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Originally Posted by avemike  Hi..I'm so sorry to hear your baby is sick. Mine has been sick as well and came out of the vet hospital today. her blood glucose kept dropping last week. I only got her last week Mon at 8wks. She kept having sugar lows and I had to give her honey water and let her lick it off a teaspoon.
The vet explained she may have a portal caval shunt (sp)which means her major vessels bypass the liver and therefore she doesn't process her glucose properly..something like that. if this is the case its serious..I hate to tell you that, but I have been told the same. Fortunately she came home today full of bounce and has eaten 4 meals since and drank water. Its so important to keep there blood sugar up.. Is this the first time you are seeing this and he is 4mths?
I would have thought you would have seen it before now if it was a shunt?..My heart goes out to you and so hope liver shunt is not the case.
I will still have to watch my baby..she is not out of the woods yet. 
Love Ave |
Hi there, Buddy has probably had a shunt with quite a while.. at the start i wouldnt have noticed these as much but as he got sicker i began to look up symptoms and my vet suggested a shunt. I would have loved to catch it earlier but i have only had him since he was nearly three months. i hope i have caught it in time.... Have u done a blood test with ur little girl? in order to confirm that it was a shunt my vet did a blood test then sent buddy to get an ultrasound to confirm position of shunt. Hope ur little one is going to be ok
