From the "Liver disease" thread:
Ok, thanks for the clarification. Yes, I will be doing further testing, but I hadn't thought about this change being temporary.....I had thought that this was her fate since her numbers were abnormal. Is there still a chance that she won't need this forever??
The reason I said temporary until you do further testing or retest is in case her BAT comes back completely in normal range when you re-do it.
Is there any chance at all that her UTI caused her BUN to be high normal and caused her bile acids to be off (or her BAT was off because she smelled food before her pre--which I'm pretty sure she did--and/or because it was lipemic or hemolyzed??) and that her ALT is off because she is a puppy??
UTI is a symptom of liver disease, so while I suppose it may be possible the BUN could be affected by the UTI, the UTI could also/still be caused by liver issues. BUN is affected by liver issues as well.
The pre number is the one that's affected by smelling food, not the post number which is the one that I pay most attention to in most cases...
If hemolysis occurred, it would be on the bottom of the lab report.
I don't know about her ALT being that off just because she's a puppy. It really does not seem likely to me. When Miko was a pup and he was sick with his liver problems, his ALT was in the 200-300s as well...
I'd love to have some hope, but I understand if it would be false hope. Maybe I need to have her tests redone?? If so, when? (She is on Baytril for 10 days for her UTI, so her last dose will be on Friday, Dec. 5th. Her urine is already LOT better!! Yay!! I will be doing another ultrasound on her kidneys myself probably Tues. night--so I can see them before her vet appointment on Wed.--I'm hoping to see that the hydronephrosis I saw previously, which is a sign of a UTI, will be resolved! If it isn't, I'll do it once more after her dose is complete just to see.....I'm also wondering if I should do another urinalysis....I guess I'll know if I need to do that if her urine gets darker when she's completed the meds???
For future reference, clavamox comes in pills as well
