Minnie threw up early this AM and again around 10:30 AM today. She was not herself at all. On the way home from work, she could not get comfortable in her car seat. We were able to get in to see the vet this afternoon. After checking her out and xrays, the vet did not find anything.
She said if she gave her any anti-nausea meds it might cover up the symptoms. She said to keep her off food until at least tomorrow morning. As the afternoon wore on, Minnie got worse. When someone came to the door, she did not get off the couch to greet them. She started shivering and really acted like she was in pain. I called the doctor back and was told to come right in. We got there quickly. Blood was drawn. Certainly levels were high. She was diagnosed with pancreatitis and would need to go the specialist vet to stay since our vet did not have overnight care. Before we left the regular vets, she gave her a pain killer, thank goodness. So we drove to the ER vet which took us about 40 minutes in rush hour. After about 20-30 minutes the pain meds took effect. The ER vet examined her and came to the same conclusion. Minnie will be there at least over night so she can get fluid, pain killers and antibiotics, and a ultra sound tomorrow, etc. There is no "silver bullet" treatment for this. On a scale from 1-10, Minnie is a 5. The vet said she should be OK. This is where we need the power of the paw! This can be fatal.....
Minnie at our 1st vet appointment this afternoon, feeling bad....
Minnie after the pain killers took effect on the ride to the ER vet.
After the pain killers kicked in, she was so tired, she had a hard time keeping her head up. Even her little lips were stuck but at least she was not in so much pain.
We are keeping our fingers crossed that she will be a lot better tomorrow and will be able to come home! This all happened so fast! Yesterday she was fine.....
