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<DIV>I was out of town with limited computer access over Christmas so I didn't
get to post and ask for drool for our Rocky. You might remember we lost
his sister, Lexie, to acute pancreatitis earllier this year. Then in July,
Rocky had an attack and spent a couple of days in the emergency hospital.
They had diagnosed the same thing for him but his vet seemed to think it might
be his liver flaring up since he has had a liver problem for some time and is on
daily medications for it. But he recovered and we decided against doing a
liver biopsy to see what it going on in there due to his age (he turned 9 on New
Year's Eve) and the fact that he was doing ok. </DIV>
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<DIV>I went out of state to visit kids and grandkids for 10 days over Christmas
and on Christmas Day my husband had to bring Rocky in to the emergency hospital
where they diagnosed the pancreatitis again. This time Rocky's vet agreed
with the diagnosis. I got home on the evening of the 28th and on the 29th I got
to go and bring him home. He is on three more medications and was
switched to a new very low-fat food ($2.40 a can) and after a couple of days of
sleeping most of the time he is now doing much better. They told us that
the pancreatitis is constantly in his body but that it lies low most of the time
and then flares up for no apparent reason. The attacks are quite painful
to him but that can be managed with medications and as long as they aren't
coming with a great frequency we will just keep him on whatever meds and food
will help him. The hardest part for him is that he can have NO
TREATS! And of course, Maddie, his new four-year old "sister," can't have
any either which she does not think is very fair. She also looks put out
that she gets mostly kibble with a little canned food for her meals and he gets
all canned food since it is easier for him to digest. </DIV>
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<DIV>I believe that all you droolers out there just knew somehow that he needed
some healing drool and sent it without my having to ask for it. So thank
you all. And Happy New Year to everyone.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Carol</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>