Yoda (7.5 years old now) hasn't been been himself the past few days, and yesterday didn't want to eat anything at all, which is very unlike him. He also had a bloated, distended stomach and was pretty lethargic. He was able to poop out a small log.
We took him to the vet today and had bloodwork and x-rays done. He may have some kind of blockage, but the bloodwork results showed signs of liver disease and pancreatitis. I don't have the bloodwork papers yet, but his white blood cell count was high, and amylase and lipase numbers were extremely high (I think those are the names, but I don't have the papers yet). He's currently on antibiotics and getting fluids via IV right now.
He's never had liver issues or pancreatitis before, so hopefully he will be able to overcome this health issue. He was not on any medication the past few weeks, nor did he have any change in diet or eat anything potentially bad that we know of.
We feed him Darwin's Natural raw food (
Natural, Raw Dog Food, Grain-free Dog Food - from Darwin?s Pet) which he has been on for about four years and we feed him California Natural dry food (
Natural Dog Food, Cat Food & Puppy Food for Pets With Food Sensitivity – California Natural). The California Natural he has been on for about a year, previously we gave him Royal Canin Yorkshire 28 dry food. On occasion, we do give him a bit of our human food, which we probably really should never do... He does get some treats, but we don't think anything is extremely fatty or unhealthy, though we will definitely check into everything we feed him (and his brother Winky) from now on.
He'll be at the vet until 7pm, at which point we can take him home for the night, but he needs to go back to the vet tomorrow morning.
Yoda's Mommy and Winky and I are pretty scared right now, as we haven't really ever faced any serious health issues with either Yoda or Winky.
Any prayers and good thoughts for Yoda would really be appreciated! Thank you.
