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Originally Posted by luvmyYorkieJack  Well Jack is at the vet, has been since 8 am. Not word yet on the test results. And Dwerten, I did ask for copies of all of the numbers. They will get me copies. And they used the barium because he thought it may have been a GI issue. He thought it could be possible his stomach wasn't digesting food like it should have been and food might have been sitting in his stomach longer than it should have been (as he threw up egg on Tuesday afternoon that was fed on Monday evening). He wanted to track how his digestion system worked to rule that out. He thought his intestines felt thicker too so it he thought it could have been a digestion issue in his intestines as well. But after that test, it was ruled out. I will post when I hear something from the vet. I have a suspicion that it will be one extreme or the other.... either he will have LS or the tests will be inconclusive. I just wish they would call. |
ok so if he is familiar with yorkies he should know that yorkies are prone to digestive issues
as inflammatory bowel disease runs in this breed and honestly that test was not really necessary as everything is pointing more to liver issue with the crystals
What happens as i have an ibd dog so throwing up a food the next day is not uncommon as my dog on potato diets would eat food and a few days later throw it up as the intestinal tract would get inflamed and food sits there for a long time and why dogs with ibd should not have nsaids (metacam and rimadyl) as those are known to sit in stomach if intestines are inflamed and can damage the intestines. I think that was premature test sadly as yorkies are 35% more prone to have liver issue and due to the egg being a protein and liver dogs do not process protein well it would make sense too much protein and not able to process it they will vomit it up and due to 29% protein then throwing egg on top of that would make sense as that is alot of protein. The xray should have been sufficient as you needed to rule out blockage that is my personal opinion as not a vet but just want you to be aware of this.
I hope it comes back just mvd and not liver shunt and you will not get results back today most likely it should come in tomorrow as you always want bile acids sent to a lab as the inhouse snap bile acid test only goes to 30 and is not accurate as you need the actual number not just 30 as you will have to have redone to get accurate number and pay again so make sure your vet is sending the test out to a lab
I do not want to upset you about the barium but i want you to be aware that many times they run wild with some testing that really is unnecessary and it also is letting you know if they are familiar with yorkie breed and their common issues. I am just not big on over testing these little guys as it is stressful on them