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

[molly muffin]

Still sending out the positive vibes Tina for you and Jasper. Hoepfully it wasn't anything serious causing the poor appetite and soft poos. Molly has that off and on, so maybe it's not the medicine.
Cross fingers for good results on the kidney panel!
yay!! on the downside of the horrid work stuff! Good, maybe you'll get a chance to breath now.

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

[Harley PoMMom]

Hoping Jasper's appetite improves along with his loose bowels.

Another thing I did to help with Harley's kidney disease is that I only let him drink distilled water because tap water may contain impurities that might be hard on the kidneys.

Sending healing thoughts, prayers, and love...Lori

[molly muffin]

Hoping for good tests today!

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

[addy]

Hoping for a good day for you and Jasper!!!

[Trish]

Hi Tina and Jasper
Hope you got a good result from his tests! Lots of hugs for you two xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Boriss McCall]

HI Tina,
I have been super busy at work all week too. I am so going to enjoy this weekend.
I am sending positive vibes your way as well. We will keep the bad juju away from little Jasper.

Amy

[Tina]

Thank you everyone for all the prayers, positive thoughts and hugs, I appreciate it so much! And I feel like it worked because Jasper's kidney values were all in the normal range on his bloodwork from Thursday pm!!! The vet said that the missed doses of the Enalapril would not alter the accuracy of the results. I don't have the numbers because she called with the results, but she said the BUN, creatinine and phosphorous were all in the normal range. I am so relieved, and she seemed pleased also. FINALLY something went the right way for my boy! So the Enalapril is now increased to 1 tablet daily, which is 5 mg daily. At first she said to give it all at once, once a day, but then said to split it and give half a tab bid on the slim chance that it could cause some stomach upset. He will go in to get a follow up renal profile in about a week, on 2/14, to make sure he is tolerating the increased dose.

The labwork he had done on 2/7 was a full chemistry profile and included liver values also, which my vet said were still elevated due to taking the dexamethasone. The concern is that his triglycerides were sky high, she said they were 1735, the normal range according to other lab reports that I have is 41-115 mg/dL, so this is way high. We discussed that he was previously on the low fat i/d food, and the kidney diet he is eating now is significantly higher in fat, so she feels that is causing it to be so high. Jasper has always had elevated triglycerides, even prior to Cushings, I think it is a Schnauzer thing unfortunately. But the highest I think it ever was in the past was 828, so this new value is extremely high. He was on Welactin fish oil supplement in the past to help lower it, and it did make an impact. The Welactin is part of the kidney treatment plan, so hopefully it will help lower the triglycerides this time also. I started him back on that Friday night. And he has to stay on the kidney diet, I just wish it was lower in fat.

Another labwork abnormality that my vet mentioned was his bilirubin was a bit elevated this time. She said she feels it is because the triglycerides were so high. She said that when the sample is lipemic, that this can affect the bilirubin results. So she didn't sound too worried about that.

He still has intermittent decreased appetite or something, walking away from his food a few times while eating, but so far has finished each meal. The poo seems to have normalized for now.

So all in all I am very happy with the kidney lab results, of course. My prayers were answered about that. I am not thrilled with the triglycerides as I know that this can lead to pancreatitis, so I just have to pray that this doesn't happen and that they will come down after he has been on the fish oil for a while. I will post the lab values when I get them all.

Ok, so now prayers are focused on tolerating the higher Enalapril dose, I have already started with that. I don't know how to thank you all for your continued support, prayers and love. I believe the power that all of that has is immeasurable. Please keep the prayers coming, I don't want to let my guard down yet!

Love and huge hugs,
Tina and Jasper

[Harley PoMMom]

So happy for you and sweet Jasper!!!! YAAA!!!

Hypothyroidism can cause elevations in the triglycerides, usually in a blood panel the thyroid level is checked, it is called a T4, what is Jasper's T4 level?

Harley would get an upset tummy from his BP meds so I gave him slippery elm bark to help with that.

You're doing a fantastic job, Tina!!

Love and hugs,
Lori

[frijole]

That was a pretty good report girl!!! Hurray! Yep that is a schnauzer thing but you are all over it so keep doing what you're doing mom! Awesome job - awesome update. Hugs to dear Jasper.. Kim

[Boriss McCall]

Tina... I am so HAPPY for you & Jasper.
Such good news. Enjoy this week & I hope you can rest a little easier. You deserve some worry free time.
YAY!!!!!

Amy