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Originally Posted by 107barney  Not all dogs present the same way with pancreatitis. My Barney has had two life threatening acute bouts of pancreatitis...The first event required 4 days of hospitalization on IV meds and it was very touch and go. The second time we were able to do meds and subcutaneous fluids at home. Neither time did he have any diarrhea or vomiting. He also was not painful or hunched at the exam. He simply had no appetite and would not eat. He seemed "off" and I brought him in. Blood work usually shows elevated lipase and amylase but not always. There may be elevations of white blood cells and there could be a fever. I also think Barney's liver enzymes were off during those incidents. Blood work three weeks ago being great would not necessarily indicate that blood work last night would be but it is certainly good to be starting with a good knowledge base of where your dog's organs are functioning when something like this happens.
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Interesting. He didn't even mention blood work.. I just told him I had her's done 3 weeks prior so I was confused because everything checked out fine. He kept telling me, dog's get bugs sometimes.