lipase level issue, need info

[RPolidora]

Hey folks, haven't been on in a while with life being so busy lately, but need some opinions on my little girl.

A few months ago I had her to the vet because she just didn't seem right. I agreed to a full blood work up and got a call later that day the her Lipase level was over 900. I don't know much about this, but my vet was concerned.

We hadn't been real good about not giving her little pieces of food here and there and she had 3-4 different treats we would give her.

Anyway, the Vets plan was to give her nothing but EN food. SO she has had nothing but EN dry and some EN canned as a treat a couple times a day. Every once in a while if someone drops something she makes a clean get away with it, but that is rae so this food is basically all she has.

Today, about 3 months later I take her in for a follow-up. She seems as healthy as she ever has and plays like there is no tomorrow. I think all is well. They draw blood and call me back in a bit and tell me her Lipase is now over 3,000 WHAT!! I am so sick inside. SHe seems perfect. I don't now what to do. I am worried about her. They are going to schedule an ultra sound, but wanted to see what someotehrs though. How could it go that high when we took all the other foods away?

Thanks for listening

[ladyjane]

Elevated lipase is commonly caused by a problem with the pancreas, but can be from other things as well.
Hopefully the ultrasound will show something and you can get to the root of the problem.
The one thing that I do remember is that sometimes with Cushings there is an elevated lipase and since Cushings is often difficult to diagnose, you might want to speak with the vet about that if the ultrasound does not show something.
I will say that I have had pups with elevated lipase that were perfectly healthy but they usually went down again rather than up.
I hope all goes well. Please keep us posted!