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Another vet update for Feira ❤️🐾

Today we had another weekly consultation with the vet and had blood taken to check Feira's vitamin B12 levels and pancreatic lipase (she was so very very brave 💪🧡)

Chronic intestinal inflammation can prevent Feira from absorbing enough B12, which might explain why we're still struggling to get her symptoms under control.

Her pancreatic values were already slightly elevated, and her current anallergenic food contains 17% fat. If her pancreatic lipase has increased further, her current diet food may no longer be suitable. Switching to a food that is both Anallergenic and low-fat leaves us with just one option: a new and extremely expensive diet that can only be ordered through vets. 😔
Like the vet said: let's hope it will not be necessary 🤞

We're also reducing her prednisone dose back to the level she was on a week ago. It will lower the side effects and fits in an attempt to keep her on an as low as possible dose for the rest of her life.

We're hoping to get the blood test results next Friday. It's also Feira's vet's last working day before she goes on maternity leave 🤰 Feira's care will then be handed over to another vet, she already studied the files.

We still hope we can get Feira's chronic enteropathy under better control. With a normal functioning stomach and much less inflamation of the intestines. A complete resolution isn't realistic, but we try to get as far as possible. ❤️🐾🙏

Next friday = next vet consultation

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