On The Mend

After a huge scare, we are happy to see that Jake is up and walking around.  Granted it's a LOT slower than normal, but he is walking around on his own four feet.  A visit to our local vet office gave us the diagnosis of pancreatitus and dehydration.  He is on a bland diet for the next few days and an antibiotic for seven days but he is happy to see his diet of rice and chicken - and Erin is happy because she gets the extra rice that I made!! =-)  I suspect the culprit is part of a roast that I gave him b/c of the excess fat that was on it - I guess we need to trip the fat off of his meat just the way I do for ours!

And here is where I need to say ~ I officially understand those people that spend large amount of money to get a diagnosis & then treatments for their pets.  I used to say that it was "only a dog/cat" but now.... Well, he is much more than that.  And seeing the fear and tears in my kids' eyes.......

I will even be happy to see him start pulling at the leash again when he latches onto some scent along the trail!