Quote:
Originally Posted by JereBo  I just got back from the emergency pet hospital. BJ, my youngest baby, is staying there overnight because he had a massive seizure. His blood sugar was extremely low (in the 30s) and he was in a comatose state. He just turned two on November 25 and the vet says that he might have liver shunt.
He's had only one seizure in the past and that was last May. It lasted only a minute and he went limp. I took him to the vet immediately after. They said that it was common for yorkies to have seizures and asked me if he had seizures in the past, I told them no because when I got BJ, he was about 8 months old and he was given to the breeder I got him from by another breeder. So his history is a bit shaky.
I feel so horrible right now. I am barely making it by with the money I make and now I just gave the vet my whole pay check and then some. $781 dollars for the overnight stay alone. He will barely be there 12 hours! I have to pick him up in the morning unless otherwise.
I love my baby so much and I will do anything to make sure that he is healthy and safe, but I feel like a horrible parent because the estimates for actual tests to find out what he has and the cost of the surgery is over 3500 dollars and they only accept cash up at the time of services.
I don't know what to do. |
join this group asap and shame on that first vet for not running the bile acids after the first seizures that was a sign of liver shunt and NO yorkies do not just have seizures as pups i is usually liver shunt if they do so I would steer clear of that vet for sure as this could have been caught back then and your dog would have had the care earlier
Join this group tonight they will help you
Liver_Shunt_And_MVD_Support@yahoogroups.com
was the ALT high is that why they think liver shunt along with seizure?
If you can get to university of tennessee the liver shunt surgery is much cheaper and dr tobias is excellent but join that group as my dog has mvd and they helped me alot as you need to educate yourself quickly about this and i know all too well about high vet bills i am in over 20k myself so the more you educate yourself quickly the less costly it will be and you can make better decisions.
What is the protein percentage on the food you were feeding? Have vet put your dog on L/D asap and you will probably need to get your dog on denomarin which is sam e and milk thistle. Ask them if they ran bile acids yet or if they are running them tomorrow after 12 hr fast and what are the numbers so we can help you - if over 100 most likely a shunt