[DAB]

Hi Everyone,
My Yorkie, Emma Angel, had surgery to repair her liver shunt on June 9th at Tufts University. She continued on Metronidazole for a month after surgery and has been off of it for a week now. Yesterday she started with bloody soft/ mucus/ very loose stools. It has since progressed to liquid consistency with blood and she is throwing up-----bile and the boiled rice I gave her last night. This morning she refused to eat the rice. She is throwing up bile and just had another horrible bloody/ liquid stool. My vet is not opened on Sunday so I am taking her back to Tufts shortly.

I have read here and on the Liver hunt support forum that many dogs who have the ls surgery begin or remain on lactulose. The surgeon said to keep Emma on the Metronidazole for only a month after surgery then wait another month for a blood draw to check the bile acid level. I admit I am concerned b/c I haven't heard from ANYONE who stopped meds a month after surgery. I am now more worried b/c Emma has not been sick one day when she was on the Metronidazole---and she was on it before the surgery.

Also, some of them feed their babes Hills L/D in the can. My girl is eating IAMS Low Residue kibble and has been on it since she became sick this winter. Tufts sid I should keep her on this kibble. However, no one else on this forum seems to be feeding their LS dogs this food.

Got to leave now----Emma is pooping blood again. Thanks for any advice.

DAB