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03-01-2020, 02:37 PM | #1 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: New Yok, NY
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| Long overdue update on Thumper Hi All, Its been a while sorry I have not posted sooner. With Thumper being sick, then myself sick, no internet and trying to find a new home for my foster it has been a crazy and exhausting month. This is a long post so bear with me Thumper is back to normal for the most part. On the outside he looks like nothing is wrong. He had pancrititis and had to be hospitalized for a day. He did great and I was able to take him home the next day. He got spoiled at the Vet as they gave him wet food and now the "spoiled brat" as I good naturally like to call him refuses to eat his food without the wet food. So mommy gives in and tops off his food with some wet food. They did a slew of tests and his numbers were all out of wack so we went today to repeat some of them now that he is feeling better to see if it was just because he was sick. I now need to monitor his food even more closely than before. I didn't give him any table scraps or treats but he would sometimes get a piece of bread or some of my food along with Bella's. I didn't think it was a big deal as it was not a lot or often. Now no more! To make it easier the Vet said I can give Bella the same prescription food as Thumper to make sure he does not get her food. He is on Hill's Science K/D Diet. This is good both financially and to be able to monitor him. Thumper's SDMA was originally 18 a few weeks ago and now it is down to 9 which is awesome. We repeated the Senior CBC Panel and ACTH so will get those results tomorrow. Based on the blood work my Vet will come up with a game plan regarding his spleen. During the ultrasound she found a nodule on it. She doesn't think its cancer as the numbers don't indicate it but we are retesting to double check. He can live without his spleen so it might have to be removed but she doesn't want to do surgery if she does not have to. Additionally, she said the spleen tends to bleed so she wants to avoid removing it if possible. She has done many splenectomies so I have full confidence in her. Thumper's numbers were also low-normal for his ACTH and Thyroid so we are re-testing to see where they fall now. I may have to adjust his meds. Finally, his blood pressure was once again high. He is already on BP medication. All this means is tomorrow hopefully after reviewing the blood work we can come up with a game plan to treat the Cushing, Spleen, and BP. She doesn't want to keep pumping Thumper with medication if she does not have to. I really respect her. She has been wonderful throughout this process. I really trust her judgement. When I ask if it was her dog what would she do she is honest with me but allows me to make the final decision. On to a semi-funny antidote (only funny because of the timing and what is going on in the news) Apparently, Thumper tested positive for the Coronavirus (NOT THE ONE for HUMANS) I never even knew there was one for dogs but apparently there is. They did a whole diarrhea panel and it was one of tests. I would have never known if not for that test. There is a vaccine but it is not that effective according to my Vet. Also, since Thumper tested positive the vaccine would do nothing for him. When he has a flare up we will just treat the symptoms with antibiotics. Finally, I learned that there is a new ACTH test that is only an hour long instead of the typical 2 hour test. That is good as it alleviates me having to be at the Vet's office longer. My Vet said its only a minuscule difference in the 2 hour test but much cheaper for him to purchase. Since he has a lot of low income families he is using that test. Also the 2 hour test is back ordered from China he said so even if I wanted the other test its not an option at the moment. All the Vets and staff at my Vet love Thumper since his stay they have all gotten to know him and think he is adorable. Makes me smile every time we have to go for a visit. For now we are home relaxing and I am making all of us bone broth from scratch. I am going to make a separate post about that to see what everyone puts in their broth. Thanks all for the well wishes and I will keep posted on Thumper as I know more.
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03-01-2020, 03:37 PM | #2 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: stanley nc
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| Glad to know that Thumper is doing much better. Please keep us posted on his further progress. |
03-01-2020, 04:58 PM | #3 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| I’m glad he is doing better. I have heard from several people that Cushings dogs for some reason are more prone to get pancreatitis I’m not sure if this is true or not or why. The blood pressure can also be Cushings related. Callie’s blood pressure was high and she was put on 2 blood pressure medications.
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03-01-2020, 05:58 PM | #4 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: E.Stroudsburg, Pa.
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| Great news about Thumper. It's great that you have trust and confidence in your vet, after all, they do hold our pups lives in their hands, having trust in your vet is so important.
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03-02-2020, 01:44 AM | #5 |
I♥PeekTinkySaph&Finny Donating Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Baltimore, Maryland
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| Glad to hear Thumper is home and doing better. Hang in there!
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03-02-2020, 05:08 AM | #6 |
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| Wow, you have had quite the time lately. Glad Thumper is better.
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03-04-2020, 09:17 AM | #7 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: New Yok, NY
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| More update Thanks all for the well wishes. I spoke to my vet yesterday. Almost all good news. His ACTH is back to normal around 4. His blood work also came back within the normal range. The only abnormal number was the Pancreas. It was still high but the vet said it did go significantly down from where it was prior. She said it can take a while to get back to the normal range. No need to worry about his spleen with the good blood work. I go back in two weeks just to check his BP if it is still high she will add an additional medication to his Enaparil. His BP was 220 and last time it was checked in 2018 it was 170 both high. He has the very first appt of the day so he does not have to wait in the waiting room and hopefully we will get a true reading. She also suggested to follow up with more blood work and ACTH in two months to see where the pancreas numbers are at that time. He is back to getting into mischief when I am not home so I know he is feeling well.
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03-04-2020, 10:29 AM | #8 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Kissimmee, FL
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| It is wonderful news to hear that he is feeling better!
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03-04-2020, 06:57 PM | #9 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: stanley nc
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| Wonderful news! |
03-05-2020, 08:45 AM | #10 |
Action Jackson ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maryland
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| Glad Thumper is better, wow this is bringing it all back. We dealt with a lot of similar stuff with Jackson. In September 2018, he was diagnosed with pancreatitis, it was a pretty bad case as well. A lot of pain, vomiting and eventually bloody diarrhea. He never was hospitalized but was given fluids and metronidazole. But he was put on Royal Canin Gastro. He recovered within about 4 days. Then in December 2018, diarrhea started. So strange. He was only eating RC Gastro, nothing else. Dry, wet and their treats. For fear of having another pancreatitis attack, I was hesitant to take him off it. But after dealing with diarrhea for literally almost 2 months straight (well, I think it was 1.5 months mostly).... and test after test (we also did test for Cushings, Addisons, and did an ultrasound, we did GI panel bloodwork, fecal etc) and honestly no answers. But miraculously the day after we began feeding Royal Canin Moderate Calorie PW (potato and whitefish) RX kibble, poop began to get normal. That was in January 2019 and he's been great ever since. We stick to mostly fish based foods and treats and keep fat levels under 10% ish on a dry matter basis and limited ingredient. Anyway, I am so glad Thumper is doing so well. Keep us updated.
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