Kenzie

Epi4Dogs Foundation Inc.’s mission is the advancement of science and education relating to EPI (Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency), yielding useful insights and positive outcomes in better managing EPI in dogs and cats. Our goals are to support and/or collaborate with veterinary EPI research and researchers, and to promote EPI awareness by educating the general public, pet owners, pet organizations, rescue and shelter organizations, veterinary schools and veterinarians.
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Floramac
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Kenzie

Post by Floramac » 18 Feb 2022, 13:02

Our precious girl left us today. She went downhill last night and this morning could hardly move. Our lovely vets scanned her and found a tumour on her spleen and the pancreas. Nothing could be done we had to let her go. Our hearts are broken.
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Kenzie diagnosed Sept 2015. Fed 3 times a day on Millies Wolfheart, Panzym enzymes 1+ tsp per 120grams food, 1/8 tsp tylan twice a day, altenate 1/2 b12 per day. Also on 1 previcox a day for arthritis in paws and 1 Apoquel for allergies. Diagnosed with poor heart contractibility Sept 2020, on 1 Vetmedin twice a day. 2nd heart scan March 21 shows little deterioration so appear to be working.

Latest TLI was 5.5 Previous readings have been TLI - 3.4 and 4.2.
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Olesia711
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Re: Kenzie

Post by Olesia711 » 18 Feb 2022, 13:12

oh NO!!!!!! i am so so SO sorry..... your hearts surely must be broken. We know you did everything possible to help Kenzie do well..... and she did for a long time... but when they start suffering for other issues and you know there is no coming back, it shatters your heart to have to let them go.... but you love them too much just to let them hurt so much.

Sending you many, Many comforting hugs and may the essence of sweet Kenzie forever be in your hearts, and may her spirit run free and pain free.

She was such a beautiful girl....
Olesia, was owned by Izzy, a 35lb Spanish Water Dog (SWD), Diagnosed at 1.5 years old - TLI results 1.. Izzy passed away on February 13, 2020 at 15 years old. She lived with EPI for 13+1/2 years. It was because of Izzy that Epi4Dogs was started... she was the inspiration. May her legacy of helping others with EPI continue for as long as needed.........
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Re: Kenzie

Post by Barb » 18 Feb 2022, 15:57

I am so sorry you had to say goodbye to your beautiful Kenzie. What a love. It is so hard when they turn a corner so quickly. I know your hearts are shattered. Our pups are so much a part of us, of our daily lives, of every waking moment. We feel their absence so keenly. As you walk the difficult path of grief toward healing, I hope the emptiness you feel now will become the space that allows Kenzie's Light to shine through.

Hugs.

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Tuckaboo Pam
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Re: Kenzie

Post by Tuckaboo Pam » 18 Feb 2022, 16:04

Oh no, I am so very sorry. RIP, sweet doggy. --- Pam
Tucker was a shepherd mix--- TLI 1.3, Folate 9.7, Cobalamin 666, Lipase 38. Diane's Enzymes 4 t/day, B12 1 capsule/day, and Tylan 1/16 teaspoon/day. Taste of the Wild High Prairie, 4 c/day. 60 to 85 pounds! Tucker succumbed to hemangiosarcoma Nov. 2023. I will always, always miss my sweet big boy.

Now there's Nina. 5 year old GSD. TLI 1.0 B12 323. We are still tweaking her routine, and getting lots of help from the forum. She is klutzy and goofy, and we love her dearly, too.
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Patsy
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Re: Kenzie

Post by Patsy » 18 Feb 2022, 17:15

So so sad, it’s always heartbreaking. Xxx
Springer spaniel Marti had Epi, PLE , MMM just to confuse me. She lived till 12yrs, chubby and happy despite eight years of epi.
Capsule enzymes suited her best. B12 supplements made her into a new dog!
After a cocker with PLN kidney disease, I now have two healthy rescues, a lively, suicidal , small ginger terrier, adopted with pneumonia, and gum disease needing nearly all his teeth out, and a fluffy grey toy poodle/terrier from Greece.
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Michaela
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Re: Kenzie

Post by Michaela » 18 Feb 2022, 18:38

These posts never get easier...I'm so sorry 💔

R.I.P. Kenzie 🐾
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R.I.P. Nikki 11/21/2009 - 05/23/2023

Nikki was diagnosed with EPI in 2010
Royal Canin Gastrointestinal Low Fat canned
Slippery Elm syrup for stomach issues
1 tsp Pan-Tenex enzymes with each meal
Weekly B12 shots, pills didn't work for her
Tylan for life

"If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart, I'll stay there forever."
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Jean
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Re: Kenzie

Post by Jean » 19 Feb 2022, 14:00

Bloody hell

I have only seen this now

I am so, I cant say words

much Love

Jeanxxxx
My name is Jean we live in Liverpool in Uk

I am the Forum Director which I am very proud of

My Kara born 21 July 2009 diagnosed with EPI by cTLI test August 2010 TLI = <1...folate 14 Cobalamin 408, shot down to 94, b12 injections every other day

Lowest weight 39 pounds

We used Panzym enzymes, Tylan and Chemeyes b12 capsules

Sadly, on 10th May 2019, we lost her to DM


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Floramac
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Re: Kenzie

Post by Floramac » 20 Feb 2022, 06:39

Thank you Jean, it is agony. Did you get my email 're medication?
Kenzie diagnosed Sept 2015. Fed 3 times a day on Millies Wolfheart, Panzym enzymes 1+ tsp per 120grams food, 1/8 tsp tylan twice a day, altenate 1/2 b12 per day. Also on 1 previcox a day for arthritis in paws and 1 Apoquel for allergies. Diagnosed with poor heart contractibility Sept 2020, on 1 Vetmedin twice a day. 2nd heart scan March 21 shows little deterioration so appear to be working.

Latest TLI was 5.5 Previous readings have been TLI - 3.4 and 4.2.
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Jean
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Re: Kenzie

Post by Jean » 21 Feb 2022, 06:45

yes and thank you so much I have responded just now

Jeanxxxxx
My name is Jean we live in Liverpool in Uk

I am the Forum Director which I am very proud of

My Kara born 21 July 2009 diagnosed with EPI by cTLI test August 2010 TLI = <1...folate 14 Cobalamin 408, shot down to 94, b12 injections every other day

Lowest weight 39 pounds

We used Panzym enzymes, Tylan and Chemeyes b12 capsules

Sadly, on 10th May 2019, we lost her to DM


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TrixEPIMama
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Re: Kenzie

Post by TrixEPIMama » 23 Feb 2022, 15:46

Oh my. Kenzie was a beauty -- and clearly very deeply loved. I am so sorry.
Trixie is an Australian cattle dog or mix, likely born in the Fall of 2020. Picked up as a stray, she was already suffering undiagnosed EPI when we adopted her. Test later showed TLI <1 and cobalamin 189.

Her (non-standard) treatment is 1900 mcg of pure freeze-dried pork pancreas from Allergy Research Group per day. Also 1/4 teaspoon of slippery elm powder and 1/2 (previously one) capsule a day of WonderLabs TrinFac-B, all mixed into her food and served immediately, without the usual 20-minute wait.

We feed Canidae Angus Beef and Barley, which may not yet be the perfect food, but she's doing well and has "happy" normal poops.
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