Need some good thoughts for Jessie

    I want to thank all of you for your wonderful support; the good thoughts must be helping because Jessie's fever is gone and she's more alert today and stronger. I don't know when she's coming home yet; it may be later today but it depends on some more tests they're running. They did an ultrasound to get a good look at her pancreas and noticed that her liver is an irregular shape. When my vet did blood work yesterday, her alkaline phosphatase and ALT were elevated. They're doing a liver aspirate. They also discovered a very small mass just inside her rectum so they're aspirating that as well. If they find something that needs immediate treatment, she will be staying, but if they don't find anything to be concerned about, she will probably come home. I'll let you know what the additional tests reveal and if she's coming home as soon as I hear from them. Reading your posts really helps at a time like this; I can feel your hugs and they help keep me calm ( or calmer than I would be without them).

 Love, Janice

Thank you for the update Janice.  I hope she continues to feel better and that the test results are good.  Lots more vibes for Jessie and hugs for you!

 Sending healing vibes for Jessie! ((hugs))

Continued good vibes for Jessie.  I'm glad that she's feeling better and hope none of the findings prove serious.  Hope she gets to come home today.  It's terrible when they have to be away from us even when it's the best place at the time. 

  We'll be bringing her home tomorrow; they want to keep her on IV fluids one more night as a precaution. My vet had sent blood yesterday for a Spec-cpL, which is a pancreatic enzyme test. The results were back today and it was very high, so she did have a severe flare up of her pancreatitis. She is feeling much better and doesn't appear to be in pain anymore. The blood work Purdue did today showed that her liver enzymes and amylase and lipase are improving. Based on that, they decided not to do the liver aspirate. The small mass on her rectum was simply a watery cyst. I will have my vet check her liver enzymes a few weeks from now to be sure her liver is okay, but they think the liver enzymes are elevated because of the pancreatitis flare up. I was in the process of changing her to a cooked diet formulated by Monica Segal when this happened. It was on the seventh day of the transition (yesterday) when she got sick. They are recommending not to change her diet, and to return to her old diet. Monica and I have been working on a diet for Jessie since November. She reacted to turkey, pork tenderloin, and beef (ear infections). Finally we tried eggs, and this happened. I'm going to follow their advice of course, but I'm very disappointed. But, we have to listen to our dogs and do what's best for them.

  It's said so much on here but it's true; you guys are the greatest!!!! 

Janice, that's an update filled with a lot of good news! I'm so glad Jessie is feeling better and seems to have no more pain. (And, I'm glad you don't have to do the liver testing--yeah!) I know you so wanted to move Jessie to a homecooked diet, but you do know what has worked well for her, so that's hopeful even though it's not homecooked. ((((hugs))))  Jessie, you'll be back home tomorrow--yeah!!!

Good news on a lot of counts.  I had a feeling the wonky pancreas was likely causing the liver irritation.Have seen that with both Foxy and Billy at different times. 

I'll commiserate about the diet as well -- you work SO hard, ugh -- frustrating I know.  But I'm SO glad she's getting better!

 Oh I am SO pleased to read this good news.  I can imagine you are over the moon with relief!

TACKLE HUGS ----> (((((((((Janice)))))))))

That just sucks!  I'm so happy though that Jessie's heading in the right direction to recovery.  She's got herself a darn good mum helping her through this! 

Give her lots and lots and lots of scritches and hugs for me, K.

How is she today?

Johnny&Tessy

TACKLE HUGS ----> (((((((((Janice)))))))))

   Cool; I've never had tackle hugs before.  She's home !!!  I actually brought her home yesterday evening. The plan was for me to go there and feed her at 4:30, and to come back and feed her again later in the evening. We know from when she was there for four days with pneumonia a few years ago that she won't eat unless me or DH are with her (silly girl).  If she ate and kept the food down, they were going to send her home today. When I got there at 4:30 and they brought her in the room, she started whining as soon as she saw me. When we were alone, she kept going to the door or looking out the window; she really wanted to go home. She ate the treats I brought her but she wouldn't eat her food. I tried everything I could, including giving her commands and offering the food as treats, but it didn't work. I asked if she could go home instead of waiting until today and they said she could. They really wanted her to start eating and knew it was more likely that she would at home. They sent an appetite stimulate home with us but she hasn't needed it. I do think she's still in a little pain so I called them and they prescribed a low dose of Tramadol for a few days. So, she's doing pretty good (chased a squirrel up one of our trees). Sorry for taking so long to update this but I had a lot of errands to catch up on.

  I can't thank you enough for your prayers and good wishes!!!  You are the best!!!

 Good deal Jessie is home! Happy to hear, that once she got home that was enough of an appetite stimulant, and that she's starting to be her old self again.

RAH!!!

    Last night, Jessie was very tired and it was hard to wake her for her puff treatment. Her tummy also felt warm so I checked her temperature and she had a fever; 104.4. DH and I took her to Purdue. The same vet that had treated her Thursday night was there and examined her. Her exam went well except for the fever. The vet explained that some fever is normal while recovering from a pancreatitis attack and as long as she was eating, drinking, and didn't seem to be in pain, she didn't need to be treated again. She has much more energy today and wants to go for a walk, but we're going to rest her. She also acts starved and wants to eat more than her normal amount, so it seems that she is well on the way to recovery. I hope everyone is having a nice weekend. Thanks again for all of your great support!!