[LaurenMarie]

So last night, out of nowhere, Bella went from a happy energetic puppy to a puppy that was lethargic, dizzy, couldn't stand on all fours without falling to the ground, drooling and bobbing her head around. I don't really know what happened to her or why it happened. She didn't gradually get this way and the onset was instant.

We immediately went ot the ER (where I walked out with a $300 bill), where they did blood glucose and regular blood tests. All were fine. She had a slight fever, but nothing more. They urged me to give her xrays and told me it was most likely Liver Shunt. Now, after studying about Yorkies years before I acutllay got one, I never had heard of this disease in Yorkies, but they seemed to make me feel like it's a very common (and serious) disease.

All night I watched Bella, despite the fact that I had work early in the AM. At 9, my parents brought her to the Vet. They did an Acid Bile test and the results aren't to come in until Monday. The vet did tell my parents that the ER's usually make a big fuss of little things to make money and that he didn't see any visual symptoms of Liver Shunts and that it could have just been an allergic reaction to something or something she might have ate that is toxic (no clue how she got into something like that), or just a 24 hour virus.

I am so scared that it is Liver Shunts as it is a disease that, to fix, can cost thousands and will cut the life of my poor baby. I was crying hysterically (I am soooo going to be such a nuerotic mother, haha). Has anyone had any pupy with Liver Shunts, or based on what you read above as far as the symptoms I saw in her last night (which are now fully gone and she is acting normal again), what else could it have been?

With me being a new dog owner, I am nervous about every little thing.

Thanks in Advance!