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Originally Posted by kjc 
I was just reading your story wow !!!! so in the end what does tink have mvd or shunt ??? how did you first realise symtoms were what??? at what age ??? sorry do not want to bring back bad memories for youy but im confused its a bit overwhelming you are right !!! Becky has no symtoms besides not wanting to eat i have been force feeding her now for 3 days but then again i do not wait to see if she will eat on her own????worried i will make her sicker  is sweet pataotoe ok to give them ??? she loves her sweet patato chews?? |
Tink has both MVD and a shunt, and acquired shunting (from her gall bladder being backed up). My vet did her spay (before I owned Tink) and noted she was slow coming out of the anesthesia. I got her when she was 2.5 years old, and started doing bloodwork and tests.
You can't tell she's sick. She's a hyper, playing mess, lol. Some days she does slow down, but not for long. She was thin when I adopted her from the Humane Society, like no fat under her skin at all.
The sad part is the vet couldn't fix Tink, so she's still on a special diet and meds (Lactulose and Denamarin). He couldn't find a large shunt, just a bunch of little shunts that were all over the place, so he cleaned out her bladder and stitched her up. She's a very rare case, I had never heard of any dog like that before her. She just turned 6 years old on Sept 4th.