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12-15-2009, 02:47 PM | #1 |
YT 6000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Seattle, WA
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| 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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12-15-2009, 03:29 PM | #2 |
♥Owned by Toby & Lola♥ Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Michigan
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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!
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12-15-2009, 03:30 PM | #3 |
lovin my girls Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Nottinghamshire, UK
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| Hoping and praying for the best outcome for Yoda. Thinking of you and hoping you find out exactly what's going on ASAP
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12-15-2009, 03:49 PM | #4 |
Gizzy & Kandi spoil me Donating Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Waco, Texas
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| 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.
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12-15-2009, 04:13 PM | #5 |
Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: MN
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| 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. Hugs to all of you. Keep us posted!!! |
12-15-2009, 04:20 PM | #6 |
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| I'll be praying for lil Yoda! It is SO scary when the babies are sick~
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12-15-2009, 04:29 PM | #7 |
I ♥ my Furheathens Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: VAN ALSTYNE
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| Aww Fe, hugs to you and Mrs. Fe! We will be saying a prayer for yall. The boys sends lots of kisses.
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12-15-2009, 04:37 PM | #8 |
Donating YT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Texas
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| Please keep us updated and sending you our Love and Support. Lissette |
12-15-2009, 04:37 PM | #9 |
♥Sophie Belle's Mommy♥ Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Henderson, TN
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| Sending prayers your way! |
12-15-2009, 04:46 PM | #10 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | 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.
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12-15-2009, 05:02 PM | #11 |
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| I am so sorry to hear about little Yoda. Sending prayers and get well wishes....
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12-15-2009, 05:08 PM | #12 |
Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Alabama
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| 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 and :hugs: to your family. |
12-15-2009, 05:10 PM | #13 |
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| Sending prayers for sweet Yoda, Please feel better soon! |
12-15-2009, 05:13 PM | #14 |
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| 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 Last edited by dwerten; 12-15-2009 at 05:17 PM. |
12-15-2009, 05:23 PM | #15 |
Pixie and Daisy Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: CT USA
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| I am so sorry to hear about Yoda, my thoughts and prayers are with you. I hope everything turn out alright!
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