We had a pretty bad scare earlier this week with our dog, Bailey. We had a cook out last Sunday for my wife's family and we're not sure who did it and I'm sure whoever it was didn't mean to do it maliciously but they fed her ribs that we had cooked. She started acting very weird Sunday night, wouldn't eat, whining, ears laid back, obviously in a lot of pain. We decided to take her to the vet first thing Monday morning. The vet was very sharp, without doing any testing, he told us most likely it was acute pancreatitis. He took a blood sample and after putting into a centrifuge, you should have seen how much fat was on top of the blood. It was weird looking. We feed her just dry dog food so we're not sure exactly what happened. The vet kept her for two days at the clinic on an IV giving her fluids and pain killers. I haven't seen my son worried that much in a long time, and to be honest, it made me worry about him being as this was his first brush with someone/something close to him being near death. Anyway, she's back home now, resting, still in a bit of pain, but she's eating again so the vet thinks she will recover. He did tell us that pancreatitis damages the pancreas when it occurs so it makes the animal more susceptible to future pancreatitis flare ups which sucks. We've been ordered to keep her on a low fat canned food diet and we'll definitely do so. It sure is good to have her home. My son has basically grown up with her since he was three years old and he's eleven now so I hope she stays around a long, long time.
