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Originally Posted by BonBon  To expand on Brit's question a bit, is it possible for a dog who has always had normal bloodwork to suddenly develop pancreatitis? Or does annual bloodwork usually show indicator signs of some sort?
For example, my pups have always had good results on their yearly bloodwork, which gives me comfort and assurance that they're healthy. But it's still possible for them to one day have an attack like Jackson's? |
I'm going to make an assumption that, yes, a dog could definitely have normal bloodwork all of it's life and then develop pancreatitis. There are a lot of healthy dogs who get pancreatitis after Christmas and Thanksgiving, etc, after consuming one too many fatty foods. So I think if you were to go give your pups a big fatty ham to chow on, throwing them high salted deli meat, etc, it could certainly make their levels go up and for their bloodwork to appear different than before, when they were healthy. Bloodwork always changes. That's why after Jackson stayed in the hospital on IV's, his numbers went down by 1000.