Eli isn't feeling well, please keep him in your prayers!

MONDAY UPDATE ON ELI

Eli has been able to keep some food and water down this morning. I processed his dry food in the food processor (into a powder) and he was able to eat it slowly. His doctor has suggested that I keep him off all of his medications for another 24 hours. However, if he continues to vomit everything he consumes, the next step will be to do an ultrasound of his stomach.

Thanks everyone for keeping him in your prayers!!!

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. (John 15:7)

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A righteous man cares for the needs of his animal..............Proverbs 12:10

I took Eli to the specialist on Wednesday concerning his liver condition. Naturally, he had to be put through all of the blood work again so that Dr. Hunter could have a baseline to start treatment. Eli will be monitored for a month while continuing the Denosyl (liver medication) and he will also begin taking Chlorpheniramine (same as humans take OTC, called Chlor-Trimeton) for his allergies.

Also, to help determine if his allergies are food related, he is no longer allowed ANY table foods, (not even cheese to help with taking his medications!) and will be consuming only Purina DRM and IVD Whitefish and Potatoes, which is a prescribed diet. This food is designed for the management of dogs with allergic dermatitis. It contains high levels of omega-3 fatty acids, and unique protein sources, such as salmon meal, trout and canola meal that most dogs have not been exposed to in the past. Therefore, they will be less likely to produce an allergic reaction.

And yes, this diet will help Eli in eliminating some of that excess weight he is carrying. He has lost six pounds, but Dr. Hunter wants him to lose ten more!









However, one problem that Eli has always had when it comes to eating his food, he WOOFS it down. No vacuum cleaner could have better suction than he does when it comes to eating. But, as soon as it is woofed down, it starts to projectile back out! So, having him on a dry diet is difficult, because he doesn't chew the food and it bloats his stomach. We have tried putting water on the food, giving him four small meals per day, but nothing successful as of yet has worked.

Wednesday morning before going to the doctor he was vomiting. Thursday he kept all of his meals down, BUT.....on Friday everything that went down - came up. I sat in the recliner and held him all day (He did allow me to get up for bathroom breaks a few times). Saturday morning he ate and kept it down, but he was still feeling bad, so I held him all day again. Saturday night he began throwing up sips of water. Sunday morning I got up and started out letting him take a few sips of water, but it came right back up. So, I called the doctor's office and was told to wait several hours and not let him have anything by mouth, except ice chips. Well, guess what.........the ice chips came back up too!

We will be going to the office in the morning! We want to make sure that he isn't dehydrated, plus determine if these medications and foods need to be changed. Please keep Eli in your prayers!!!!