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Oscar's Mummy · 05-22-2008, 10:42 AM

Thanks for the replies so far!

Let's see…
I live in Toronto Ontario, so UT is out of the question. There is a teaching hospital at the University of Guelph which has been highly recommended to me by several people, so if I do decide to do surgery, it will likely be there.

I've read about the scintigraphy (*sp), and that does seem to be the next step in diagnosing. My gut tells me that she does have a shunt… which makes me reluctant to keep putting money into diagnosis when ultimately I would have to pay for a surgery anyways.

I was under the impression that such high BAT results kind of ruled out MVD? I thought MVD generally gave results of 100 or lower?

05-22-2008, 10:42 AM	#5
Oscar's Mummy Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,275	Thanks for the replies so far! Let's see… I live in Toronto Ontario, so UT is out of the question. There is a teaching hospital at the University of Guelph which has been highly recommended to me by several people, so if I do decide to do surgery, it will likely be there. I've read about the scintigraphy (sp), and that does seem to be the next step in diagnosing. My gut tells me that she does have a shunt… which makes me reluctant to keep putting money into diagnosis when ultimately I would have to pay for a surgery anyways. I was under the impression that such high BAT results kind of ruled out MVD? I thought MVD generally gave results of 100 or lower? __________________ Janice, Oscar and Baby Ruth "The more people I meet, the more I love my dog."*