Harley has severe pancreatitis and needs prayers...
 

Lolasmom1211 has an extremely ill pup right now. Harley was admitted to an emergency vet clinic over the weekend but he was not doing well there. This morning, first thing, Valerie picked him up and took him to Gulf Coast Vet Specialists.

Tests have been run and he has an extremely severe case of pancreatitis and possibly hepatitis. He was severely dehydrated on admission and his glucose has been dropping into the 60s. During the last visit she had with him this afternoon, he was standing up but he clearly is ill. He has IVs and also a nasogastric tube. The specialist who is treating him said that he has gone from a 10 to up to an 8....while that is a bit encouraging, he is definitely not out of the woods.

Please remember Harley and his mom Valerie in your thoughts and prayers. Valerie loves her little babies so much and is an awesome pet parent. She is so upset right now with the way this happened so suddenly. It really is frightening how quickly these little ones can become so ill.

One thing I can say is that he is in the best hands possible. He is being treated by a board certified critical internist who I have the utmost respect for. She has cared for a few of my pups.

Poor little Harley.

Sending good thoughts to both of them.

Oh no! I'm sure Valerie is so worried. I hope things go ok for little Harley.

Oh no, so sorry to hear Harley is sick. Prayers are going out for him and his family.

Praying for Harley and his Mom....

Poor little guy, sending good thoughts and prayering for Harley and Valerie.

Sending prayers for Harley & Valerie.

Praying for Harley and Valerie.

Thank you all for your kind words and prayers. Harley is very, very ill and we have the Dr's telling us he is still in a very guarded condition. From having a happy, healthy playful pup on Friday - then having him act just a little bit sick and vomit two or three times (clear liquid) on Saturday - then admitting him to a local Emergency Clinic on Sunday AM for fluids and having them tell me I could pick him up this morning to this....all I can stress to each one of you is DO NOT WAIT. Pancreatitis is a terrible, incredibly destructive, fast-onset illness that needs immediate and aggressive attention. I really like to believe I am proactive in my babies care, but I'm feeling so guilty now about not taking Harley Saturday instead of Sunday. The "what if's" are playing havoc with my brain and I can't stress enough to anyone how important immediate care can be. Harley will continue to need your prayers for the next few days and you all have no idea how much we appreciate them...thank you all.

Valerie,
you are a very vigilant owner and you did what was best. Please don't blame yourself for Harley's illness. We sometimes have no control over these kinds of things. Just tonight I was at the ER vet w/ one of mine after he vomited 9x and I wanted to get some fluids/meds...and he does not have pancreatitis. I had no intention of going to the vet at two or three vomit episodes. Pancreatitis is very scary, and it can be very severe, but we are not really in control of that, all we can do is respond and protect to the extent we can. I'll keep Harley and you in my prayers.

Valorie, I am so sorry to hear about Harley. You are a wonderful mom to your babies. And you have him in good hands. Look what they did for my Piper Girl. Piper Girl, Piccolo, Tony and myself have you and Harley in our prayers.

Sending out prayers for Harley and Valerie. I know all too well what Pancreatitis can do. I had one who Chronic Panacreatitis.

After a night without much sleep, I will be able to visit Harley at 9:00 AM. I watched the clock all night long, thankful for every hour that went by without the phone ringing with bad news. I am so grateful that Harley made it through the night, and so hopeful that this morning brings some sort of good news. My daughter, who is a human ER dr, has been next to me every step of the way, explaining all that they are doing and sweet Linda (LadyJane) has been my "go to" Yorkie consult for the last 24 hours offering moral and positive support. Hopefully his blood sugars have stabilized and they did not have to put in a central line. They will not even try to reintroduce food for a few days because Harley is so critical at this point. I am still amazed at how quickly this all happened. I will try to update after our morning visit - please continue to pray for Harley. I am so very grateful for your continued prayers.

sending many prayers for your Harley. hugs to you.

Sending all kinds of good, healing, positive thoughts for you and Harley :love:. Hoping for the very very best!

You need to stop the "what if's" ... you are an awesome pet parent to your pups!

Continued positive thoughts for Harley, praying he's better today and on his way to recovering.

:( reading you post just breaks my heart. I will be praying and watching for an update.

Prayers for Harley!

I know some of you are concerned.... Valerie has had a busy day. She has seen Harley twice and I had a brief conversation with her a little while ago. He is improving slightly ... so hopefully he will continue.
She will probably come along later and update. I know she plans to go visit again around 5PM

Thank you for the update.

I've gotten to visit with Harley twice today. When i arrived at Gulf Coast at 9 AM, we met with the Dr and she told me Harley was showing signs of improvement. She upgraded his condition from "guarded" optimistic to "carefully" optimistic. When I went in the back to see Harley, I thought he looked much worse. He did not raise his head or open his eyes. His NG tube is stitched to his nose and he looked totally non-responsive. When I knelt in front of his cage in the ICU and called his name, he tried to open his eyes. I think he could see and hear me, but I could not be sure. It was not a good visit. Jump to my 1:00 PM visit and things had improved. He was sitting in his cage and seemed to recognize me when he saw me. He is still not very mobile, but that may be due to all of the pain meds they have him on. He is still very painful in his abdomen. He did try to walk to me, but seemed very painful as I tried to pick him up, so I left him in the cage. They are reducing his glucose and pain meds to see how he does. This is frightening to me, but my daughter keeps telling me to trust the Dr's....so I'm trying to trust. The phone continues to stay silent from Gulf Coast and that is a good sign. I've never watched the clock so much in my life. I know that each passing hour is a positive sign for Harley - he just needs to continue to fight. I'll go back at 5 PM today and, hopefully, the good news will continue. It helps to share all of this with people I know who love their babies as much as I do....

Continuing prayers for Harley. The pain meds knock them out so much it is hard for us to judge how they are doing, but I'm sure he is in the best hands now, and hope he continues to rest and improve.

So sorry you are going through this stress, you are such a good Momma.

I pray for strength for both you and Harley and that his pain subsides and he gets well soon. Your pain and love are so palpable. I'm so sorry you are both going through this.

Valerie, I just saw this this...hope Harley continues to improve, you and Harley will be in our prayers.

Stay positive! Praying your 5:00 visit was much better. I have only been to Gulf Coast 1 time and I was very impressed with all the specialist there. Harley is in good hands and visiting him will encourage him. You are a good mom!

Was just checkig in on Harley. Prayers do still continue for him.

5:00 visit was much better. Harley recognized me and even walked over when he saw me. I think he may have even been mad when I didn't pick him up and take him...Harley has the sweetest disposition, and I can honestly say, I don't think he's ever acted mad or angry in his life. Today, mad was good! I was so happy to see Harley show something other than pain and illness. The Dr called after we left and told us they were going to increase his NG feedings tomorrow. She also said his glucose level was good and hopefully we could take him off the glucose tomorrow. She said she was surprised at his progress today and could not be happier. I am so relieved and happy right now. I only hope we don't have any setbacks, but have no reason to believe we will. His progress is slow, but steady - I'm so grateful. Thanks to all of you for your prayers and positive thoughts. I truly appreciate it.

Continued prayers for Harley and for you, Valerie. I am SO happy that he is improving!!

Great news! I completely understand the stress and pain this situation has been on you and your precious boy. Praying you'll be able to rest more comfortably this evenin, knowing that Harley's in good hands and that your sweet boy will continue to recover very quickly!