Thanks for all the great info in this thread! I just read thru the recent posts.
I am getting so frustrated because we aren't seemingly getting anywhere, yet I'm still spending lots of money
The vet we saw today seems a bit puzzled herself. She said his lipase levels may still be slightly high due to something else... maybe an underlying issue or something. She finds it odd that he's not displaying any other symptoms of pancreatitis anymore, except the higher lipase levels. I liked this vet a lot better, she answered my questions with ease and explained things thoroughly and was really more compassionate.
So they are going to take his blood tomorrow, after fasting Jackson for 12hrs, and send it out to a lab which will take a few days. It's the test that Cathy (I think?) was talking about a few pages back. Hopefully this will give us more accurate results.
I am over at my dads house today with him (I actually asked the vet if this would be okay, LOL, since there is other dogs there, etc). My little brother is leaving Thursday for NC with my dad and stepmom and I already hadn't seen him for 2 weeks so didn't want another week to go by. But Jackson is chilling, I'm not letting him in the backyard off leash, so he won't get in the pool, and he's laying with his 'brother' Dachshund mix, Buddy, right now. He seemed extremely happy to see Lilly and Buddy as well as his 'human' sibling. Vet did advise not to be outside for long periods of time since it's so hot outside anyways and he can so easily dehydrate.
I take him tomorrow at 3pm for the bloodwork to be sent out to the lab. I'll give him his last meal tonight around 8pm or so...