 After Liver Shunt Surgery
Hi, I am new here! My 16 week old Yorkie Wilson was diagnosed 3 1/2 weeks ago with a liver shunt after being rushed to the ER and finding a stone obstructing his urethra. After blood test to confirm, Wilson was put on a ld diet, antibiotic & lactulose. The surgeon wanted to keep him on the diet for 2 weeks to build his numbers up to prepare him for surgery. I had him back and forth to the vet hospital 4 times that week. The doctor decided it would be best to go ahead with surgery. Wilson had surgery 6/25/2013, he had a extrahepatic shunt fixed with a ameroid constrictor, a mass on his small bowel with bowel resection, she opened and cleaned out his bladder, and neutered him. The mass came back as a Meckel's Diverticulum. Wilson is 11 days post op today and has an appointment to have his staples removed Monday. He is back to his wild little self. This is the most loving, sweetest lil man I have ever owned. I had him 8 weeks before his diagnoses and honestly fell in love with him. It has been a huge amount of money all at once and I was asked by many if I was going to put him down. I told them never, this baby has a 95% chance at living a healthy life. Money is not all there is to life............to have unconditional love is what it is about! I prayed and continue to pray, God has provided thus far and I know He will continue. |