Thanks for asking. It's been very weird and puzzling. After we got lab results last Sunday and got prescriptions for new nausea meds and benazapril, to help stop her kidneys from leaking protein, Monday night she ate her first meal by herself, from her bowl. We were ecstatic. She got the first dose of benazapril that night (it's a vasodilator). I was warned it affected some dogs' appetite.
By the next morning, not only would she not eat ANYTHING but she walked around all morning very restless, smacking her lips like her mouth tasted bad, and not being able to settle. Five steps backwards. I stopped giving her that med immediately. Back to fingerfuls of food placed into her mouth all week.
Today, she ate the food off my fingers, but wouldn't eat out of her bowl. Still, that's much better. She loves her raw baby carrots no matter what, and will eat the occasional dog cookie. Back to the vet a week from Monday to recheck labs.
Crazy thing is, she acts so normally. Still walking, although a little slower. But she'll chase her stick short distances, still has to tell off the vacuum cleaner, comes into the kitchen to see what's doin'. I can't even express how frustrating it is, we have no idea where this is going. She has gained a little weight back so that's great, but having low blood protein and protein in her urine will eventually not go well.
We are determined to carry on as long as she obviously wants to, and right now there's no doubt. Just wish I understood what was happening. The vets think it's her pancreatitis causing the anorexia. It's such a roller coaster that my nerves are shot.
