Yoda May Have Liver Disease & Pancreatitis :(
 

Yoda (7.5 years old now) hasn't been been himself the past few days, and yesterday didn't want to eat anything at all, which is very unlike him. He also had a bloated, distended stomach and was pretty lethargic. He was able to poop out a small log.

We took him to the vet today and had bloodwork and x-rays done. He may have some kind of blockage, but the bloodwork results showed signs of liver disease and pancreatitis. I don't have the bloodwork papers yet, but his white blood cell count was high, and amylase and lipase numbers were extremely high (I think those are the names, but I don't have the papers yet). He's currently on antibiotics and getting fluids via IV right now.

He's never had liver issues or pancreatitis before, so hopefully he will be able to overcome this health issue. He was not on any medication the past few weeks, nor did he have any change in diet or eat anything potentially bad that we know of.

We feed him Darwin's Natural raw food (Natural, Raw Dog Food, Grain-free Dog Food - from Darwin?s Pet) which he has been on for about four years and we feed him California Natural dry food (Natural Dog Food, Cat Food & Puppy Food for Pets With Food Sensitivity – California Natural). The California Natural he has been on for about a year, previously we gave him Royal Canin Yorkshire 28 dry food. On occasion, we do give him a bit of our human food, which we probably really should never do... He does get some treats, but we don't think anything is extremely fatty or unhealthy, though we will definitely check into everything we feed him (and his brother Winky) from now on.

He'll be at the vet until 7pm, at which point we can take him home for the night, but he needs to go back to the vet tomorrow morning.

Yoda's Mommy and Winky and I are pretty scared right now, as we haven't really ever faced any serious health issues with either Yoda or Winky.

Any prayers and good thoughts for Yoda would really be appreciated! Thank you.

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Sending all good thoughts and prayers for Yoda and his entire family! Hoping they can figure it out and correct it soon - it's so hard when our little ones are sick. Please keep us updated, and hang in there!:heart to

Hoping and praying for the best outcome for Yoda. Thinking of you and hoping you find out exactly what's going on ASAP :hug:

I am so sorry! It's sounds like you and the vet are really on top of things though. I hope they find an answer soon. It's really upsetting for the whole family when one of our babies is sick. I will be keeping him in my prayers and sending lots of positive vibes from Texas.

I'm sorry to hear your little guy is under the weather. Wow - liver disease AND pancreatitis? Do they normally occur together, do you know? I hope he will fully recover and be back to his normal self soon. :hug:Hugs to all of you.

Keep us posted!!!

I'll be praying for lil Yoda! It is SO scary when the babies are sick~ :(:(

Aww Fe, hugs to you and Mrs. Fe! We will be saying a prayer for yall. The boys sends lots of kisses.

Please keep us updated and sending you our Love and Support. Lissette

Sending prayers your way!

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Yoda, Dad, Mom, and Winky have all our love and prayers right now -- anything you need, you know we're here, for anything. Please keep us updated as you can and give Yoda all of our best.

I am so sorry to hear about little Yoda. Sending prayers and get well wishes....

FE, I am so very sorry to hear that Yoda is having these issues. I will definately keep all of you in my thoughts and prayers. It sounds like you are doing all you can possibly do to help little Yoda get back to his normal perky self. Sending :hands: and :hugs: to your family.

Sending prayers for sweet Yoda, Please feel better soon!

so sorry :( I went through this 4 years ago with dexter and pancreatitis is very scary - why the liver though were the ALT high? the white blood cell count, amylase, lipase and also triglycerides are indicators of pancreatitis. Pancreatitis can be from steroids, high fatty foods so could be the treats, inflammatory bowel disease in small intestines can trigger it and stress can also trigger it.

Ours came out of the blue as well as dex was on ivd white fish and potato but white potato triggered it - my other two were fine but dex was deathly sick. It could have been any number of things to trigger it but sounds like pancreatitis. I really doubt liver disease but the pancreas can affect the other organs if severe enough so this may have caused the alt to be off.

Did they run inhouse cpli or send out to lab for firm diagnosis of pancreatitis? Best to be kept on fluids for 48-72hrs if severe as any meds, food, water through mouth can trigger another attack. Please make sure they do not give you hills I/D as my dog relapsed on that food. Have them give you ultra z/d if anything

Good luck and hope he gets better real quick

I am so sorry to hear about Yoda, my thoughts and prayers are with you. I hope everything turn out alright!

I will keep Yoda in my prayers. My pom had severe liver disease from the medicine she was taking for Cushing's Disease so they put her on liver medication and within 9 months all her liver values were normal and she came off the medicine.

Im so sorry Yoda is going thru this. All of you will be in my prayers. Sending yorkie kisses (lots of em) to Yoda and family....

You all will be in my thoughts and prayers. I know everyone says this but try to stay as positive as you can. God bless you!

