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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  Yes, his blood tests,, including liver studies, were normal pre-dental cleaning and again last week when a comprehensive exam/tests were done. Once when he had pneumonia Feb/2012, his amylase was 200 or 400(forget which) at the ER vet but the vet there said he wasn't that concerned about that one level since all his other tests then were WNL and they did full but not special testing(no BAT or CPL or whatever that pancreatitis test is called). He did finally have that pancreatitis CPL Snap test last June/July and it was normal.
Thank you for the information and thoughts. We need all we can get. |
I think you know already....my Teddy Bear had 7 years of totally normal lab studies!
He suddenly developed bladder stones and a liver shunt was found at that time. The only symptoms he had in looking back was some occasional vomiting...hind sight is 20/20 but I have to say if I ever had a pup doing that for no reason again, I would do BATs. I suggested this recently to another member but I think she thought I was off base. Now, this is two pups who had normal labs and elevated BATs (although Teddy only had them after surgery since his was found without the benefit of BATs) ....so I think the message being sent to us is very clear.
Here is Teddy Bear's thread:
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sic...ver-shunt.html
I cannot speak about results on BATs because Teddy did not have them prior to surgery.