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Originally Posted by Scoobstersmom  Good point, Maui Girl! I was wondering, if the BATS were done soon after the anesthesia, could that have also affected the results?
I'm surprised - if pre-anesthesia blood work was done - that a vet would go ahead with a dental before investigating the cause of the liver issues.
Diana |
That is unusual. The whole point of pre-op blood work is to make sure the pup is healthy before undergoing anesthesia. With Tiki I had a full panel drawn and sent out to a lab a week before her schedule spay, and when ALT and ALP were a bit elevated, they canceled surgery and then went ahead with bile acid testing and ultrasound. She was eventually cleared for spay after a year.
Those were frightening days, trying to diagnose. She seems so happy and healthy now I almost forget she is "liver challenged", until somebody comes along and shares some bacon or cheeseburger with her and she gets sick for a week or so. She did not do well with Denamarin; I tried to crush it and hide in her food, and if she detected the scent at all, she reused to eat. She was so thin, I gave it up, and she has been more normal since then.