Can my senior boxer's weight loss, thirst, incontinence be treated?

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13 yr old boxer. Weight loss. Extreme thirst and recent incontinence, 3 days. Amylase 3088 U/L, lipase 8027 U/L, alp 1130 U/L, BUN 31 mg/dL, ALT 483, AST 303, ALB 1.1 g/dL. Urinalysis ok. CBC shows banded neutrophils. WBC 16.58, rbc 4.59, hgb 11, hct 32. Does clinical picture look treatable, or palliative? without doing more X-rays or scans or invasive procedures. Pet's info: Dog | Boxer | Female | spayed | 12 years and 10 months old | 145 lbs

Daniel Fonza, DVM · Accepted Answer

Hi there and thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach to address your concern. There are quite a few changes on the lab results. This could be a severe case of pancreatitis in addition to a severe systemic infection or there could be a malignancy somewhere causing all of these changes. The anemia could be due to a chronic infection as well or a malignancy. I would recommend hospitalizing for at least 2-3 days and see how Aiko does with fluid therapy and antibiotics and if no improvement, you may need to consider letting her go if she worsens or does not improve. A diagnostic abdominal ultrasound would certainly be helpful in trying to determine what all is going on and if there is a potential malignancy in the abdomen. I hope Aiko gets better! Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns and I would be more than happy to help you further.

Can my senior boxer's weight loss, thirst, incontinence be treated?

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