On Christmas day, my Miniature Schnauzer found a ziplock containing 4-5 slices of summer sausage. She tore through the bag and quickly ate the contents. For the next few days, we noticed that she was eating less and less until she would simply walk away from her food at mealtime. We noted that this was highly unusual. Friday, in an effort to get her to eat, I poured some water on her dry food. This worked and she ate it all. About midnight Friday night, she started throwing up. A lot. Saturday morning I called the vet and they wanted to see her right away for fear of pancreatitis. They drew some blood, gave her some IV antibiotics, and some fluids, though she was not dehydrated. They also gave me some prescription pills to give her at home along with some prescription dog food that we are to feed her a teaspoonfull at a time, a couple times per day.
A few hours later, the vet calls back to tell us that the blood work indicated that Piper's liver was not functioning, or barely functioning. Basically we are to give her the prescription for pancreatitis, give her as much water as she wants and only feed her a tiny bit when she takes another pill (Diawin, for nausea/diarrhea) every four to six hours.
Piper has not vomited at all since Friday night and she is keeping down the food at water we are giving her. She acts like she is starving, but I don't want to risk harming her further by giving her more food.
I just really want to know what I can expect out of this.
She seems to be getting better, but I remain cautiously optimistic at this point. Because she seems to be getting better, does that mean she actually is? It has only been a few days.