Enzosfamily, WOW thank you so much for all that information! First, I am so sorry it took you 3 years to find a cure that works for Enzo. I think about it everyday and I can't imagine how hard that was you.
My husband and I got Cruz before we got married and have no children yet, so he is our baby! Sometimes I even joke saying he completes our family! I spent many sleepless nights sense July trying to diagnose him myself (LOL) which I know is bad but like you said I can't give up hope, which is part of the reason we saw another vet Monday. My regular vet is great and takes such good care of Cruz but I knew it was time to try find something more or new information. The new vet we saw talked to us for 1hr 45 mins ..just talking! He was amazing! He was the one who told us about the denamarin. He also told us about a Holistic vet he highly reccomends in Vermont! ( I couldn't believe when I read that in your post-I immediately looked to see where you were from--we are right outside of Albany) Anyways, he had mentioned how he sent many of his seizing dogs there whos owners wanted to try a different approach. He told us a story about a dog he sent to this vet who never had another seizure again and then another dog where the holistic approach didn't work. Its funny you said that about your vet saying "that she hasn't met a yorkie that doesn't have some kind of liver dysfunction" because this vet said the SAME THING!! Crazy!!
I already researched the vet he recommended and I am going to do the same with the information you provided however, and the vet agreed that we might not be there just yet. With Cruz only have seizures a couple months apart we can still try some other things.
My biggest fear is that these seizures are going to get closer and closer together. Cruz is just as active, hyper and spunky as the day we brought him home, apart from the seizures we don't look at him as a sick dog and hope that never changes.
I don't know how I feel about the Hills food. Honestly, I never even heard of it until all this happened. All I know is that I am not a fan of giving Cruz a special diet and/or Meds if he doesn't need them (for his liver). Cruz isn't crazy about the Hills food. He eats it, but nothing like how he used to eat his old food. And he LOVED food. He would eat lettuce like it was a steak!!! Its very hard right now because as I mentioned above I was told I couldn't even give him veggies as treats. I swear I don't know who cried more me or cruz the day I had to throw out all his bones & treats! So now on top of worrying about seizures, I am worrying that hes not getting enough nutrients and hes on a diet he doesn't need.
I think we decided to re-test cruz bile acids again, start him on the denamarin and see how he does. With seizures, it always a watching game. Which as you know is SO hard! If anything changes, or Cruz starts having more seizures I am 100% seeking out that Holistic vet. Who knows maybe my gut is wrong, maybe Cruz does have some liver issues. Maybe this denaramin combined with the Hills will be just the right thing for him!
I really wanted to thank you for taking the time to respond and provide me with all that information. Enzo is very lucky! I am SO thankful I found this site back in July. It's my saving grace...
I hope Enzo continues with his great progress! I am so happy for you and him that after 3 years things have been looking up. I will definitely keep you updated and I am sure I will have more questions as we go. Thank you sooo much again! I might sleep a little easier tonight!
