Friday

Sarah was off to school today, she still have a faint red rash, but it seems to have greatly improved, so that is great.

Bob, on the other hand, got some bad news yesterday.

He is doing great, and it would be hard to guess anything was ever wrong with him... The vet called last night and told us two of the test results were off, both are indicators for the pancreas (bukspottskörteln). One test, the most important one, is suppose to be around 700. Bob's number was over 4000!

So he has acute pancreatitis, inflammation of the pancreas. This can usually be controlled by a careful, low fat diet. We don't know what has caused this, and there could be underlying reasons for it, such as a tumor in his pancreas, so we are going to get an ultra sound at a specialist in Sarasota. Then we will know for sure what is going on in Bob's pancreas.

If all is clear, we should be able to control this with diet alone (Bob has also been on two antibiotics for a few days now that will help him).

If he has a tumor we will have to address that. Benign or cancerous, there are circumstances that might be for or against removing a tumor, so we will just have to wait and see.

Pancreatitis is a very painful condition when it is active, so I am glad we have those puppy pain pills if we would need them...

Bob is doing great right now, he looks perfect and acts as his normal self.

I picked up a special prescription only dry food at the vet's this morning. It is high in fiber and low in fat, and especially formulated for dogs like Bob. Stan will just have to eat it and be happy, since It is very difficult to separate their food. Too bad this food costs double of their old food, which was of very good quality, just a little too much fat for his condition.

I will keep you updated on what happens...