I've had a lot of "waiting" time to sift some of this out, so I haven't fallen apart. But, I'm really worried about my baby too. I was so hoping we'd be able to manage this with diet and supplements....surgery is just so expensive!
The vet is out today and tomorrow, so I probably won't be able to talk with him until Monday at the earliest. I had thought about changing vets before this, simply because he seems to minimize things and he's of the old school vets' line of thought. I found a vet here in town that is holistic (also has a traditional vet in the same practice), and instead of the Hills food that is in my current vet's office (and almost every vet!
) they sell brands like Innova and Sojo (can't remember the others??) I probably ought to have him refer me to an internal med specialist at the very least.
Speaking of Hills, I just remembered that when I got to the clinic Monday morning for her BAT I let her down to run around the lobby and explore since it was so early and no one was there but us. She had been fasting since the night before, BUT she did run over by (and I'm sure sniffed) the dog food he sells. (And who knows, a McGriddle may very well have been on someone's desk when they took her back??
) But, as you said, that's awefully high. Unless it was high because the gallbladder had just contracted a mere minutes before that....but then again, there has to be some time betweet the gallbladder contracting and the colon reabsorbing, so maybe that didn't make a difference anyway...
I can go buy the NB Vegetarian tonight but as we talked about before, she isn't going to eat that more than once a day, if that. So can we talk about foods that are ok for liver-compromised dogs, and those that should be avoided?? (I really think it would be great to have a list like this since there are so many liver compromised babies in this breed!)
Here's what I've learned so far:
Good proteins:
cottage cheese
egg
chicken (not as good as the other 2, but maybe ok for asymptomatic?)
fish (what are good ones and what should be avoided?....i just read that they contain a moderate amount of purines, though so maybe they aren't ok??)
soy?? (I've seen this in diets...)
Bad proteins
red meats
exotics
turkey??
Here's another question....what is it about purines that's bad? I found that these also contain a moderate amount of purines: asparagus, cauliflower, spinach, mushrooms, green peas, lentils, dried peas, beans, oatmeal, wheat bran and wheat germ (
Purine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia). I need to make sure I know what to avoid and why to avoid it. Another purine link:
WHFoods: What are purines and in which foods are they found?