The same thing happened with my Auggie Doggie. He was 7 yrs. old when i noticed his stomach all distended and bloated. I rushed him to the vet and they thought it was pancreatitis. They kept him overnite and did alot of tests and it came back Liver Shunt Disease. He had to be on a very strict diet. They gave me Science Diet AD (canned) and he wouldn't eat it for me. This all happened the end of October 3 years ago. We were going back and forth to the vets 2 to three times a week. They put him on all sorts of medications: he was on Lasiks, Dennisol, and Batrill. The Lasiks made him urinate alot. He was not a candidate for the surgery, but they were telling me it could be controlled by diet. My poor baby, was not getting any better. He would have some good days, and alot of bad days too. I nursed him till Feb. And had to come to the painful and heartbreaking decision of putting him to sleep. To this day, when I look back, I wish I had gone to another vet for a second opinion.

My heart goes out to you, because I do know what you are going through and what your poor baby is going through. I learned alot from my experience, there is a lot of information on line about Liver Shunt Disease and the stages and what can be done as far as surgery and food. The most important thing I learned, is their diet.

Good luck with your baby. My prayers are with you both.

Awww, we're sorry to hear about Yoda and we will keep him in our prayers. Barney had pancreatitis one time and he had to be hospitalized too with similar high readings. We figured out that he got it from a dog cookie he ate - it was not even that high in fat! Anyway, he recovered and all his readings went back to normal thereafter but it was a scary, horrible few days!!

Keep us posted!!

I am so sorry to hear that Yoda is not feeling well and about the health issues he may be facing. We all know how awful it feels when our babies get sick. I will keep Yoda in my thoughts and sending prayers for a full & quick recovery.

I'm so sorry you are entering into this world!!!! The distended abdomen is very scary as this can be a key symptom of PLE. Please make sure they do a Spec CPL that includes a TLI, folate and cobalamine levels and also pay particular attention to the protein, albumin and cholesterol levels. You've had him on great food, so hopefully this is a fluke flare up.

Many of us have had great results consulting with Susan Davis for supplementation that can help with many of these issues. She may be able to help you guys out as well.

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Please do not hesitate to PM any of us who have been through similar issues such as my Sissy being dianogsed with early stage PLE last fall.

Sending our prayers for a speedy recovery and a diagnosis that can be easily managed....

So sorry Yoda is not feeling well. Prayers & well wishes heading your way.

Yoda and you have my good thoughts and prayers

OMG...I just saw your thread about poor Yoda! :(

Please God...don't let it be the "Dogs In Harmony" Organic Peanut Butter Dog Treats that I sent to Winky-Wu for the Gift Exchange...I'll just die!

Anyone know if these ingredients could trigger pancreatitis:confused:

Ingredients:
Organic Oat Flour, Organic Brown Rice Flour, Filtered Water, Organic Smooth Peanut Butter, Organic Flax Seed Meal, Local Honey, Organic Apple Cider Vinegar, Organic Cinnamon.

Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein Minimum 13%, Crude Fat Minimum 13%, Crude Fiber Maximum 5%, Moisture Maximum 11%.

I am so sorry Yoda is feeling crummy & I'm :hands: praying it wasn't the treats me & Phoebe sent to Winky-Wu to share with Yoda!

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Jo Ann, Abby:aimeeyork, Bella:aimeeyork, PHOEBE:aimeeyork & Tink:animal36

These treats were very likely "not" the problem... :)

So sorry to hear Yoda's going through all this right now FE. We'll be praying for you all. Must be so scary for you all. Please keep us updated on what the vet is able to find out.

THANK YOU everyone for the kind words, good thoughts, hugs, kisses, and prayers! We definitely appreciate each and every one of them! Yoda is home tonight and feeling really lethargic and tired. I fed him some water (licking it off my hand). But he's just been resting and laying down the rest of the time.

We did get the blood results, the ALKP, AMYL, and LIPA was extremely high. The ALT and TBIL was high.

The WBC, GRANS, and NEUT, and EOS was high as well. Everything else was in the normal range.

This is what he got done today:

Exam/Consultation
CBC W/15-17 Chemist
Radiography Abd./Thorax
Fluid Therapy Set Up
--Fluid 1st Bag
--I.V. Catheter Include
--I.V. Administrat. Set
Day Hospitalization
Nursing/Injections (x3)
Maropitant Inj/cc
Convenia Inj X 3.6mg (x9)
Tramadol 50mg (gen) (x15)

Yoda was not on any steroids or any medication or anything before this incident.

LuvMySissy, Ellie May, and Wylie's Mom: Thanks for the information! We're going to ask about the Spec cPL test tomorrow for sure... and ask about the other things too.

miabellaamoure & Phoebe: PLEASE don't worry about it, it wasn't the PB treats you gave Winky in the GE... Thanks for the good wishes!

I do have the bloodwork labs scanned, and if anyone is interested I'd be happy to share them...

Here's a couple of pix of him tonight in my arms with the catheter still in his leg, as he'll go back tomorrow and they thought it best to leave it in...

Was he vomiting or did he have Diarrhea? Hope he feels better with lots of TLC. You all need some rest. Lissette

sending you good thoughts from tacoma, chester is almost the same age