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Originally Posted by Ellie May  What type of omega 3 are you giving? Fish oil? How much?
The vet may not have a clue what VetriDMG is. Ellie's specialist never had heard of it.
I would be suspicious of her amylase being so high. That signals a problem with the pancreas. Ellie's pancreas is in question right now and she has high bile acids. The Actigall could be a good choice for this kind of thing but I would want a diagnosis first in your case (to make sure it's not a shunt). I'm not sure the pancreas can make the bile acids go up, but it seems possible in Ellie's case. |
the Omega 3 that i am giving is: EicosaDerm that i got from someone on YT. I think it was Yorkieluv. I need to keep better track with my notes of who tells me things LOL... but i give 1/2 a pump for both dogs. I have seen amazing results with Sadie who had been iching really bad. and on her sides where the hair was coarse and her skin was red and rough feeling is now much softer too. Sadie has been on it for about 2 wks. after i read somewhere that omega 3 is good for liver comp dogs i started giving it to samie also. It comes in the form of a pump and is very easy to use. SADIE also isn't losing protein like she was in totally outrageous amounts so she no longer smells bad 2 days after a bath and her hair feels nice and soft again.
Sadie had a bout with pancreatitis in December and the spec just said to avoid greasy food and no people food. we told him that we don't feed table scraps at all. that's when he said to feed a good quality protein and low fat.
now those values i listed for
SAMIE were taken from July 07. I am going to get her December copy tomorrow and then i will post her values again. It was my fault that i didn't get a copy. i only got a copy of the bat from December... but as a rule-I am good about keeping a 3 ring binder that is (believe it or not...about full already) but i keep all of their labs on file and also any info that i want to keep on all of their issues we have been dealing with. At the back of the binder i keep all of the invoices and it's almost 1/2 inch thick. so many of them it's crazy!!!
i know when the specialist saw
SADIE for her protein loss he wasn't concerned with her amylase or lipase values bc sadie had no blood in her stool or no diarrhea. and
SADIE'S amylase was 2045! and her lipase was 1047. We thought for sure she would have to spend the 3 days in the hosp on fluids and the whole 9 yards but no- he didn't spend but 1 or 2 min talking with about her pancreatitis. he went right for the protein loss.
My husband told me last night ( and trust me he was ALL ears now) because he is realizing why i keep telling him things i am learning about this all. He is so upset with our vet for not telling him that the Ursodiol could maybe skew her next bat. So we are going to schedule with the specialist this week. we are not waiting for samie's next bat in a few weeks. The only thing that makes me nervous is that samie can't be there long. we can't sit in the waiting room for 15 min and then in the waiting room for another 15 min. it's just too much for samie. And i don't want to see her have really bad breathing problems and turn very blue. we have almost lost her 2 times-both times was bc we had tried switching vets and even though i prepared them it still didn't help. i guess they thought i was exaggerating. so i need to talk with the specialist and let them know that if they cannot see us w/o samie then we will have to be super quick with her there. Just thinking about getting her to the specialist this week already has my stomach upset and in knots.