 Seizures? Liver Shunt?
This is unfortunately my third yorkie with issues and I'm worried.
We suspect Oliver had a little seizure on Wednesday. He's 11 months and always a pocketful of energy. While he has a great appetite, lately I'noticed he drinks an excessive amount of water and pees alot. On Wednesday he was very quiet. He came to work with me as usual and by noon he started trembling and looked a bit strange. I picked him up and noticed he had wet the bed. He wouldn't stand and was a bit listless. We got to the vet and on the way he was drooling. Once there he was pretty much non responsive, he wouldn't stand and when i called his name he looked around, but not at me.
We suspected toxic poisoning and they immediately gave him charcoal. He was under observation until they closed, but they felt well enough for him to come home with me. He was pretty quiet, but by 10pm had a burst of energy and was his old self.
All his preliminary blood tests were normal. No signs of toxicity. His BUN and Creatnine levels were normal. I say that because little Cooper, my other baby died of Renal Dysplacia when he was 17 months old.
On Thursday afternoon he started to tremble again. Fearing the same, I brought him back to the vet but he seemed to be fine. We did a thyroid test and urine test. Those too appeared normal, so the vet suspected a neurological issue for further testing.
This morning we saw a neurologist where we did a bile test for Liver Shunt. We won't know the results till sometime Monday. We want to rule that out before moving forward.
If anyone has had a similar experience I would love to hear about it... |