As many of you know, Tylan has been really strugging since
the beginning of December, 2024. At that time, his labs confirmed that he was
having an acute bout of pancreatitis (he has chronic pancreatitis that flares
every little bit). We also found out at that time that he had gone from stage 2
kidney disease (where he’d been stable for 3 years) to mid stage 3 kidney
disease.
At the end of December, 2024, Tylan continued to struggle
with his pancreatitis, and his labs showed that he had moved into late stage 3
kidney disease. Given that there were only 3 weeks between his two sets of
labs, I was disturbed by the increase in his kidney values. But the
veterinarians at his clinic didn’t seem too concerned about it. At that time,
we decided to put him on subcutaneous fluids every other day and to get him
through his acute bout of pancreatitis and start him on a renal diet once he
felt better.
On December 30, 2024, Tylan was feeling so crummy that in
lieu of acupuncture, his vet took blood work and an x-ray (to see if he was
constipated as I hadn’t seen him poop lately). Tylan WAS, in fact, pretty
constipated. Long story short, he ended up going back to the vet on January 2
to have an enema because the lactulose and miralax weren’t relieving the
constipation.
Tylan had been eating less at the end of December as well.
We all hoped that the constipation was the key – relieve the constipation and
he might want to eat more.
Unfortunately, that didn’t happen.