[4doggiemama]

First, I would like to wish you the best as you to through this difficult time with your little, precious Yorkie.
I have a little rescue girl, Eva, who was quite tiny at 10 months when I got her. She also did not have much of an appetite for the puppy food that she was on. Having read about liver shunts here on YT, I immediately was suspicious and had blood work done. Results showed possible liver issues. Changed her diet to Royal Canin Hepatic and her blood work improved. Decided to run a bile acid to confirm or dismiss possible liver issues. Bile acid confirmed positive liver problems. Took Eva to K-State veterinary hospital where an ultra sound showed a definite exterior shunt. It ran over her stomach and under her diaphragm. I was told that the position of her shunt kept her asymptomatic. Every time she breathed or swallowed it shut off the blood flowing through the shunt. She did well enough through surgery that they spayed and removed a retained baby tooth. The K-State vet told me that we needed to have a bile acid done at the 3 month and 6 month post-surgery dates. Then, and only then, would she be declared healthy. It is my understanding that complications may show up during that 6 month period. At this point, Eva is doing very well. Almost too well. She is driving her brothers crazy. ~Joanne~