All your positive thoughts and prayers have worked! We just went and picked him up from the vet. His ALT which was at 832 (norm 10-120) is down to 502. His GGT went from 31 to 20 (norm 0-11). His TBIL was 2.5 and went down to 0.3 (norm 0.0-0.9)He is no where near 100% but with that big of a decrease the vet was comfortable letting us take him home. They have him on 2 antibiotics - metronidazole & clavamox. We will be feeding him a pureed mixture of boiled chicken and white rice for a few days and will have his blood work done again in 3 days with our regular vet. The bottom line is he is home with us and hopefully on the mend.
When I called the vet earlier to get the results I had the vet on speaker so we both could listen. When she told us he could come home we both started crying. We have been so worried since last night. When Toni told her boss was this was costing us he said "You spent that much on a dog?" Only a dog lover would understand.
I think the highlight of the night for me was when they brought Max out. We had taken Sasha with us and Toni was holding her. They handed Max to me and he gave me a very quick lick and then leaned over and the 2 of them started licking each other's face like there was no tomorrow! I wish I had a camera!
Thank you all again for your thoughts and prayers. They meant the world to me!
__________________ Max & Sasha's daddy
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