A Sigh of Relief

Our poor Mr. Boogie has not had a very good week and it has been very stressful. He typically will have "off" days, but with a little love, water, and vanilla ice cream will bounce back to his normal self within a day or so. Unfortunately last weeekend none of these things were working. He was one sad, sick puppy and boy, you could just see it in his face. First thing Monday morning we took him to our fabulous local vet - which we have come to love even more this week. Dr. Barry saw Spence right away and admitted him so that he could start to get some intraveneous fluids. Initially the blood work came back positive with the only determination being gastrointestinitus.

Unfortunately, Tuesday the outside, more extensive bloodwork came back indicating pancreatitis which can be very severe and life threatening. Andy & I were able to go over that afternoon and visit with him. It was very nerve wracking as we really didn't know what to expect and whether he was going to pull through or not. He had still not eaten and had shown very little interest in food. Dr. Barry asked us to bring some homemade chicken & rice so hopefully Spence would be more interested in eating with us there.

Thank God! It worked. He dove into the chicken & rice, rice flew everywhere, and we had to pull the container away!!! We spent quite a bit of time with him and it was so much more reassurring to see a little bit of the old Spencer. The specialist came on Wednesday, giving him an ultrasound which confirmed that he has a horrible case of pancreatitis. We were able to take him home that afternoon which the vet said was an absolute miracle given how sick he was.

The last couple of days, he has continued to improve, eat and drink well, and become a little more playful and his old self. It is still going to be a long road as in order to have a case of pancreatitis so severe it has been going on for quite some time - which explains all the "off" days. Needless to say he is going to have to be on a very rigid diet of no-fat/low-fat and absolutely NO scraps or people food. So much for the goodies. It's going to be hard to resist that face, but we would much rather resist than lose our Mr. Boogie.

And much to my heart's delight, as I sit here and type this, he is begging, staring at his food bowl for some more.