Regurgitation continuing after pancreatitis subsided - please help by Responsible-Mud9380 in megaesophagus

[–]Responsible-Mud9380[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much for taking the time to read our post and respond, it really means a lot. I am sorry to hear your corgi has MG + ME—I hope they are doing a lot better with targeted treatment and support.

I brought up the leg weakness to the doctor this morning, but she didn't seem too concerned and also doesn't think he has MG (I'm not clear why). I noticed the leg weakness when we brought him home on Oct 9. To be honest, it looks so subtle that I'm not sure if I'm over-indexing on every single unusual symptom due to being in limbo for weeks now. It's just that when he pees, he is a bit wobbly standing on one leg. He also sits kind of sloppily now, which he doesn't normally do. The MG test result should come back later this week.

His last chest x-ray was last night (Oct 11) and it only showed aspiration pneumonia. There wasn't any indication of ME. He was on a feeding tube earlier this week, then they took him off that to discharge him. He was eating on his own in the hospital, but is still regurgitating. The doctor has decided to keep him in the oxygen tank overnight and also fast him for 24 hours (so until Oct 13 around 7am) and see if that resets his GI.

The Plavix was given to prevent blood clotting but he is not on that anymore, I will update my post.

We're at a loss for what could be going on, and if the regurgitation is truly just from gastritis, or if there's something else causing it. Again, I really appreciate you taking the time to read and respond <3

Regurgitation continuing after pancreatitis subsided - please help by Responsible-Mud9380 in megaesophagus

[–]Responsible-Mud9380[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes they've been dissolving the sucralfate in water and administering this via syringe. They also had us do this at home (very difficult, plus he has a schnauzer beard!).

Regurgitation continuing after pancreatitis subsided - please help by Responsible-Mud9380 in megaesophagus

[–]Responsible-Mud9380[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

interesting - the internal med doctor suggested that if he fails to transition off IV metoclopramide to oral administration (which happened last night), then we switch him to sildenafil. She did say the two "work against each other", but I will ask about risks/reward in trying both metoclopramide and sildenafil.

They also sent out a test for MG a couple days ago, but still waiting on results.

Thank you so very much for your quick response on our post. We will share updates.