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Originally Posted by katy-yorkie  Jeanie, the doctor in no way indicated that Maggie was too ill to have a biopsy performed right away. He didn't have an issue with recommending diet and the Denamarin and taking her back for a retesting in a month. The report does say that a biopsy will most likely be needed to determine the cause of her liver issues. Had he said that one needed to be done right away, I would have agreed. The report says that he is most suspicious of MVD or chronic inflammatory disease. If her bile acids are still high or her labwork isn't normal when he does her recheck I feel that he will recommend a biopsy and I will agree. I went with his recommendations. I hope that diet and the medications are all that she needs. |
That's the way it was with Tibbe. He wasn't too ill to risk getting one nor was he sick enough to justify the risk of one so his vet just suggested going with the same treatment he'd suggest if he did have a positive liver biopsy finding of MVD and it's worked for Tibbe. His first 6 mos. on the diet were rockier than these last 5 or 6, which have been mostly symptom free. He's not had any nausea since February, I think it was. He just has some itching and some eye goo which seemed to start since going on the hepatic diet but that directly reduces with decreasing the hepatic content of his diet. Yesterday I bought him some Hill's ultra-allergy canned, I think it was called, which has low protein and a bag of Wellness Core GF Low Fat to gradually try mixing in with his present Hill's Hepatic/GI combination and see if we can help his itching.
He's going in in 3 weeks I think it is for his routine 6 mos. testing and exam so we'll see how he's doing test-wise then. Going to have his thyroid tested as well as of this spring there seems to be hair on the furniture and yet his coat is very thick and full.
I feel for the dramatics with your little one not liking the change in food. Tibbe wasn't that happy with RC GI once when he had to be on that but we only fed him one meal of that as the itching began immediately after he finished the meal and it was bad. He eats anything but his tummy won't let him eat much other than his special diet. He had a cast iron stomach until he was 3 or 3 1/2 when he began to get sick and vomit, go all day w/out eating if he ate anything - however tiny a portion - of human food the day before - even a tiny bit of bread or a vegetable bite.
Try to ignore her manipulation(easier said than done) and I'm sure she will adjust to her food in time, especially if you vary the way you serve it to her.