Boxergirl
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This isn't about my mastiff, but my boxer. I had Roy in for his rabies and heartworm test yesterday. When he was a puppy his liver enzymes were elevated at the time of his neuter. Earlier this year my daughter and several of members of her cohort found bilirubin crystals in his urine. I thought it would be a good idea to have a blood panel done and we tacked on a T4 because it's always a good idea to keep tabs on a boxer's thyroid function.
I was very please that his liver and kidney levels were fine. The only two abnormalities were the T4 and his Lipase was elevated. The low thyroid is a complete surprise. We weren't even going to do it because he has absolutely no symptoms. He's a sleek and trim 53 pounds. Normal low is 1.0 and Roy's was 0.4. His Lipase was 844 and high normal is 425. Lipase is generally associated with pancreatitis - something he also has absolutely no symptoms for. I'm completely baffled. I'm going to pick up a copy of his results on Saturday and speak to the vet that saw him this week. The vet I spoke to today had no suggestions or thoughts other than we won't start him on thyroid meds because he's asymptomatic.
So has anyone had results like these that came out of nowhere? Usually thyroid and pancreatitis have pretty specific symptoms. Roy will be five years old on August 25th, 53lbs of shiny and sleek muscle. Here are a few recent pictures. You can see he's not at all overweight, which is common in hypothyroid dogs. He is, however, wearing his very bad ears.
I was very please that his liver and kidney levels were fine. The only two abnormalities were the T4 and his Lipase was elevated. The low thyroid is a complete surprise. We weren't even going to do it because he has absolutely no symptoms. He's a sleek and trim 53 pounds. Normal low is 1.0 and Roy's was 0.4. His Lipase was 844 and high normal is 425. Lipase is generally associated with pancreatitis - something he also has absolutely no symptoms for. I'm completely baffled. I'm going to pick up a copy of his results on Saturday and speak to the vet that saw him this week. The vet I spoke to today had no suggestions or thoughts other than we won't start him on thyroid meds because he's asymptomatic.
So has anyone had results like these that came out of nowhere? Usually thyroid and pancreatitis have pretty specific symptoms. Roy will be five years old on August 25th, 53lbs of shiny and sleek muscle. Here are a few recent pictures. You can see he's not at all overweight, which is common in hypothyroid dogs. He is, however, wearing his very bad ears.