[Emmar]

Hi, I'm new to the site and would really appreciate some advice. Our baby doll, Diesel, who the whole family adore and love to bits, is 14 months old and since October he has been having problems with his digestive system. He has regular runny or soft stools which are bright yellow in colour as well as bouts of sickness which is just bile. I took him to the vet back in October, told him the symptoms and he sent me away with antibiotics and worming tablets. At the time I told him how worried I was about diesel and worried about his really skinny frame. He sent me away told me to starve him for 24 hours and then feed him only boiled chicken and rice, and basically accused me of being a bit neurotic! I followed his instructions to the letter, but Diesel is no better. I've been backwards and forwards to the vet and was asked to bring in a stool sample. When I was collecting the sample I noticed quite a few grains of rice among the bright yellow stuff? The vet then phoned me a week later to tell me everything came back negative, when I asked about the grains of rice they said it was most likely tapeworm. However, after a dose of more worming tablets I went through his stools again (I've become a bit obssessed with them, sorry) and noticed that it was full of undigested rice. I took baby back to the vets as I was trawling the Internet I saw he had the same symptoms as if he had a problem with his pancreas. He had blood tests which discovered his pancreas was fine but it also confirmed that hardly any of his food was being digested. He now has to have a biopsy of his stomach and small intestines as well as an ultrasound. The vet said that they are looking to see if he has either Ibd (a form similar to chron's dieseas in humans?) a blockage, or something worse. I'm so worried about him as I don't know how painful it is. He's extremly thin and I'm scared about him being knocked out. If anyone has experience with this problem your advice would be so appreciated.