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Originally Posted by Lolasmom1211

Sashabear, I have a puppymill baby that had a liver shunt. It was repaired by Dr Tobias in March of 2008. I had all of the same fears and anxieties that you must be feeling right now. I had this tiny, precious baby that seemed to have so many problems and I was the one that was responsible for taking care of them. I knew nothing abour shunts, scintigraphy, Protein C tests, ultrasound, etc...but, I did learn fast! I'm certainly no expert, but I did do my research and I ultimately took her to Dr Tobias at UT. I found out there that she also had luxating patella in both back knees that we will deal with later, if necessary. Once she had the shunt closed off, she has not had a problem since. She is a tiny little thing, only 3.5 lbs, but is has made such a huge difference in her life. She runs and plays, chases the birds and squirrels and I just enjoy her being with us each day. Know that you are doing the best thing for your baby in having the shunt repaired, pray that that is all the problems that she will have and take each day one at a time. As fragile as these babies are, they are tougher than we give them credit for sometimes...Good luck with the shunt repair and keep asking questions - everyone is here to help!

I took Teddi to UT as well to have her LS surgery and she has been 100% since then. She is 3 1/2 years old and 3 lbs. and it has been a little over 2 years since she had her surgery!!