[Jan & the M&M's]

Maggie, my two year old yorkie is scheduled for bladder surgery tomorrow to remove a stone. The vet did a blood panel last week and bile acid test, but she did it at rest and Mags had eaten breakfast beforehand. The test came back elevated.

Maggie has occasionally staggered, is a low enery dog, sleeps a lot, and night before last after dinner of canned chicken, she was restless all evening, up during the night.

Of course, I'm panicked. The vet said blood panel looked fine, everything was okay. I no nothing about liver shunt. What should I be asking my vet? I know it's liver disease, can a dog live a relatively long life with it?

She is going to retake the test 10 days after Maggie's surgery, this time before and after feeding. And by then the stone will have been analyzed so we will know more about what's going on.

I don't want to worry prematurely, but I just have a feeling that she has it.

Thanks for any info you can give me. I'm so worried.