I took Piper to a specialist, they did an ultra sound. Couldn't find a shunt. So right now we are watching her diet until April, then they will repeat the Bile Acid test. Her enzymes were over 100. The speciatilt told me he has even seen them over 300 & up. She shows no other signs except high enzymes.
There is another test later down the road I will have done if nothing changes before I will go for a biopsy. I will have to drive 6 hours to have that test done, because they don't do that around here. The specialist told me a biopsy is the last test they'll do if nothing changes. Going in & taking a part of the liver is serious. They could bleed to death. The other test has something to do with radio active something they put up inside them. Everything lights up & they can look for the shunt that way. He said it was less evasive than a biopsy. So right now we are sitting on it until April.
I found out also insurance doesn't pay for liver shunt.
Good luck, I hope it turns out it can be controlled by diet. |