to Epi4dogs.com site in 2012 to help manage it.
He lived from 6/99 - 8/2014

Mickey, Jack Russell. Chronic Pancreatitis. Dianes enzymes, 1/8t 3x/day with meals.

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Post by Barb » 28 Apr 2021, 20:23

We do know how hard it is to see our pups uncomfortable. Getting everything to balance so they feel better doesn't always come easy with some pups.... You are doing a great job. Hopefully, a few more pieces of the puzzle will fit and will lead to solutions.

Hang in there.

Barb

Roosdad

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Post by Roosdad » 29 Apr 2021, 02:38

Thank you guys. I hope I can get all of this solved for her she deserves it. I really appreciate all of you taking your time to help me through this I’d be lost without this site.

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Post by Roosdad » 03 May 2021, 13:32

So these are her pancreatic test results. We’re visiting a new vet currently to see if we can get any other suggestions

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Post by jilbert57 » 03 May 2021, 17:06

Thanks Jordan!

Jill
My name is Jill and we live on the Hood Canal in Washington State. We currently have 2 Jack russells, TJ is 8 and Sadie is 2.

Mickey and his pancreatitis brought me to Epi4dogs.com site in 2012 to help manage it.
He lived from 6/99 - 8/2014

Mickey, Jack Russell. Chronic Pancreatitis. Dianes enzymes, 1/8t 3x/day with meals.

Roosdad

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Post by Roosdad » 04 May 2021, 00:24

No need to thank me but the new vet wants no more antibiotics and instead all probiotics and enzymes.

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Post by jilbert57 » 04 May 2021, 09:07

Did your vet say anything about the high PTH and low calcium(I see low Calcium was discussed earlier)? Sometimes a underlying condition (not sure if pancreatitis can cause this)can cause secondary hyperparathyroidism, causing the high PTH low Calcium scenario.
Were full blood labs run plus a urinalysis at the visit? If so, will you post all the results?

So as long as your pup is not having an acute attack of pancreatitis probiotics are ok.

I need to go back in your posts for antibiotic information.

Jill
My name is Jill and we live on the Hood Canal in Washington State. We currently have 2 Jack russells, TJ is 8 and Sadie is 2.

Mickey and his pancreatitis brought me to Epi4dogs.com site in 2012 to help manage it.
He lived from 6/99 - 8/2014

Mickey, Jack Russell. Chronic Pancreatitis. Dianes enzymes, 1/8t 3x/day with meals.

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