[fifilame]

It's been up and down with little Gucci and how she feels. Hasn't seemed to be in much pain in the past week or so. In my previous thread I wrote how she was lethargic, not eating, hiding out in her crate and would some days cry out when you picked her up. Poor thing, she's had x-rays, blood work, ultrasound, you name it and the doctor could not find anything wrong with her except that she was having a "false pregnancy", i.e. her mammary glands were still swollen and sore from her first heat which I wanted her to have before I got her spayed. Anyway, her meds were going to run out over this past weekend and I was worried that if it happened to her again and they were closed I would be in trouble. So, I called the doctor, found out he was on vacation so his partner said he would look at her file and call me back. After reviewing her file, he decided to do a urinalysis and the full bile acid test, after fasting and after eating. I just got a call today from him. He is not sure because he is still awaiting results later this week from other tests he gave her, but he is pretty sure she has a liver shunt and that she is so tiny it didn't show up on the ultrasound. He said he will then know for sure and if there is a kidney stone, later this week. I asked how it is treated and he said with meds and a special diet. My question is - is this condition a death sentence or will it shorten her life? Also - does anybody know will she continue to have these periods when she is in horrible pain from this problem? Does it mean diet/meds now and surgery down the road? I read about it online but never really saw the answers to those questions. I'd really appreciate whatever information anyone can give about this problem.