[nagdu] EPI

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Hi Marsha,
hopefully the medication will help Emma . Today at work I had to run out with Anna as she had diareah. She lets know so I was lucky. I had to leave for an outreach at 11:30 and then I spoke at a school. Anna seemed ok but you never know. while I was speaking in the school she found an eraser on the floor and when I heard her I got it out and asked the teacher what it was. 
Marilyn and Anna


 Hi Folks,
> >
> >
> >
> > I had to take Emma to the vet this morning. For the last 3 to 
> 4 months,
> > probably longer, Emma has had reoccurring diarrhea. She eats, 
> wants to
> > eat,
> > but we will go into periods of the diarrhea, and then fine for 
> a while. It
> > affects her work, as she does not feel well. So the doctor 
> thinks she has
> > EPI, or exocrine pancreatic insufficiency.
> >
> >
> >
> > I have never heard of this personally. Are there other dogs 
> that have
> > this?
> > She has lost 11 pounds in the last year and I can't put it 
> back on her.
> > The
> > vet was taking her blood and going to send this off to Texas 
> A&M for
> > testing. But he was 95percent sure that is what she has. Her 
> coat was
> > being
> > affected too, as she was always itching.
> >
> >
> >
> > The vet says it can be treated, and hopefully she will put 
> back on the
> > weight. I am just not sure where to go from here. I have read 
> up online
> > about it. She will need to be put on a fiber free diet. And if 
> the vet
> > does
> > confirm that she does have it will be medicine for the rest of 
> her life.
> >
> >
> >
> > I haven't really said much to anyone about all of this, but I 
> have been
> > planning on retiring Emma at some point in the future. Not 
> because of this
> > recent medical stuff, but because my situation has changed. I 
> am traveling
> > on Temple campus a lot, and can't hear traffic. My balance is 
> bad. This is
> > among other things. I have put an application into a different 
> school for
> > a
> > third dog that would help with guiding, balance and that could 
> be trained
> > for alert, hearing stuff.
> >
> >
> >
> > I know I need to call Seeing Eye about this recent most 
> medical issue. But
> > I
> > am just so devastated, I feel like I should have been able to 
> prevent> this,
> > or I could have taken her in earlier. I also feel like Seeing 
> Eye should
> > have known, but maybe they didn't. I am not by any means 
> bashing them. Or
> > blaming them.
> >
> >
> >
> > Did any of this make sense? Maybe I am just feeling very alone 
> with Emma
> > and
> > her now EPI.
> >
> >
> >
> > *sigh* so if there are other dogs out there that have EPI, 
> please email
> > me.
> > What fiber free foods are good?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Marsha
> >
> > Emma, GSD 6 years old.
> >
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