Thank you all for your helpful responses! I left a message with Lacy's vet, and will call again tomorrow about contacting Dr. Tobias--or just do it myself. The reason we didn't rush out to get surgery for Lacy a year ago when we found out about this is the same thing I keep saying: Lacy has NO symptoms. She has as much energy as she did when we brought her home as a puppy, and is a totally happy and healthy dog on the outside. She eats sparingly some days, and seems pretty hungry on others. She runs around and plays constantly, and follows us around the house the rest of the time. The vets say she is a good weight for her stature. She is completely sweet and devoted, and you would not know she is sick without the blood tests. That's why we've put this off, and it's why we're so baffled. I'm hearing mixed things on here about whether we should pursue this further and go see Dr. Tobias, or just continue with our homemade food and medicine. Is it worth going through the stress of more surgery and tests when we have an otherwise healthy dog? Will we be in trouble if we wait and she suddenly gets worse? The tests point to a pretty serious shunt, but how is that possible if Lacy seems fine? |