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I was contacted by a member who reminded me that I did not give any updates here on Bella's progress with her liver shunt.
Well, we have had the one and three month post operation visits. Her fasting Bile Acid Test around the time of surgery was around 150 mu, at her one month test it was 108, and at three months it was 58. Upper end of acceptable normal is 25, and optimal is 10 or less, so there is still some coming down to do, but the Dr. was thrilled with the results and went so far as to say that she thinks the surgery will be an overall success. Thank you to everyone who followed this tread and to our lurker who reminded me that it is important to keep the updates coming.
At the 6 month check, I hope to be able to report that everything is normal and we are no longer even concerned. I can say that Bella shows no signs of any problems at all and that the promise I made to her that she would be happy and healthy seems to have been kept so far! We are, needless to say, thrilled. Again I want to thank you all for your support and prayers as we went through the hard times.
And, even though they will never see this, thank you to Dr. Wallace and the incredible team that we dealt with at the University of Florida!