I am very sorry to hear about your baby. I lost my Gizmo on February 1st after having the liver shunt surgery at the University of Tennessee. He was almost 4 years old. He was a very sick puppy for the first year, but then he did better until this past November. From there he went down hill quick. He almost stopped eating, and when he did eat he would get very sick. It had been mentioned when he was a puppy that he could have a shunt, but I chose not to have him tested. In January of this year we had tried everything and he was only getting worse. I took him to UT for testing and sure enough threre was a shunt. They told me after the surgery that his liver was very small and the blood vessles were also very small. They told me that him being older and his liver had been compromised for so long his chance of recovery was less than that of a young puppy. He did come through the surgery and lived for two days. We lost him after he developed Pneumonia. Everyone was great at UT eventhough he did not survive. I would recommend them if at all possible. |