I've decided to postpone Tuesday's surgery while I do more investigating. We're looking at BAT of 1 pre and 48 post and an u/s report that says "appears to be a large shunt." I would expect a large shunt to return a bat over 100. And that word "appears" on the report seems too uncertain to open up a tiny dog to look around. AND, the prognosis they gave me is lousy---meds and diet for life. Seems to me we can do that without the surgery. This vet is with a VCA hospital chain. Is anyone familiar with them? Somebody said sometimes these big corporations put a lot of pressure on their vets to bring in the revenues, and liver shunt surgery is a big ticket item. Very disturbing- |