[Baby Blessing]

Originally Posted by RONLYNN

Just wanted to update everyone on Teddi. We had the consultation today with the surgeon. She explained everything to me and drew a picture of the insides and explained that normally only about 15% of the blood is not filtered through the liver and in Teddi's case she has 85% that is not filtering. She is scheduled to have her surgery on Monday (12/3/07). I have to bring her to the hospital on Sunday night. She will have to stay in the hospital for about 2-3 days. The doctor told me that if I didn't have the surgery she would only live another year. I did contact the breeder I got her from to ask if they have other puppies with this condition and got this back:

Thank you for your email.
I am sorry to hear about Teddi and hope she will feel better soon.
Both of his parents are 100% and we never had this problem in the past so i am puzzled for how she got it.
Please forward all the medical record to us so we can look into it and keep us updated on how Teddi is doing.

I guess it was just a fluke that she got the liver shunt but she is in really good spirits. She was running all over the house last nite and this morning. She was attacking her toys and Cassie.

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers and please keep them coming for us!!!

xoxo, Ronda

Dear Ronda, Praying all goes well for Teddi in having the surgery. We also are keeping you in our prayers as we know how difficult this is for you.

By the way we love your Cassie and the video with Cassie and Teddi is so precious.

Ronda do you happen to have insurance? Do you know the approximate cost of the surgery on Teddi?

We never have taken out insurance on our girls, I guess it is a good idea for us to do that, but not sure on which plan would be best. I don't know if all vets accept insurance??????

Jack and I will be watching for updates from you. Teddi we are praying for you to be all well real soon.

Hugs, Patti and Jack