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Originally Posted by Ringo1  Are you saying you would not do the biopsy? Just go with the low protein food with those numbers?
Just curious as I may soon be facing that same question. I have a feeling my Vet will not want to spay her anyway. He'll either want me to hold off or go to a large facility. |
yea that is what I am struggling with.
The vet is making a biopsy seem more serious then I realized... they said the incision will be larger (as compared to a simple spay) and the chances for post surgical internal bleeding are very high because of how vascular the liver is... they would perform a clotting factor test beforehand to make sure she is clotting normally but there is still a risk.
The vet is also on the fence, since her numbers were better, she may stay symptom free (she never had any symptoms we only found out about this problem in testing for something else). However, the vets concern is if she does show symptoms in a few years down the road we are looking at a second abdominal surgery.
If I didnt biopsy I would just keep her on a low protein diet which is what I am doing now and pray she remains symptom free.
My vet was going to consult with a specialist I had been seeing prior to this and get back to me, so we will see, I am still not sure what I want to do.