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hernamewasLola · 02-06-2017, 10:26 PM

Hi everyone. I have beautiful 5 yr old yorkie named Lola. She showed first signs of illness a month ago when she vomited twice while being babysat by my mother. Although she had very very low albumin, globulin, and total proteins, her vet sent her home. She was home for another week until my mom noticed the ascites in her belly. After a brief struggle, we finally got her in with an internal medicine specialist who performed more tests. The ultrasound showed lacteal dilation, a common thing in lymphangiectasia. The confusing/worrying thing is, she has normal liver enzymes(ALT, AST), normal protein C(120% out of 135%), but very HIGH BILE ACIDS (post of 100). The normal protein C and high bile acids could indicate MVD.
This leaves us in a weird spot as the vet is afraid to start a steroid for lymphangiectasia if her liver damaged/sick. Right now she is on I/d gastro low fat, but the diets for mvd and lymphangiectasia require different things. Vet does not recommend anything that requires anesthesia if protein levels do not come up. So no biopsies possible at the moment.
My question is: Have any of your pets shown signs or had both lymphangiectasia and mvd or liver dysfunction? Any advice on what i should do? Lost here....

02-06-2017, 10:26 PM	#1
hernamewasLola YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Somerville, Ma Posts: 1	Don't know if Yorkie has lymphangiectasia or MVD/liver shunt Hi everyone. I have beautiful 5 yr old yorkie named Lola. She showed first signs of illness a month ago when she vomited twice while being babysat by my mother. Although she had very very low albumin, globulin, and total proteins, her vet sent her home. She was home for another week until my mom noticed the ascites in her belly. After a brief struggle, we finally got her in with an internal medicine specialist who performed more tests. The ultrasound showed lacteal dilation, a common thing in lymphangiectasia. The confusing/worrying thing is, she has normal liver enzymes(ALT, AST), normal protein C(120% out of 135%), but very HIGH BILE ACIDS (post of 100). The normal protein C and high bile acids could indicate MVD. This leaves us in a weird spot as the vet is afraid to start a steroid for lymphangiectasia if her liver damaged/sick. Right now she is on I/d gastro low fat, but the diets for mvd and lymphangiectasia require different things. Vet does not recommend anything that requires anesthesia if protein levels do not come up. So no biopsies possible at the moment. My question is: Have any of your pets shown signs or had both lymphangiectasia and mvd or liver dysfunction? Any advice on what i should do? Lost here....