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Well I do not know where to start. The tests we ran today, including u/s did not show any tumors or masses in anywhere.
But what we did find was that her blood glucose level was a bit high, the wall of her small intestine was very thick and not functioning very well and that her gall bladder was enlarged and sludgie.
One or the other symptom can be one or several different things or multitudes of things.
Pancreatic disease (though on u/s it did not show anything), a diseased small intestine.... what it is right now, what is causing what, if one is causing the other, or a by-product of another... we don't know.
It seems she may suffer chronic inflammatory bowel disease but is that a result of her other issues or the cause of them or just independent.
And the small intestine thing could be related to the gall bladder problem. Or NOT!
Kinda chicken and the egg.
We faxed the results and findings to my vet who I will see tomorrow and see where we go from here.
Where do we go from here


So while no cancer, masses or tumors....inconclusive.
I've had a very emotionally exhausting day. I literally when from her vet appointment and hearing her news, to a memorial service and I am drained.
But what we did find was that her blood glucose level was a bit high, the wall of her small intestine was very thick and not functioning very well and that her gall bladder was enlarged and sludgie.
One or the other symptom can be one or several different things or multitudes of things.
Pancreatic disease (though on u/s it did not show anything), a diseased small intestine.... what it is right now, what is causing what, if one is causing the other, or a by-product of another... we don't know.
It seems she may suffer chronic inflammatory bowel disease but is that a result of her other issues or the cause of them or just independent.
And the small intestine thing could be related to the gall bladder problem. Or NOT!
Kinda chicken and the egg.
We faxed the results and findings to my vet who I will see tomorrow and see where we go from here.
Where do we go from here
So while no cancer, masses or tumors....inconclusive.
I've had a very emotionally exhausting day. I literally when from her vet appointment and hearing her news, to a memorial service and I am drained.