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Originally Posted by mersadiesj  I took him right away at 4 am to the emergency animal clinic. They had no idea what was going on. his stool was soft...no temp and glucose was normal.. They thought it was either neurological or the liver...So...next clinic at 7 am.... glucose was normal everything was fine...except his partial blindness and swaying...back and forth..(poor little thing) They suggested I take him to University of Illinois hospital...so an hour and a half later drive...another vet visit....and now he has to stay for the weekend...suggesting liver shunt...anyone had this procedure done ??? How has your puppy performed after and when did you see him back to normal...also procedure costs? They estimated ..over night stay...tests...and shunt etc. to be 2-4000 dollars. AAAAAGH...but of course..i don't care how much it cost as long as he is healthy...it's sad to think people would put the poor pup down for cost reasons...anyways...thanks for your responses...i really appreciate it..i don't think i've slept in 3 days over this poor baby...  |
are you close to university of tennessee? if so i would get your pup to dr tobias as from your first post my guess was liver shunt
They will fast him 12 hrs pull blood then give food wait 2 hrs on the dot and pull blood - this will tell if if he has high bile acids -- if over 100 i would get him to dr tobias -- if he needs surgery she only charges $1200 so worth the trip and she does a ton of these surgeries on small yorkies and very successful - alot of vets are not real up on liver shunt and mvd
and just because alt is normal on cbc panel does not mean they cannot have liver shunt
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i believe dr tobias assistant is on the group as well