5/18: Sammy - AMPS 200; +2 180; +9 214; PMPS 248; +2 259; Pancreatitis Question

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Tina & Sammy

Tina & Sammy

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After Sammy got fluids at AM+9 he did give me a GREEN PS last night, but he didn't stay there for very long, and this morning he is at 200. I am not happy with this number, or how his numbers have been trending. I am not going to change the dose just yet, but if I don't see some improvements back into the GREEN most of the time by Thursday evening I think I am going to increase to .25u.

Does this plan sound reasonable? If you were in the same situation would you do the same, or would you wait longer to make a decision about an increase?
 
Personally, I don't know that I'd wait until Thursday to increase the dose. I'd like to see if the AMPS is a high before a break but if it were me, I don't think I'd wait much longer than until tomorrow.
 
Sienne and Gabby said:
Personally, I don't know that I'd wait until Thursday to increase the dose. I'd like to see if the AMPS is a high before a break but if it were me, I don't think I'd wait much longer than until tomorrow.
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Okay, thanks. I was actually thinking about waiting until the weekend so I could monitor more, but as it turns out I lost my job today so I will be home more and will be able to monitor.

If I don't see huge improvements with his numbers during tonight's cycle then I will increase to .25u tomorrow morning.
 
Sammy's numbers aren't really improving with the increase tonight. I sort of expected the numbers to come down a bit before NDW kicked in. Not sure what is happening. I will probably let things play out through the end of the week. If we are not seeing some better numbers in the next day or so I will probably get Sammy in for a check up before the Holiday weekend. I really don't want to have to spend the extra money right now, but I need to make sure there isn't something else that is effecting these numbers. Sammy is prone to infection as well as pancreatitis.

By the way, how do they treat pancreatitis if that is what is causing the problem?
 
Treatment for p-titis is primarily support: subq fluids, pain meds, anti-nausea meds, and makes sure they keep eating. My vet has also recently said that studies are now showing that about 50% of p-titis cases actually do seem to be bacterial in nature, so they are now using ABs more frequently now, too. My vet's AB of choice for p-titis is zenaquin.

Bummer about your job, but I also understand...I am dying to get my store closed once and for all because going there these days is just torture, but we're bound by the lease.
 
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