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Originally Posted by dwerten  if he is in pain HE NEEDS TO BE HOSPITALIZED just because they gave anti-vomitting meds to mask the symptoms does not mean his pancreas is not inflamed and painful - he needs to be on pain meds now if he is doing this -- they palpatate the dogs for pancreatitis and determine how severe it is - my dog did not scream like yours did and he was severe when they palpatated him and he had to have a plasma transfusion to save his life - PLEASE TAKE THIS BABY to internal medicine specialist as there are varying degrees of this but from the pain you are describing this is SEVERE PANCREATITIS not a mild case and the vet just stopped the vomitting but did nothing for pain !! my mom had pancreatitis and gall bladder attack and she was on SERIOUS morphine it is extremely painful which dogs mask their pain and if your dog is showing signs of pain IT IS REALLY SEVERE AS THEY HIDE IT REAL WELL  I would call around for a 24 hr specialty hospital that has an internal medicine specialist on staff and take him in today - sorry but this is really serious and if he was already diagnosed with it it is nothing to take lightly -- i would not be emphasizing this so much if he was not in the pain you are describing |
PLEASE TAKE HIM IN NOW!!!!! just finished reading your whole paragraph DO NOT WAIT until tomorrow - the food can be making it worse as well as that is not a food given for pancreas it is given for liver dogs -- what percentage of fat is it ? my dog is on 8% fat which is really low -- I am afraid if you wait he could die sorry to be so BLUNT but 50% of dogs die from pancreatitis and NO WAY IS A DOG going to stand up and be in that kind of pain from a shot - HE IS NOT LAYING DOWN BECAUSE HIS STOMACH HURTS TOO MUCH
he needs to be on pain meds intraveniously, antibiotics intraveneously, iv fluids for food and water for 48-72 hrs NOTHING through mouth to calm the pancreas down AND after this is all over I would get another vet as all he did was mask the vomitting but did nothing for this poor dogs pain -- if the hospital recommends a plasma transfusion which i will not be surprised if they do let them do it - it saved my dogs life and he was not in the pain your dog is in he was just tossing and turning but not crying out in pain and standing