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DAB · 02-03-2009, 07:02 PM

My little yorkie's eye ulcer, acquired when she underwent sedation for an ultrasound to check for a liver shunt at Tufts University Small Animal Hospital, has healed. She has been on medicine for her stomach. Now, however, blood tests taken on Monday, 2/2, show that the bile acid is still high. The IDEX lab will repeat the serum blood test again tomorrow with the same blood sample to recheck the reading ( 500 ).

My little girl will go back to the vet for a fasting blood sample and then a sample after she has been fed. She will most likely return to Tufts for a different test using a dye injection to look for the shunt. If the dye goes to the liver then the heart, that will be good news. If it goes first to the heart bypassing the liver,that will indicate a liver shunt. I wish that test had been done to begin with. My yorkie girl will again need sedation. Hope we do not have a repeat of the eye ulcer. Clinically, she is fine. She is running around, she eats well, is very alert and just loves to play.

The doctor at Tufts seems to feel that the Protein C test is just an OK test. Therefore, my yerk has not had one. According to my vet, the injection dye test will definitely tell what is wrong with my little girl as far as having a liver shunt.

Please keep my little girl in your prayers and positive thoughts. I will keep you posted.

02-03-2009, 07:02 PM	#25
DAB Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Chicopeee, MA Posts: 110	Liver shunt ? My little yorkie's eye ulcer, acquired when she underwent sedation for an ultrasound to check for a liver shunt at Tufts University Small Animal Hospital, has healed. She has been on medicine for her stomach. Now, however, blood tests taken on Monday, 2/2, show that the bile acid is still high. The IDEX lab will repeat the serum blood test again tomorrow with the same blood sample to recheck the reading ( 500 ). My little girl will go back to the vet for a fasting blood sample and then a sample after she has been fed. She will most likely return to Tufts for a different test using a dye injection to look for the shunt. If the dye goes to the liver then the heart, that will be good news. If it goes first to the heart bypassing the liver,that will indicate a liver shunt. I wish that test had been done to begin with. My yorkie girl will again need sedation. Hope we do not have a repeat of the eye ulcer. Clinically, she is fine. She is running around, she eats well, is very alert and just loves to play. The doctor at Tufts seems to feel that the Protein C test is just an OK test. Therefore, my yerk has not had one. According to my vet, the injection dye test will definitely tell what is wrong with my little girl as far as having a liver shunt. Please keep my little girl in your prayers and positive thoughts. I will keep you posted.