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Originally Posted by ArmaniMan  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. |
honestly mvd is not that big of deal my dd is 6 years almost with no symptoms and she takes steroids and thyroid meds and still no issues so i personally would not have biopsy just do low protein diet as I never did biopsy at spay and never knew there was an issue at time of spay as vet i do not believe did pre blood work or did an inhouse check - i found out she was mvd at time of going on atopica meds a new vet we see wanted bile acids done and that is where it came up - there really is nothing they will do if it is mvd anyway so why put the dog through that invasive surgery to say yep it is mvd when the numbers already show that - jmho