ok now after talking to my husband he told me that the vet saw something on Samie's bloodwork that could be something but she wasn't for sure. so that was why she suggested wanting to do a bat. Mind you we had this blood work done bc samie had fainted. we are assuming it was bc of the little spat both of my girls got into over their food. (sadie tried eating out of samies dish) so we decided to run some blood tests and now here is where we are at with this liver issue (i will request these tests on Monday and post a few things after i get that)
but my husband can't recal exactly what the vet saw on samie's bloodwork. it couldn't have been anything major bc she did tell him that she was only putting samie on the demarin and an antiobiotic (amox) as a precaution. she said her numbers were not "that" high and that normally when there is trouble numbers are in the 100's. so we started her on the denamarin and then i stated giving more of the canned food. Lots of it- in her food and as treats and with meds. (not knowing that i was supposed to do everything exactly as i had for her first test) which hey it's easy to do- i thought more protein is better for them so i stated giving more of the canned wellness venison and duck also. plus a learning experiece- i honestly thought nothing of it. i gave her her heartguard 2 wks before her bat. because someone said that could mess with her bat results also. this time around she isn't getting it all month though.
so then we went and had a retest after 30 days and then the numbers went up. my husband is leary about getting her next bat test now since the ursodiol may mask the problem now. so NEXT WEEK he wants to see the specialist. He doesn't trust our vet anymore. He said he is beginning to question everything about the place.
she told him (again) for those of you who already heard this :-) that she is aware that people can't afford testing so they opt to try and treat with meds and supplements. then she said we'll see where we are at in a month with another bat. he is upset with her bc she never told us this could perhaps mask a problem and skew her results. Now is is very angry with the vet and he wants me to stop giving the ursodiol. He said he finds this hard to believe because samie has no symptoms. i told him that they don't have to have any symptoms though. but you see- my girls have had so much blood work and urinalysis done in the past 6 mos he said he finds it hard to believe that our visit that day in Dec after samie's (so we think) ct episode/fainting spell) brought all of this on. and bring up the need for a bat. ( i guess we will not know until we get a copy of those labs on monday)
but blood work also was done to determine Hypothyoidism too. lots of blood work done on her. is this just a coincidence? |