My husband and I are in total shock, our little boy has been dxd with a liver shunt at the young age of 5 months. It all started yesterday morning with what appeared to be a seizure and total blindness at 6am, called the vet and he confirmed it was a seizure and said to watch him for another hour and call back with an update because he was currently in surgery. Well just as I was getting ready to call Duke had another seizure. Called the vet and took him right in. The vet kept him overnight for observation and it appears he has had no more seizures.
The vet has determined based on the evidence that it is most likely a liver shunt, but has not determined if it is inside or outside the liver. Currently the vet is trying to find someone who can confirm the shunt and what it would cost to operate on it. So far no other vets he has contacted would do the surgery, it is currently looking like a University surgery. Does anyone know the cost associated with this and a good resource to find out more about it? I have been researching the web and it sounds like this is a very delicate operation, and that the recovery can be difficult.
We are just devistated, we went to pick him up this morning and it was awful, he went crazy, barking and crying and we could not hang on to him. Once the vet took him back in a different room he seemed calmer, we had to leave him there since something about us being around really affected him. I would assume that he could smell us but because he couldn't see us that really affected him.
Has anyone else had experience with this and was the surgery successful? Also it appears Duke is having alot of neurological problems, will the surgery resolve them or are they possible permanent?
Currently we are waiting for the vet to find someone to help us.