[Sunnie]

Originally Posted by iwannalollipop2

Thanks a lot for the helpful advice, everyone! We have pretty much decided to not consider the surgery. We wouldn't want to put her through something so dangerous and traumatic, when as far as she knows, she's totally fine. I mean, she could die very easily on the table, she's so small. We're going to get another blood/bile test in a couple of weeks and see where she is. She is on Denosyl once a day now, and her diet consists of special liver diets from the book "Dog and Cat Diets" (a book that we were actually using for more than a year before she was diagnosed.) The vet thinks that the fact that she has received such high-quality homemade proteins and carbs almost all her life has contributed to her very good health right now. She has some small kidney calcifications that the vet wants to keep an eye on, and if that gets worse I think they'll put her on Lactulose, which they should do anyway to get her GI tract moving faster. We've cut her meal size down to teeny tiny muffin-cup portions, and she gets four of those little snacks a day, so about half a cup or more of food total.

In response to your comments, no, Lacy has had NO symptoms whatsoever, EVER. She has been totally, completely normal. When I was first researching what this could be, I practically ruled out a liver shunt on my own because she doesn't fit any of the symptoms. She passed through anesthesia with flying colors when she was spayed. Even when we've given her meat in the past, she's been totally okay. she's never head-butted a wall or anything like that. I wouldn't say she's a voracious eater, but she's usually finishes her meals and has a very good appetite. I don't know, but it makes me hope that maybe the shunt itself isn't that bad, and she's getting some blood filtered in there.

I am no expert on liver shunts for sure, but wow! those bile acid tests are HIGH! Please PM Ronnlunn on here. Her baby had the surgery not long ago and she is TINY.. she did fine. Please try to send her a PM and ask her about it. I would hate to see you wait until it is too late.