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Originally Posted by BonBon  Thinking of you and Barney, Cathy. How's he feeling?
Was he showing any outward symptoms when you took him in for testing? |
Barney is feeling good. No, he was not showing any symptoms. He really just had one liver enzyme that has been elevated for about a year (mild elevation). We were watching it because my vet figured it was left over from pancreatitis which can smolder for a long time and the liver lives next door to the pancreas so when one is acting up the other can also be.... Then on a recheck of his blood, one kidney value (creatinine) was elevated slightly. I had to take Daisy back to the internal medicine specialist so I took Barney also just to see what he thought. That is when we talked about checking the liver - ultrasound first and possible biopsy if the #s worsened.
It took me about a month to schedule it because it was nothing urgent. So the consideration of infection or specifically leptospirosis infection took me by surprise. I did not know until yesterday that this illness can be subclinical and show no signs until very advanced. That's why the two findings on the ultrasound raised the question. So I am glad we learned this, because if he has it, we can treat him before it destroys his organs.
I don't really think he has it, but if he does, all I can do is get him through it.