I know you keep telling me all these things are connected to liver shunts, but my vet seems to have ruled this out. He says Brodie doesn't present any of the characteristics other than being small and having kidney stones which can be caused by many other things. He also says he saw nothing wrong with the liver when he did the ultrasound (or when the specialist looked at it). After Brodie had been on IV for several days they reran his tests and everything came back the way it should have. He had proper enzymes and function in both his kidney and liver. He also cut open his bladder, I would think when he did that he would have checked to see if there was a liver shunt even if he was doing nothing about it? I will ask tomorrow. He is concerned Brodie's liver is too small and not able to keep up with him. He is running more blood tests to check for his liver efficiency. Is that a possibility anyone has heard of before?
My vet told me Brodie would not require more surgery unless he got more stones. He saw nothing wrong with any of his organs that could be fixed with surgery. The test was being run to see what was going on with his liver and to change his diet or give him medicine accordingly. Do you guys think my vet is actually wrong and just didn't see the shunt? And the specialist didn't either? I want to believe them but all I've heard from everyone on YT is that he has a shunt and that is making me very worried that perhaps my vet isn't doing a good job. HELP!? I care very much about my baby and want this to all be over.
Also, I live no where near Tennessee. It would cost me quite a bit of money to get him there (probably like $1000). |