My Milo has Cushing's ~ Milo is now an Angel

[Sneji]

I took Milo to the vet today. He suspected pancreatic insufficiency. They took his blood for a test and now we are waiting. The ultrasound showed that everything was fine, except for a lot of gas in the abdomen.

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[Harley PoMMom]

Do you know what blood test they are performing to check the pancreas?

[Sneji]

It says on the documents 3002EPI Profile - AST, ALT, albumin, sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium, glucose, TLI-test, vitamin B12

[Harley PoMMom]

Sounds like they may be checking for exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. Are Milo's stools normal?

[Sneji]

For me, they are absolutely normal in terms of color and consistency

[Harley PoMMom]

That's good news that his stools are normal, the majority of dogs with EPI have greasy or foul-smelling stools.

[Sneji]

Hello, everyone,

Adding an update for my Mailo.
The examination for pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) is normal.
I changed vets because his vet quit and the next ones didn't pay attention to him.
At the new vet we did a diabetes test - negative.
He listened to his heart on a stethoscope and found an arrhythmia. He looked at it on echofraf and saw a torn chord.
The liver and kidneys are fine.
The only thing that worried him was his intestines. He said that he had very rapid peristalsis, a lot of gas and a slight inflammation of the small intestine.
So far he only prescribed gut flora supplements, but to be honest he mentioned intestinal lymphoma which worried me.

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[Harley PoMMom]

Thanks so much for the update on Milo, I'm glad to see that the EPI test was negative, no diabetes, and his kidneys and liver were fine. Does he have a plan for the heart? Is Milo still eating normally, how about his drinking and urination?

[Sneji]

I'll have to make an appointment with a cardiologist.
Regarding feeding - normal. He has always eaten everything and is not capricious. Drinking water has decreased a lot and so has urination. I expect they will deliver a test ACTH, because here in Bulgaria it is very difficult, and we will immediately track the cortisol.
Тhe supplement he was given to drink at the moment Enteromicro complex.

[Sneji]

Hello again,
I haven't joined because there were no changes with my beloved Milo. On 25.01.2024 he turned 14 years old and I have never seen such a fight for life. Very thin (started treatment November 2022 6.4 kg, currently 4.5 kg. Almost no muscle mass. Eats well. Our doctor informed me that yesterday was his last day of work and he managed to find us to do an ACTH test, as we did biochemistry and complete blood count.
Let me just add that since last week he has been having problems with his tooth again and is on antibiotics.
Here are the half-weekly results:
Pre 5.11 ug/dl
Post 5.25 ug/dl

However, biochemistry is by no means optimistic:
PLT 894 /117-490/
MPV 6.4 /8-14/
CREAT 20.5 /45-150/
GGT 12 /<=6.4

The only thing he decided to add was a liver supplement

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