I'm so sorry about little Lily! She is simply adorable!
My Lexxi has hydro. She was diagnosed at 1 year old, via MRI. She is 3.5 years now. Her condition was diagnosed as "severe" at that time. She is also blind from the pressure on her optic nerve. She has seizures, which is the scariest thing to witness. She also cannot have a shunt due to the severity of her hydro. Her neurologist sent her records out of state to 2 specialists who denied her the surgery.
So....with that said, she is still with us and on medication 3 times a day for the seizures (keppra and this was changed from the phenabarbital). and prednisone for the hydro every other day. Has your baby had seizures yet? Lexxi is a sweet girl but she is not living a normal doggie life. She has her own "condo" that she lives in so she does not get hurt and the other dogs leave her alone. It is big enough for her bed, peepad and food and water. She circles non stop, as one of the symptoms of hydro. She has gotten extremely difficult to groom or hold or anything - but we still feel she deserves to live and to be taken care of...
I don't know anything about MVD though?
I have a link here to a wonderful website and these people will work with you and give you info and support and other alternatives. Even though they are not DVM's, they work with at least one who will help with alternatives as well.
Let me know if you have any questions I can help with about sweet Lily. Send me a pm if you'd like and we can email or talk on the phone.
http://www.canine-epilepsy-guardian-...rocephalus.HTM