Rocky is sick He started throwing up in the middle of the night. Also he continued this morning. Rocky must have eaten somthing bad in garbage or out in the field. He does have a sensitive digestive system. Rocky drank a little water latter this morning and so far hs kept it down. So plan is will just let him drink water no food for 24 hours. Advance his diet slowly. Chicken rice soup tomorrow or tonight if he shows signs of hunger. Worst case, if not better by tomorrow, it will be off to the Vet. Good news, his pooh is not diarrhea and he has no pain whe i palpate his belly. Also has good bowel sounds upon auscultation Can't you tell I am a nurse???

How is Rocky this morning ?

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Renee'

 Well we have a Vet appointment at 10:45 this morning. So far Rocky has had no food or able to keep water down.Last night at 1 am he drank a bunch, then 5 minutes latter vomited the water up. So it will be OFF TO THE VET WE GOOOO Thank you for your emotional support and prayers. It is always a big worry when our GSP babies are sick Will keep you posted

OH no!  Keep us posted Marie!

Rocky update: he was diagnosed with Pancreatitis after blood work done at the Vet. RX is no food just water for 48 hours then followed by a bland diet. Since Monday Rocky has only taken in laps of water. Refused prescribed Rebound by the Vet and turns his nose up at chicken broth. so just has been on water. He has had sparks of energy when he went and dropped his tennis ball at my feet while sorting laundry. I did take him on a mini field walk to air him out today and took some pics so you can see  a GSP who has not had food for 3 days, just water and still is surviving, want to point ,but not fully back to par.  Rocky weighed in at 90.1 lb at his healthy Vet visit last week and at the sick Vet visit he was down to 85 lbs. By the end of this Rocky will be in the 70's by the time treatment ends. Pancreatis is a disease that is triggered by over weight dogs being fed table scraps. Rocky is an example. Rocky did eat a dead  part of a dead animal on the deer land to trigger this, but bottom line is that Rocky being a Big boy futher put him at risk for pancreatitis.This is a lesson hard learned and am glad to share with others to prevent your GSP from ever having to go thur this. 

We were fortunate to catch this early as if you wait too long with pancreatitis, Your dog ends up for 2 to 3 days hospitalized with IVs. The Vet did say if Rocky would not have improved, I was to bring him back to be hospitalized for 3 days of IVs. Rocky did improve greatly so here comes some pics of Rocky today at 84 lbs, not 90lbs 

Our GSPs are tough, even when sick want to point

Rocky is here this afternoon instead of at the Vets with IV,s and very thankful for early detection and treatment with permanant  dietary life changes for Rocky

Rocky will always have this disease and not be fed foods with fat as that will trigger symptoms. . Tomorrow I will start him on a bland diet of mix no fat cottage cheese, cream of wheat, brown rice, boiled eggs ect. tablespoon by tablespoon. For some reason he doesnot want chicken broth or the Rebound electrolyte drink. He just turns away from those, but will drink water only. So I am happy he is taking some fluids, not vomiting any more and has displayed more energy today. He will also start on amoxicillin tomorrow so that will help from secondary infections. He should fully recover and be back to normal, but will not be able to feed him small bowls of ice cream as a special treat any more. No Dairy Queen for Rocky doggy cups during the summer No more Wisconsin Cheese  I will have to ask my son Mike if he knows of any ice cream no fat low cal doggy treats for summer??? Thank you for all your well wishes as we really appreciate them