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malibulily · 02-26-2007, 10:35 AM

I wanted to post the information I have just learned. My yorkie is now 3 years old. She would go through bouts of chewing on wires, and seem a little disoriented but it would go away in one day and she would be back to normal. One day I found a sudafed pill on the floor, it looked like it had been licked and she was pacing, and her head was bobbing. Naturally I thought she had eaten part of the pill or the mere licking had caused this reaction. I rushed her to the vet, they put her on an IV..she spent the night and the next day was totally back to normal. This was 1 year ago. Up until recently she had been great. This past week she started acting disoriented, head bobbing, chewing on wires, not sleeping, and pacing. Immediately I had thought maybe she at something outside..poisonous. Rushed her to the vet, they did an IV, and my vet said she would do a bile test on the slight chance that it was something with her liver. She has always eaten a good amount, and is a healthy weight. So some of her symptoms fit liver shunt ..but not all..and she is 3..which is much older to discover such a problem. My vet who is a dream found that her levels were at 300! Normal is 25! My poor babe. Long story short..they did a liver scan she does have a liver shunt...we have put her on meds, and an LD diet only. She is doing great now..and I am now nursing her back to health..until the operation. I wanted to post this because I had wished I was able to catch it earlier....yorkies are born with this ...some handle it better than others..but it can be very hard to discover. Also, does anyone know much about the actual surgery...complications, success rates? I am trying to educate myself on it as best a s possible. Thank you.

02-26-2007, 10:35 AM	#12
malibulily YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: california Posts: 1	I wanted to post the information I have just learned. My yorkie is now 3 years old. She would go through bouts of chewing on wires, and seem a little disoriented but it would go away in one day and she would be back to normal. One day I found a sudafed pill on the floor, it looked like it had been licked and she was pacing, and her head was bobbing. Naturally I thought she had eaten part of the pill or the mere licking had caused this reaction. I rushed her to the vet, they put her on an IV..she spent the night and the next day was totally back to normal. This was 1 year ago. Up until recently she had been great. This past week she started acting disoriented, head bobbing, chewing on wires, not sleeping, and pacing. Immediately I had thought maybe she at something outside..poisonous. Rushed her to the vet, they did an IV, and my vet said she would do a bile test on the slight chance that it was something with her liver. She has always eaten a good amount, and is a healthy weight. So some of her symptoms fit liver shunt ..but not all..and she is 3..which is much older to discover such a problem. My vet who is a dream found that her levels were at 300! Normal is 25! My poor babe. Long story short..they did a liver scan she does have a liver shunt...we have put her on meds, and an LD diet only. She is doing great now..and I am now nursing her back to health..until the operation. I wanted to post this because I had wished I was able to catch it earlier....yorkies are born with this ...some handle it better than others..but it can be very hard to discover. Also, does anyone know much about the actual surgery...complications, success rates? I am trying to educate myself on it as best a s possible. Thank you.