Lacy is awake and I can go pick her up and bring her home at 6:00. So I just wanted to write a quick update before I leave to go get her. They said the procedure went well..her blood pressure dropped under anaesthesia but they corrected that and she did well after that. I think they had to shave both of her front legs so they could monitor her blood pressure. They took 5 biopsies (3 for histopathy, 1 for culture, and 1 to check copper if needed). They also got a small sample of bile and took a sample of her feces (apparently there is some newly discovered parasite in Texas that is causing some liver disease in dogs..but it doesn't seem likely for her since dogs get it from ponds that have certain kinds of snails in it). They said a lot of her liver was paler in color than a normal liver, although she did have some normal spots too...and she said there was fibrosis (scarring). Other than that..we won't know anything until we get biopsy results back, which will be 3-5 days.
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