I have a newly diagnosed yorkie with Protein Losing Enteropathy due to IBD. Her name is Holly, and she is 5 years old.
It has been a roller coaster ride getting here. I went to 3 different vets within a 2 week time because I knew something was wrong. The third vet did blood work, including testing for liver shunt. When that came back negative she referred us to Purdue.
She spent 3 days in ICU at Purdue University small animal clinic. The did biopsies, and confirmed the PLE. Lucky for us, there is a vet there who specialises in PLE.
We are home, and giving medicine, and she is on a special diet that she does not like. If I hand feed her I can get her to eat a little.
Her belly is still enlarged, but we are seeing a little bit of an improvement. I will be asking about a pet nutritionists.
When this started, I went to bed at night not knowing if she would be alive when I woke up. So much better than that, but her not eating is not helping her get better.
Her protein level did increase last week, but at .8 we have a way to go to get in the normal range.
I've read the thread about "Cookie" and feeling hopeful that we can get past this and get my baby girl on the road to recovery.