Thanks for your thoughts. Nico had a nice, big bowel movement this morning. He seems normal at the moment, playing, eating fine. I think we'll continue to watch him very closely over the weekend and see how it goes. How is pancreatitis treated?
Leah had pancreatitis really bad two summers ago. We had just gotten home and all the sudden she just slumped over. Her gums were really pale and she was in pain. Belly area usually gets really sore and dogs will walk all hunched over.
I rushed her in and she was started on IV right away. She would have one bag of fluid followed by a bag of fluid that had I *think* Vitamin B in it. Usually food is with held for 48 hours or longer and then you start the dog back up with small bland meals for a couple of days until you build your way back up to normal food and feeding schedule. Most vets in house have a cPL (I think that is what it's called) snap test for pancreatitis. Most vets will send it off to Texas A&M for further testing. Leah's test results were off the charts. Scared the hell out of me because my other boxer Molly
died of an acute bout of pancreatitis.
Leah also has a high lipase or amylase at any given time. Vet is not sure why. I keep Leah on a lower fat food and she only has lean meats such as chicken or turkey if I give her a treat. Three weeks ago she had blood drawn for surgery and one of those was high, but she is fine.
Leah had a second bout this past March but it wasn't off the charts. Again, she is not feed food high in fat. The vet and I think Leah is prone to stress induced pancreatitis. I thought that was weird but there are some articles on it. Because each time she had pancreatitis it was after a stressful situation for her.
So, I would say most vets have a protocol for how to treat pancreatitis, I guess it's up to the vet to decided based on the severity of the situation. The biggest thing is fluids and letting the pancreas rest so it doesn't have to work hard to by secreting the enzymes (?) needed to digest food.
Good luck, one day at a time.
