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Originally Posted by dwerten  I agree to see her and have tests run but i surely would not do scintigraphy or any surgery on a dog not having any symptoms - sounds to me the tests were not done accurately as they sound baffled ???? how are you baffled if you are confident in what you are doing. Sounds to me they do not and may have not done tests accurately so agree with getting accurate info but i would never put my dog through a surgery unless they were having the symptoms and i would not do scintigraphy either as that is an all day thing with radioactive dye - no way not unless symptoms |
My Lola had no symptoms except being a picky eater. My vet did not want to BAT her because she had no symptoms and was "gaining weight" - although very little. She had NO other symptoms. I insisted that we do the BAT since Liver Shunt is so prevalent in Yorkies. Her numbers were: pre meal 43, post 237 - which definitely pointed towards a shunt. I went directly to Dr. Tobias, from Houston, did the scintigraphy which showed a large, repairable shunt - and had Dr. Tobias do the surgery the next day. Lola is like a different dog. She runs and twirls and plays like she did when we first brought her home...her energy level has increased dramatically and she has gained almost a pound, which for her is about 25 - 30% of her body weight!
Each baby is different, but I feel the surgery has saved Lola's life!