Jasper (12 yr old Mini Schnauzer) is now at peace

i dont know if this will be helpful or not, but this is some info my IMS gave to me during one of discussions over my girls lab results. On the Alk Phos 2 basic areas to look at, slowing of bile flow or cortisal levels to high, thing is, Alk Phos elevations can come from many places, including bone and liver. It is common in seniors to see this. Often will not develop into anything, and can be seen 3 times higher than what is considered normal. And the Amalayse is an notorious unreliable for pancreas disease. Dont know if any of this will help at all but thought i would toss this in too.

Hi Tina,
I am so sorry that you and Jasper are still having such a tough go of it.:o You must be exhausted!

Grinding kibble up to a fine powder and mixing it in, did fool some picky eaters that I was fostering at one time. They would only eat soft canned food. I even soaked the kibble and mixed it with a little canned. They carefully licked around every morsel of the canned food, leaving the soaked kibble. I finally grounded up the kibble and added water to the consistency of canned food and stopped the canned food altogether. They gobbled it right up. It wasn't the taste of the kibble that bothered them, it was the consistency. It is worth a try.

Big hugs to you my dear and belly rubs for Jasper and Shelby. Xxxx

Hi Tina
Popping in to send lots of love to you guys, hope the test results even out next time and Jasper gets back to where he was. Your boy is such a fighter and I hope we see him back to his spunky self soon xxxxxx

Hi Tina,
Checking on you and our boy Jasper. Is he eating any better? Thinking of you. Belly rubs for Jasper and Shelby and big hugs for you.xxxxx

Hope your and Jasper's week has gone OK Tina and the wee man is turning the corner! Looking forward to an update when you have time, but want you to know I am thinking of you all xxxx

Thank you everyone for all the love and support. We have had another tough week here, but I am hoping that things are finally going to turn the corner now. To add to it all, my work has been just horrid. I can't imagine how things can get any busier, and then they always seem to. I hate being away from Jasper for such long hours, but haven't had a choice. Thankfully he has been holding his own a bit more, although he is not up to par just yet. And to further add to my stress, I have been without internet for part of Saturday and all day Sunday until just a few hours ago! :eek: :mad: Ugh!!!! Some widespread outage they said. So I wasn't able to get most of the work that I brought home with me done, or get caught up on the forum like I wanted to. :(

I took Jasper in for another chem profile on 9/25 as he just wasn't doing well, and so much trouble getting him to eat. His sodium and potassium were finally in the normal range, so the Addison's is finally stabilizing again. It sure seems to be taking him a long time to bounce back this time. Liver values are still way elevated, but ALT is slowly coming down, hopefully that will continue. I will post all the abnormal values from this lab draw and the last when I get a chance. I just wanted to pop in real quick to let you know why I have been scarce around here, and that Jasper is trying to hang tough. As always, thank you guys so much for checking in on us and for all your kind words and support. I'm sorry I haven't been able to keep up with posting on everyone, but I have been reading along when I can. :o

Much love and hugs,
Tina and Jasper xo

Sending you much love Tina and hope Jasper gets back on the right path soon. I totally understand about work and that just adds more stress, I know it so hard.
Love and hugs to you and Jasper. Jasper- Zoe says woof, woof, she is cheering you on to get better soon.

Hi Tina,
Isn't it always the case that everything happens together...Jasper not feeling well, busy at work, no internet!! :eek: Hoping that this streak is over for you and that Jasper starts to feel more himself and starts to be tempted by his food again!! Hoping that liver number continues to head in the right direction...we have that same issue, seems like that takes awhile to get back down towards the normal range.
Sending positive thoughts to you and Jasper and Shelby for a nice calm October! :)

Barbara

I hope the coming days see Jasper gaining his strength back and he is soon ripping around again.

Hugs,
Leslie and the gang

Hi Tina,

Hope this is better one for you and for Jasper. I'm sure you are ready for things to turn around too. :)

Thinking of you!
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin