Well Charlies results came back today there was no waiting involved. His bile levels were way off the charts both fasting and after he ate.
Normal fasting Bile acid should be <13 Charlies was 30.3
Normal post meal Bile acid should be <25 Charlies was 71.3
Normal BUN is 6-31 Charlies was 32
Normal Neutrophils is 60-77 Charlies is 78
All other labs were normal
But this means that he has a shunt and that he should have surgery to correct it but I just dont know where I would get that kind of money. The surgery to remove the stones wiped out savings.
The vet has changed his diet to a food called prescription diet l/d and I will start him on a supplement called Vetra SAM-e it is supposed to help clean the toxins from his system like the liver should be doing.
An ultrasound with doppler can be done to see if they can visualize the shunt but there are no guarantees if the shunt is intrahepatic it would not be seen on an ultrasound. surgery is also very risky ( I knew this) but they made apoint to tell me that.
They say that the diet and supplement could buy him time but that he would probably get the stones again and be in the same place
I think I am going to repost this by itself to see if anyone has gone through this surgery I just wanted to make sure you all were updated since you have been following along with me in this.
Any suggestions or advise is welcomed.