Joey had liver shunt surgery in March and is now a wonderful, healthy puppy. His BAT just came back in the normal range and he takes lactulose and eats a special diet, but that's it. He has become so active and much more alert. BTW, my vet was able to draw the blood for the Protein C test in his office and send it to Cornell for analysis. I didn't have to drive up there. I think each situation is different, but Joey had no symptoms that I was aware of, but it turned out he had bladder stones from the toxins in his blood and slept a lot. Thanks to my proactive vet, we caught the problem early while he was young and now he can lead a relatively normal life. "Medical management" which the breeder would've opted for, if she would even have done that, would've eventually led to an early death. |