Open Question: Update on cause of death in my beloved dog’s mysterious death?
Hey people-
A couple days ago I posted about my beloved dog’s illness and after battling 24 hrs with it, she unfortunately passed away. We didn’t know why she had died. We got her lab values back and they were all over the place. Like I said in another post also, she had low glucose, high liver panel measurements (like for the ALT or AST or whatever it’s called), and a high WBC count. We called our vet again to see if he could look over the labs again and tell us what exactly she died from. He did, and then also given her symptoms plus the labs, my dog died from Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis. I am posting this because just in case anyone else experiences something like this, I want to let you know what to look for. This disease tends to affect older dogs around 13 yrs old (my dog was 13). Her symptoms were the following lethargy, depression, somewhat “snappy” towards our other animals when they came around her water dish, she was very thirsty and urinated a lot. We found her laying down and she wouldn’t get up and when we lifted her, we noticed she had wet herself. She eventually, a few hours later, developed a neurological problem- she was disoriented, her eyes were twitching (it unfortunately threw our vet off into thinking she had vestibular disease), her nose had become dry (a healthy dog has a cold wet nose), she lost bowel control, when the vet pressed on her belly area, she yelped in pain- please, if anyone’s dog does this and they are older, order a CBC quick. Her blood pressure also dropped very low. She eventually started having seizures and went into shock. The shock makes it hard for a dog to breath and get oxygen. This makes them hyperventilate and pay attention to their face. My dog’s cheeks would “balloon out” as when a person is also out of breath from say running up a hill. This eventually makes it so hard to breathe, they stop breathing and their heart stops. They tried resuscitating our little Annie but failed. Acute means it came on suddenly and believe me it does and they die within a day. Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas and necrotizing means that necrosis is setting in. Which in laymen terms means Annie’s pancreas died/stopped working. She was fine two weeks ago, but now she’s in doggie heaven. So, if you have a dog that has these symptoms and you are trying to have them tested for everything and nothing seems to be coming up. Try doing a CBC and fast.

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:23:36 GMT
Open Question: Do I have anything wrong with my heart?
For a while now, and I’ve never gotten this checked out before, my heart does this thing where it speeds up slightly I guess. But it feels like its skipping beats (Yes I know that’s impossible because Id be a walking heart attack) but it’s not painful it’s just uncomfortable. But I know its abnormal. I just don’t know if I have a heart murmur or what? I can’t explain what it is or what happens I just know its uncomfortable and I just try not to move when it happens so it’ll pass. Any suggestions as to what this could possibly be?
I’m dying? You’re original.

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:49:37 GMT

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