Anyone Had Any A Dog With Inflamed Pyloris And Duodenum (stomach And I

[Quickasyoucan]

Just over a week ago I took my 10 year old stafford crossbreed (very young acting, healthy and active) to the vets to have a couple of lumps looked at (they turned out to be benign). Whilst I was there I mentioned that a couple of times over the past few weeks he had had thrown up his breakfast occasionally (found it when I got home). They palpated his stomach and believed he had an enlarged spleen or liver lobe, so propsed an ultrasound. Ultrasound was done the next day. No mass or nodules on spleen though it is slightly odd looking (aparently a spleen can have areas of regeneration in an old dog?). What they did find was a thickened area in the pyloric region (bottom valve of the stomach) but again no obvious masses.

I was advised to put him on a low fat diet and treat for possible chronic pancreatitis. He had no clinical signs at that time apart from that mentioned above.

That was before the long weekend. On Monday night he developed a fleghmy cough/gag and seemed very uncomfortable. I went to the vet on Tuesday and they gave him an anti-nausea shot which seemed to settle him down during the day as well as some stomach settling medication called losec and some anti nausea tablets. However we were up all night as vomiting began and again signs he was distressed on Tuesday night notwithstanding the medication and I took him in as an emergency at 4 am.

They re-did the ultrasound and found what they thought was a "white" foreign body in his stomach so went in with an endoscope to try and remove it. They only however found fragments which they said would pass but a very inflamed pyloric area including a narrowed but not blocked passage to the duodenum which was also inflamed. The vet told me there were no obvious masses but they have biopsied in several places and I am waiting for results. she has however warned that the results may be inconclusive as apparently sometimes the scope biopsies are not deep or large enough and the only way to get a definitive diagnosis may be to open him up.

He was in hospital on IV fluids, anti nausea meds and is now home with me on the same but is still intermittently flat and not himself although thankfully no vomit so far.

The specialist vets have been fantastic but I am of course fearing the worst. Though he is 10 he is still very young at heart and I am not ready to lose him.

So I am just wondering if anyone has had any similar experiences.

Also does anyone have any ideas for low fat soft/mushy food (no lumps as they are less likely to pass). I have some I/D cans but would like to give him something he might enjoyy since all treats are now off the agenda.

Any thoughts much appreciated.

PS thank god for pet insurance though I did feel better when the guy next to me paying for his malamutes treatment told us he had spent $23K on his dog in the past 16 months!

Edited June 14, 2013 by Quickasyoucan

[LisaCC]

My lab had IBD, and when I/D food didn't work we had a raw diet that had Kangaroo meat, low in fat, high in protein. We were recommended to always cook the kangaroo mince and we mixed it with mashed potato. He also had to have a lot of vitamin supplements though as that is all he could digest during flare ups.

[persephone]

Poor boy ..wonder if he ingested something which has injured that area?

For food .... make a chicken/veg soup ..and mush it up :)

cook anything, and process it down to mush, actually :)

scrambled egg ... ?

make raw mince into a slurry , then set it hard/thick with aspic/gelatine .. so it's a like a jelly , which will dissolve ..but feel like he's eating chunks ;)

[Quickasyoucan]

Thank you both for your responses. Jake is much better and back almost to his crazy self. ATM he is on Id and a kind friend has made abig batch of boiled chicken breast mashed on with potato . I am rolling up little balls for treats. Just waiting for biopsy results so fingers crossed.

[persephone]

:) gladx he's feeling better !