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Old 04-10-2010, 05:17 PM   #41
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Originally Posted by TLC View Post
OH NO!!!

Poor baby...He DEFINITLY blew another shunt

Are you anywhere near U of Tenn???
If you are, I would get a referral and setup to take Cooper to Dr. Tobias team.

While an ultra sound is good to see the shape and size of organs, it is ONLY 60% accurate in seeing a shunt, and the person reading the shunt as to be very skilled. If Cooper has a Large External Shunt, and the person reading the U/S is skilled, they "may" see the shunt, or they may not.

An ultrasound will NOT show any internal shunts and it will NOT show MVD.

To be honest, with a BAT of 380, I would skip the U/S and go straight for a
scintigraphy (you can read about it here)Portal Scintigraphy in Veterinary Medicine

You money is better spent with a scintigrah being done.

At U of Tenn, I beleive all the tests, including a scintragph AND liver shunt surgery is around $1300 to $1800 ~ which sounds like a lot, but I know that private speciality hospitals charge WAY more


Did you get him on the RIGHT food? And Lactulose and Metro???
Now more than ever, he REALLY needs this...that poor baby
agree 100% with this

who did this original surgery and did they use an ameroid constrictor or did they use cellophane as someone on here was talking about cellophane which i have not heard of being done
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