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Originally Posted by sassytooyou  it that bowel??? |
ibd is inflammatory bowel disease which can be something that causes pancreatitis or an after math of it so we are not sure what happened with dexter - he has it in the small intestines and cannot digest certain foods. The pancreas when it gets inflamed can cause deadly toxins and affect other organs in the body mainly the small intestines as the food passes through it in to the the small intestines. Hi fatty foods can damage the pancreas and once they have it they can have an underlying condition for life so one high fatty thing can cause an attack. Dexter had a plasma transfusion from another dogs plasma through the jugular which cleansed the bad toxins out faster and saved his life. He also had iv fluids through jugular as well as goes through body quicker. If anyones dog gets this and the hospital is not familiar with plasma transfusion keep looking for the one that knows about it as it is the latest and it saved dexter - it is only in severe cases though. He kept relapsing so after the first relapse we opted for this and it saved him. They said more and more yorkies are coming in with pancreatitis
The yorkie before dexter 2 weeks before they said did not make it and this is why they wanted to do most aggressive treatment on dexter as he relapsed and it was severe on the ultrasound. It was very sad - I wished someone warned me about treats - i had no idea