I talked to the specialists assistant this week and and told her that we are planning to see a nutritionist next week. We have a visit with Dr. Shawn Messionnuer. I will attach his link as soon as I locate it again. :-)
The specialists assistant said ... to the best of their knowledge Dr Shawn is not a certified nutritionist and that he is a "holistic veterinarian".
Specialist also said that he does not support Raw diet- because of Salmonella, E-coli and food poisoning.
Our high lipase and amlase values are due to loss of renal function (well the specialist said "he is almost positive" without further testing that would run about 1500.00... so they say. But he suggested the low fat and high fiber diet. he actually said that he could not "stress it enough".
Stools are not runny but not as firm as I would like to see them.
Every night though it seems something takes place. Samie tonight... was licking her back paw really bad. Sadie was laying on her side and I listened to her tummy and it was making loud gurgling noises.
I want them to be healthy and I am leaning towards them really benefiting from a raw diet. I am nervous for next weeks appt. I read all kinds of great things about Dr Shawn and the many books he's published.. he suppports raw and home cooked diet. We think we just lucked out bc he is only 15 miles away from us. I was told that people come in from Calif to see him.
The rep from Natures Variety told me about him. He is even going to be on the Martha Stewart show 4/15. Next Tuesday!
I am nervous and excited all at once. I feel as if our specialist is not educated enough to know about feeding raw.
I have read that if a dog suffers from pancreatitis it could cause them to have an attack. This scares me.
I have done lots of reading on raw, took out books from the library that talk about raw diets... (even a couple of Dr Shawns books too I got from the library too)
The specialist also told me that the pancreas levels are up bc of the increased BUN - Both girls are being treated for Glomerlophrentiis (sp) The only med they are on is Benezeperil.
I wanted to post some of thier values from last weeks labs...
Sadie's lipase: 1236 (normal range 7-695
Sadie's amylase: 1346 (normal range 290-1125)
Samie's lipase: 1077
Samie's amlase: 877
* Sadie's lip/amy values are higher than Samie's
UPC
Sadie's UPC: 7.3
Samie's UPC: 2.3
Albumin
Sadie's Albumin: 3.7 (normal range: 2.7-4.4
Samie's Albumin: 4.1
BUN
Sadie's BUN: 60 (normal range 6-25)
Samie's BUN: 16
Not sure what "Platelet Count" is ??? But, it is marked "high"
(normal range is: 170-400)
Sadie's Platelet Count: 519
Samie's Platelet Count: 486 |