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Originally Posted by kjc  If you could get her some Denamarin (given once daily), or Denosyl and Marin (given in the same day) it will help her liver to heal and protect it from further damage. It can take time for the ALT to return to normal.
Small dogs do best eating 2-3 meals per day, and many hack or cough occassionally, it doesn't mean anything is wrong... but worth a vet check. As she's been on an antibiotic, it may not be from a respiratory problem, but either a normal thing or possibly from the Heartworms.
I have seen ALTs come in at 2000 and higher. I know 600+ was probably very alarming to you, but it will get better in time. Good Luck and Bless you for trying to help her... |
Thanks so much for the post. I'm learning a lot from this forum. I went to see a new vet yesterday coz I didn't want to go back to the other vet anymore. The vet did a blood test after 3 days of being released from the hospital, and I know it's too soon to see normal results. THe vet also told me it'll take at least a month to see better results for her liver. His SGPT range is between 20 and 40, and my dog's results are at 195. Still a bit high. He has recommended a change of diet, coz she eats a lot and she gets hungry but she will only eat boiled chicken breast. Anything other than boiled chicken breast, she won't touch. The new vet wants me to feed her white rice with soft boiled egg and very little chicken. What she'll do is eat a little of the rice and if she can pick the chicken out, she'll eat that. so we are a bit concerned now coz she eats very little again. And we know she's hungry coz she'll keep going back to her feeding bowl, it's just that she won't eat the rice. She's a very picky eater, she will only eat boiled chicken breast, you can't even put anything in there.
My new vet said that her liver levels shot up probably coz of the Proheart shot. He says he never uses that coz it's relatively new and not fully tested. My old vet said that Proheart was Ivermectin so I opted to go with it, but apparently it's not ivermectin but a derivative of ivermectin. Had I known this, I would've disallowed it. I'm regretting this terribly and I do hope she comes around and get better soon.
I'm a worrier so I tend to worry about her little hiccups and things. Yesterday she threw up this yellowish substance that was foamy. And my new vet said to just monitor her coz it's probably from the car ride. I'm thinking maybe she got really really hungry coz she did fast the previous night for the blood test the following day.
My main concern right now is the feeding and the pottying. She doesn't poop as much and I was given this antibiotic that actually causes constipation so I opted to discontinue it. It's an Anti-protozoal med for the liver.
Can I feed her chicken stock with rice? or will that be too taxing for the liver as well coz it's got chicken stock?