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About two weeks ago, our two-year-old yorkie, Lacy, started having terrible diarrhea for a couple of days. We took her to the vet (this was about four months before her regular checkup), and the vet, just as a precaution, decided to take some blood samples just to see what was wrong. Lacy got better on her own in a few days, and we thought all was well.

The vet called us in a couple of days with startling news that Lacy's liver readings were a little high. Her SGPT reading was fine, but SGOT, which should be around 63, was 98. We took her back a week later for another blood test to see if they had returned to normal. They hadn't. SGPT, which should be 116, had skyrocketed to 668. SGOT had gone up to 427. Our vet, who we have had all of Lacy's life and regard as very intelligent and creative, had no idea what to say. She prescribed a homeopathic drug to improve liver function, and sent us to a specialist nearly a 5 hours drive away. We got an appointment for Tuesday.

Lacy is two years old and we are just sick with worry. With some research, I've come to suspect some kind of liver hepatitis, but we'll find out what the internist thinks on Tuesday after she has to go through hours and hours of X-rays, sonograms, and a liver biopsy. I don't even like to imagine what would have happened if Lacy hadn't had diarrhea a few weeks ago and we had never gotten that blood tested. Lacy has always been fed wholesome, homemade food, but now we've cut out all supplements in it and she's getting straight rice and chicken every day.

I can't even put into words how much we love this dog. Has anyone ever had any experience with what I think is chronic acute canine hepatitis in a yorkie? I don't think it's the infectious type, because she got all the standard vaccines. From what I've read the prognosis isn't good, but it makes me sick to look up anything else about it.