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Morix · 04-08-2006, 07:38 PM

Hi everybody. I have a 1 year old yorkie.Morix started to feel bad on Tuesday. He didn't want to eat or drink. He vomited some yellow fluid, and then came the diarrhea. I took him to the vet and they gave him some IV fluids while running some tests. (blood work, parasites, x-rays), everthing came out normal. I finally transferred him to a 24 hs care hospital ( I should have done that in the first place) and he had a Pancreatitis test. The values came out a little bit higher than the normal range, but not much. The doctors think it is pancreatitis but I really think they are not so sure....Anyway, I was in the TWILIGHT ZONE for 5 days, and I ended up spending $800 in each facility.
The most frustrating part is that they were not sure of what was going on and I saw him deteriorating every passing minute....
This is the second time I has happened to me and in both cases he didn't eat anything out of his diet (Royal Canning for Yorkies) so I do not know what caused it. Now he is eating 2 tsp of Hills prescription diet, and takes Pepcid Ac every 12 hs and Tylosing powder every 8. (during 2 weeks). After that I have to pick a sensitive diet (Dr. recommended Sensite Royal Canning).

Does anybody know how to prevent this?
Should I get pet insurance? if that is the case, which one? I am really scared now that this could happen again....

04-08-2006, 07:38 PM	#15
Morix Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Doggieland Posts: 14	Pancreatitis! Advice? Hi everybody. I have a 1 year old yorkie.Morix started to feel bad on Tuesday. He didn't want to eat or drink. He vomited some yellow fluid, and then came the diarrhea. I took him to the vet and they gave him some IV fluids while running some tests. (blood work, parasites, x-rays), everthing came out normal. I finally transferred him to a 24 hs care hospital ( I should have done that in the first place) and he had a Pancreatitis test. The values came out a little bit higher than the normal range, but not much. The doctors think it is pancreatitis but I really think they are not so sure....Anyway, I was in the TWILIGHT ZONE for 5 days, and I ended up spending $800 in each facility. The most frustrating part is that they were not sure of what was going on and I saw him deteriorating every passing minute.... This is the second time I has happened to me and in both cases he didn't eat anything out of his diet (Royal Canning for Yorkies) so I do not know what caused it. Now he is eating 2 tsp of Hills prescription diet, and takes Pepcid Ac every 12 hs and Tylosing powder every 8. (during 2 weeks). After that I have to pick a sensitive diet (Dr. recommended Sensite Royal Canning). Does anybody know how to prevent this? Should I get pet insurance? if that is the case, which one? I am really scared now that this could happen again....