Help my baby has Pancreatitis...should I go to the Er vet?

[Izzy Princess]

Hope Cinnamon is doing better. My Izzy has severe pancreatitis and I don't want to scare you but if she is still vomiting and not eating you need to take her back to your vets. Also it will cost money to get her well I can't begin to tell you how much it cost to treat Izzy (she got sick in November 2008, April 2009 and again May 2009).

She is totally on a bland diet (Science Diet and now on Purina EN) since that's all that she can handle. No treats.

The pancreas has to rest before it gets better.

Keep us posted on her.

[motherhen_44100]

Take her to the vet, If he hooks her up to an iv and rehydrates her. If he is a good vet. Mine got maggie through the pancreaitis twice. The best thing was not letting her eat anything, eating grass is good this is how they get rid of this substance there pancreas puts out. Let her lick ice cubes. My maggie before the last time she had it, had a fever. The doc gave her only after 24 hours a little deli roast beef, or chicken just a little. maggie wouldn't touch the id. So the deli meat brought her back, a slow process of getting back on feed. Then the pill that takes care of gas and bloating. Then the id gradually. I also fed her hamburger and rice rinse the hamburger real good. more rice then hamburger. it brought her back to her feed. But grass does better
hugs motherhen

[dwerten]

Originally Posted by cinnamonmon

My Cinnamon had been vomiting for about 24 hrs so I took her into the regular vet today. He thought it was a mild case of Pancreatitis and gave her Flagyl and Reglan. He also gave her some fluids as she was dehydrated. Other than vomiting she seemed like her regular self...so far no diarrhea either but hadnt really eaten anything in a day or so. So today after the vet she seemed better all day and then this evening she wanted to eat grass again which always means she wants to vomit.

I gave her the Reglan and hoped that would help, but her stomach is churning like crazy now and she is getting ready to vomit again. Im afraid she wont be able to keep the medications that I gave her down. She took them over an hour ago so hopefully if she vomits soon they will be absorbed. If she cant keep the medication down though how will she get better? Also he gave me some id food and told me to give her a small spoonful tonight, but she wouldnt touch it, which I figured she wouldnt. He also said to only give ice, no water but it is hard to keep her out of any water when I have two other dogs. i am just so worried and wondering is she need to go to the er vet to get iv meds. Her stomach is so loud that i can hear it across the room which is new.
I dont want to overreact...I spent $90 today at the vet...I hate to think of spending more but I also dont want to take chances. If you have been through this before...does it just take awhile to get better?
Should I let her eat grass so she does vomit? It seems to make her feel better but I hate to see it.
Please give me any advice you can.

are you kidding me -ughhhh NO ID FOR PANCREATIC DOGS it has pork in it and caused my dog to relapse 5 days and then he had full blown pancreatitis. She needs to be on iv fluids for 72 hrs it sounds like as she is not eating and not keeping meds down so they should be feeding her through iv and giving her pain meds as this is extremely painful and they should be giving her antibiotics and anti-vomitting med cerenia --sounds like vet is not up to date on things as cerenia is the new anti-vomitting drug for pancreatitis and use to be metoclopramide but they only helps the digestive tract but cerenia affects the brain and digestive tract so a better anti-vomitting drug. Reglan is metoclopramide. If the dog cannot keep things down and still vomitting best to have her put on iv fluids or it could get more serious as each bout can get more serious. Once this is resolved you need to be very STRICT ON DIET no treats and a low fat diet PERIOD. If they get this over and over they can get DIABETES or EPI both of which are not fun.

[dwerten]

They need to have no food, meds or water for 72 hrs with pancreatitis to let the pancreas calm down as it gets angry and can eat other organs if it gets bad enough - sorry to scare you but this is very serious and many dogs die from this and i almost lost mine and he ended up having to have a plasma transfusion through the jugular to save his life as he relapsed 5 days after the first bout. He has not had it since as i am very strict and he has been ok for 3 years now -- he is on an 8% fat diet now. He had a 12 hr fast blood test a few months ago and if you want to see if your dog is prone to this as many yorkies are if they have high triglycerides on a 12 hr fast then it means they have a high amount of fat in blood naturally and my dexter does as i never really knew what caused it but after reading this in whole dog journal it all made sense since i had just had blood work and the only thing off was his triglycerides were high and i found it odd since he is on a 8% fat diet with no treats so a light bulb went off and that is when it all came together as i have been racking my brain for 3 years trying to figure it out as i am ocd lol

[dwerten]

Originally Posted by Izzy Princess

Hope Cinnamon is doing better. My Izzy has severe pancreatitis and I don't want to scare you but if she is still vomiting and not eating you need to take her back to your vets. Also it will cost money to get her well I can't begin to tell you how much it cost to treat Izzy (she got sick in November 2008, April 2009 and again May 2009).

She is totally on a bland diet (Science Diet and now on Purina EN) since that's all that she can handle. No treats.

The pancreas has to rest before it gets better.

Keep us posted on her.

just like izzy said it is an expensive disease to treat and once they get it once they are susceptible to getting it over and over unless you are very strict. It cost me 10k to save dex life over that year until we realized that he also has ibd and when the intestines were inflamed it would trigger the vomitting and the pancreas so he cannot eat any foods with white potato as it inflames him and then he vomits

[dwerten]

food wise i would do boiled chicken and rice and ims had us doing lean ground turkey and rice but honestly think chick is better as i do not like turkey for dogs in reading more about it do to triptophan