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

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.

Oh no...

I don't have advice :( But I will be praying for her

I have no clue but hopefully someone with a little more knowledge about this will come on! Poor baby! :(

When my dog had pancreatitis he ended up staying two nights at the vet...my vet said that is can be a very serious condition...

If she throws up...I would consider taking her to the er.... but my guy would not stop throwing up at all... so he went in....

Unless she is vomiting repeatedly she should be fine but I certainly wouldn't be letting her eat grass

Thanks for your concerns...I hate to be giving a blow by blow but you all know how it is when your baby is sick. I know its crazy, but I cant eat I am so worried and I am never like that.
She never did vomit so really she has only vomited one time today, before the vet. I guess I am worried because he stomach is gurgling so loud she must be uncomfortable. She keeps trying to go out so she can eat more grass which is what made me think she needed to throw up. Her stomach was not doing this gurgling before so part of me worries if she is getting worse. Part of me worries they have missed the diagnosis and maybe she is on the wrong meds. I cant stand to see her so uncomfortable. She hasnt eaten since a small amount last night ,though she is drinking water.
She seems a little sluggish now too, which is new, but I think the Reglan can do that too.
I do have an er vet 10 minutes away so that is a comfort if I need it. Pray she is better tomorrow.

did he do lab work???? that's the only real way to know if that is the problem. The white count and liver enzymes. we almost lost a baby to this terrible illness. please don't take any chances... er visit is really indicated...

No lab work at all...which is why I worry they could be wrong...though as a nurse myself, it seems like the treatment would be very similar...rest the stomach and hydrate, antibiotics for any infection. I do kind of worry about an obstruction, though she did have a normal bowel movement last night in the middle of all this.

Sorry to hear your baby is sick. If you think she is no better get her in to the ER vet. These little ones can scare us so bad. Cali had HGE a month or so ago, a very bad gastritis. I took her to the ER vet on a Sunday night and they gave her some meds and fluids. she wasn't much better so I took her to my vet on Tuesday and she had to have shots and fluids and I had to bring her back the next day to be hospitalized for the day for more fluids intravenously. It took her a week to get back to herself. I will keep her in my prayers.

The vet should've done a blood panel and Spec cPL and possibly a TLI to diagnose pancreatitis. I wouldn't say these are the wrong meds because meds aren't always necessary with pancreatitis anyway. The pancreas has to be rested for 24 hours (no food or water which would include ice). Of course this would be hard on them and they would dehydrate, so they are usually hospitalized and given IV fluids.

If she is still throwing up and it is pancreatitis, she needs to see the vet.

Thanks for all your prayers and good wishes. We spent 4 hrs in the er last night but were not able to be seen because they had so many emergencies. After waiting so long, she seemed no worse and was resting comfortably so we went home (we only live 5 minutes away). She did okay the rest of the night and better today. She would not touch the id diet canned food they gave us so I gave her some boiled chicken which she gobbled down. No vomiting since mid day yesterday. I am going back to the vet tomorrow and ask them to do some blood work and give me more guidance on the diet from now on.

Hope your baby is doing better, any update?

Hope she is doing better

Hoping that Cinammon is back to feeling good again after taking her meds! :getwellso

Sending good wishes for Cinnammon and hope today she is back to
being herself.

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.:(

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

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.

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

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

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