Pancreatitis
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Healing thought from me too!Heck, healing thoughts to your husband!!!
tentcamp
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Our Louie had it and recovered. We were very careful with his diet he was on a low fat food, treats were green beans. He died about three years later from bladder cancer.
Thanks everyone for your kind thoughts. He is doing great. Good news is that he doesn't have enough of his pancreas left that he is likely to have another attack. It was idiopathic so we'll never know why. Back to doggies, you are now in the position that if the dog is seeming "off" in any way, get thee to the vet. Fluid therapy should be initiated immediately. Even the scent of food can cause more damage as it will trigger the digestive system to start work and the pancreatic enzymes to start to pump out. It is an extremely painful condition and can mask itself in were the pain is coming from. They thought that hubby was having a massive heart attack! It's all to do with the neural pathways from the organs to the brain which is why heart patients often talk about pain in the jaw, heartburn, wrist pain. When it is organ problems the brain often misinterprets which area of the body it's coming from. That's why they need to be proactive if the dog is acting not well. Keep us up to date on how this oldie is doing. Continuing to send healing thoughts.
Emmasmom
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Glad hubby is doing well. It is not a fun disease to have - I spent close over two weeks in hospital with it. Very painful.
Unfortunately, our furbabes can't tell us about the pain. We can only go by seeing that they seem off, vomiting etc. Shelties are so stoic they handle and hide pain too well for their own good at times.
Unfortunately, our furbabes can't tell us about the pain. We can only go by seeing that they seem off, vomiting etc. Shelties are so stoic they handle and hide pain too well for their own good at times.
mmcginty
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My old dog Jake had pancreatitis when he was 11, brought on by a cocktail of antibiotics he was given to fight a persistent (and initially misdiagnosed) anal gland infection. They gave him injections on a Friday, I called the vet an hour later when he started throwing up, she said she would call me before her office closed to follow-up, but she neglected to do so.
I had to take him to the ER vet Sunday morning, or he would've died. I moved him to the regular vet Monday morning, and they released him on Friday. I visited him on Wednesday and he ate his first bites of food since getting sick from my hand. When it was time for me to go he pushed his little head against the kennel door, then he looked at me in difbelief, like "you're leaving me again?" It was the saddest thing, it was all I could do to make it to my car before crying my eyes out.
He lived to 15, but his appetite never fully returned. From that point on I had to make him fresh food, mostly turkey and chicken (with rice and vegies of course) and I had to give him a little canned pumpkin every other day to keep him regular. (He hated that part.)
Towards the end of his life he would only eat if I hand-fed him. Often if I was able to coax him to eat just a little tiny sliver, he would eat ravenously (for him, anyway.) When he refused to eat I gave him a nutritional supplement called Stat. (There are details in the giveaway section of this forum.)
I also had to monitor his hydration; my vet taught me how to administer lactated ringers subcutaneously... Poor little guy... I still miss him so much!
In any case I hope your doggie is feeling better soon! Pancreatitis isn't the end of the line, but it does make things a little harder. Our thoughts are with you.
-Mark, Jake and Brandy
I had to take him to the ER vet Sunday morning, or he would've died. I moved him to the regular vet Monday morning, and they released him on Friday. I visited him on Wednesday and he ate his first bites of food since getting sick from my hand. When it was time for me to go he pushed his little head against the kennel door, then he looked at me in difbelief, like "you're leaving me again?" It was the saddest thing, it was all I could do to make it to my car before crying my eyes out.
He lived to 15, but his appetite never fully returned. From that point on I had to make him fresh food, mostly turkey and chicken (with rice and vegies of course) and I had to give him a little canned pumpkin every other day to keep him regular. (He hated that part.)
Towards the end of his life he would only eat if I hand-fed him. Often if I was able to coax him to eat just a little tiny sliver, he would eat ravenously (for him, anyway.) When he refused to eat I gave him a nutritional supplement called Stat. (There are details in the giveaway section of this forum.)
I also had to monitor his hydration; my vet taught me how to administer lactated ringers subcutaneously... Poor little guy... I still miss him so much!
In any case I hope your doggie is feeling better soon! Pancreatitis isn't the end of the line, but it does make things a little harder. Our thoughts are with you.
-Mark, Jake and Brandy
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Pancreatitus
My max has had pancreatitus for four months now. Hopefully we caught it quickly, he got his intravenous and no food for several days( it was so hard not to feed him) but the alternitive was the hospital.
At first it was hard to getmhim eating and the vet said not to push it was better for him. No fat diet, not. Fat treats, or veggies for treats, plenty of liquid, i give him probiotics and several,supplments. Imhad hismgall bladder checked because the sheltie rescue people suggested it. I recommended it because Max did have sludge in his gall bladder which i give a supplement to. I'm told to watch for gall bladder mucocei. I read and still read about sheltie issues, this forum and my friends at sheltie rescue are a blessing.
My max has had pancreatitus for four months now. Hopefully we caught it quickly, he got his intravenous and no food for several days( it was so hard not to feed him) but the alternitive was the hospital.
At first it was hard to getmhim eating and the vet said not to push it was better for him. No fat diet, not. Fat treats, or veggies for treats, plenty of liquid, i give him probiotics and several,supplments. Imhad hismgall bladder checked because the sheltie rescue people suggested it. I recommended it because Max did have sludge in his gall bladder which i give a supplement to. I'm told to watch for gall bladder mucocei. I read and still read about sheltie issues, this forum and my friends at sheltie rescue are a blessing.
