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Originally Posted by LillyBug  My first reaction as I was listening to him, was, "I am going to see someone else for a second opinion". I definately thought it was odd that he had to check with his company on which food to recommend, you would think he would know. Lilly has no symptoms at all. Initially when her pre surgery liver enzymes were high he gave me Denosyl for 30 days which I have continued to give to her. At first he was going to recheck in a year- which I was like, NO WAY. He diagnosed her with portosystemic shunt. I even mentioned that I had been doing research which says >100 is more likely for a shunt, he really didn't seem to listen to me. Lilly's pre surgical liver enzymes were high however when they performed the BAT they fell in normal range. I just feel like he didn't even listen to me and didn't explain. I am so confused now on what to do.  |
There is absolutely positively no way that she can be diagnosed with the test results you have this far if that helps you any.
And, if her really does think it is a shunt and that is his diagnosis, he should have sent you to an internist immediately so they could talk to you about correcting it. I think she needs more testing or a repeat BAT at the least.
Please get a second opinion...
And on the food, if he uses Science Diet like most vets do, it is the L/D that would be used. The canned is best. If he uses Royal Canin, it is the LS Hepatic (they put it right in the title) 14 that should be used (very palatable but some Yorkies get itchy on RC).