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Alyssa

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hi sheena,

she had a snap pancreatitis test done and it was positive, is that what one of those test are? ive been worried out of my mind thinking maybe she had a growth for 2 weeks now, we didn’t go to the vets sooner because it always subsided… but something is definitely not right.

i truly think she has it, i’ll detail her symptoms more why i dont think it was a simple tummy ache:

Started about 3 weeks ago. She suddenly didn’t want to jump on the couch or in the car. it was about this time that her whites went up.

about a week after that, she started having ‘episodes’ – after eating, not long after she would just seem to crash. she would lay on her side and groan with breath exhales, and just didn’t want to move. belly bloated & hard (more than pred bloat). it was better if she wouldn’t lay on her side but that is usually how she laid. these would last from 2-4 hours, then she’d just snap out of it and seem perfectly normal, rolling in the sun etc.

if we took her outside during one of these to see if she would poop, she would walk very very slow, tail tucked, moan while pooping, and after pooping she’d walk even slower. never any blood or trouble going. after expending that energy her breathing would be especially moan & groan, uneven, it was obvious she was in a lot of pain, and she would just stand there looking totally out of it. it takes a LOT for her to show pain.

I have one video of an attack, just her breathing/full body catching, i never got one of the reaction after going outside because it was always too scary & i didnt think about it –
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipMglJpNvjG8z5rkjJ7hiBPKxf6caBUS_ryMm25k

and another –
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipPyy3BgwpiT7J879t3NL0LslIqKQqCCzPhS96DY

These weren’t even nearly the worst ones.

It could happen if I fed her a lot or very little. Her worst attack ever was this morning, and I gave her very little food. She wouldn’t even sit up at the vets or look at them, she was staring at the wall. I think she was in severe pain. She couldn’t breath evening & was constantly groaning. The vet thought something had ruptured it was so bad, so the x-rays.

i will call tomorrow about the Amoxicillin, and she did tell me about another pancreatic test but I forget the name. She also told me we could test her lipase as a way to monitor if she is getting better/worse.

If its NOT pancreatitis then it is something else beyond a mere tummy ache, I am sure of it – but what else would cause this type of reaction? Ulcers, but she is on tummy protectant & has had no blood in her stool. Food intake sets it off. If I fast her for hours she will be fine. I didn’t feed her from 10:30pm to 7:30am last night and she was actually stretching this morning, rolling a bit on her back, tail wagging, very happy – I fed her at 7:30 and by 9:30 she had one of the worst episodes ever. All I gave her was 1/4 a cup of dry food (her dry food is 10% fat only) with about a tablespoon of pumpkin and around 1.5 ounces of boiled chicken.

I’ll try to sort out the test results. They seem to be using older equipment than her old vets that listed these things. If they have to send off to a lab I’ll need to wait for results & I hope it doesn’t cost extra, but I don’t think their particular equipment can get those results in-house.

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