january, treating as EPI also

after stopping the meds, things actually remained steady thru december and there was no dive in her blood count.
her PCV was tested on january 3rd and it was up to 26%, which made me very happy.
the constant peeing had also been drastically reduced and it was almost like she regained control of her bladder completely.

her body frame however remained fragile, and so that remained the highest of priority for me.
first thing we did in our attempt to counter this was run a SNAP 4DX test...
this checks for heartworm, ehrlichia canis, lyme disease and anaplasma phagocytophilum...
these results came back clear of any red flags.
we then did a dry food change, this did not help either.

patrice helped me out a lot in gathering information for a condition called EPI (extreme pancreatic deficiency)
looking at pictures of dogs that have this condition is exactly like just simply looking at sway.
they are identical in view, from the sunken skulls, to the fully exposed rib cages, the exposed spinal line all the way down to the sharp hip bones and compromised muscle mass.
as soon as i saw the information about this condition, i was 95% sure this had to be something that was happening to sway too.
my vets did not agree but i wanted to start her on the treatment for it anyways, as there was no downside to it.

the treatment itself consisted of mixing pancreatic enzymes into sway's food and allowing time for the enzymes to break the food down before sway ate.
this process is intended to allow for better overall absorption of food...
we started the enzymes (bio case) on january 18th.