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Originally Posted by smbritton  He is on low protein Hills LD dog food and loves it!
The first ultra sound did show two small stones although the Vet said they were so small they weren't an issue. The Liver looks mottled under ultra sound.
My dog is fine, couldn't be better. He has put on 1 pound in the last couple of weeks and he only weighs 7.6 pounds. If it wasn't for the BAT test results I wouldn't think anything is wrong with him?
Although, I have read how some dogs can have shunts or MVD and show no signs, so maybe the Hills LD and some kind of Milk Thistle or Densyl for the rest of his life maybe fine???
I'm so freakin confused 
Also he has had puppies which we have given to family members and Charlie his daughter lives with us. Will they now inherit whatever he has? I may have to contact everyone who has his puppies? |
yep my dd acts totally normal no issues and only had bile acids as new vet requires it on all yorkies and maltese and dd was going on a new drug atopica so we needed to test her liver after he reviewed all her blood work he felt it was a good thing to do.
I honestly think they did not do the tests correctly and are you going to do surgery??? why put the dog through scintigraphy if not having any symptoms and if no symptoms why put the dog through surgery. I would again wait 6 months on diet and then do pre and post biles on him with va tech later in 6 mos to see what happens and if any issues then pursue it further. If he is neutered and did well under anesthesia it is not that horrible. Also monitor how puppies are doing and see if anything progresses with them. I think running a bunch of tests and stressing a dog out when the dog is doing fine is not necessary. Now if he starts showing signs then pursue it further - my gut is they screwed up the tests as i know the post was done wrong if done at 2 1/2 hrs and from what others said the protein c was not correct so sounds like you need a new vet as not many vets know alot about liver disease and i think they are just running in all different directions and wasting your money.
At this point either in 6 mos do blood work with an internal medicine specialist which is what i would do or the va tech which is a teaching hospital but i would do the internal medicine specialist and have them consult with dr centers and dr tobias if numbers are off.
Did they do the 12 hr fast before doing the pre bile acids ?