 Liver Shunt Surgery
Please, please, please get a second and third opinion before you allow surgery. You have gotten some wonderful advice from the gals on this site and I have nothing to add other than 48 truly isn't that high a reading so there is no emergency here yet. Please, get that second opinion and delay the surgery UNLESS you baby is in dire straights. Otherwise you have TIME to get YOUR HEAD TOGETHER and get your little one examined by one or two others. My prayers are with you on this one but I implore you to NOT RUSH INTO ANY SURGERY AT ALL until you get that second opinion from a respected specialist. Where do you live? In NY, there is the Animal Medical Center (AMC) where they have the best specialists in the country and THERE YOU WOULD GET MAXIMUM EDUCATION AND HELP FOR YOUR LITTLE ONE. THEY ARE FABULOUS.
Please keep us informed. I wish you so much of the very best. YorkieSue |