My poor Melody

[ReesiesDad]

Wow, I too am in awe of the generosity and support shown here.

[red98vett]

You guys are the best ! Knowing this puppy is finally getting help thanks to people here is really touching.

ladyjane - that's good of you to mention someone else needing advise/help - maybe someone knows who it is can direct them to this thread ? It has a ton of good LS information on it.

[Darlene68]

People on this forum are amazing, it is truly heartwarming!

[ladyjane]

Originally Posted by red98vett

You guys are the best ! Knowing this puppy is finally getting help thanks to people here is really touching.

ladyjane - that's good of you to mention someone else needing advise/help - maybe someone knows who it is can direct them to this thread ? It has a ton of good LS information on it.

I just cannot remember her name. I am fairly certain she lives in CA also and is young and trying very hard to help her pup.

[SassyAnn101]

I am glad that she is getting help. I just hope that the OP understands that although many vets are experienced with preforming surgery, but this baby needs a vet who specializes in Liver Shunts. UT is one of the best. Dr. Tobias is the best in my opinion, but she is dealing with her husbands illness right now and is not in town often, but there are others who have learned from her who are also great at UT. I know Dr. Center is great also. I am willing to help out in any way I can. My e-mail address is: sallyannfrazier@msn.com if someone needs me. Does anyone know what she is being fed? She needs to be on a special food along with all the medications. This may have already been posted, if it has I am sorry, I am just worried for this tiny baby.

[YorkieShadow]

Originally Posted by ladyjane

I just cannot remember her name. I am fairly certain she lives in CA also and is young and trying very hard to help her pup.

Not sure but is this the thread you are talking about?

Monica She is 16 from Cal, and her baby Sasha has LS.

HELP!! IN NEED OF ADVICE/PRAYERS. Baby w/ liver shunt
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sic...ver-shunt.html

[Micah my love]

I will gladly help this baby will be watching to see what i need to do

[kjc]

Originally Posted by SassyAnn101

I am glad that she is getting help. I just hope that the OP understands that although many vets are experienced with preforming surgery, but this baby needs a vet who specializes in Liver Shunts. UT is one of the best. Dr. Tobias is the best in my opinion, but she is dealing with her husbands illness right now and is not in town often, but there are others who have learned from her who are also great at UT. I know Dr. Center is great also. I am willing to help out in any way I can. My e-mail address is: sallyannfrazier@msn.com if someone needs me. Does anyone know what she is being fed? She needs to be on a special food along with all the medications. This may have already been posted, if it has I am sorry, I am just worried for this tiny baby.

In the original post the OP states that she is feeding a low protein diet...

[WalnutHill]

So sad. Melody is in my prayers.

I will be watching for updates.

[joesmom]

Keeping Melody in my prayers.

Kathleen Thank You

[mylittlegirls]

To all the wonderful family of YT:
I know why I stayed on the forum for so long, it's because of all the wonderful people. Sometimes we don't always agree and that's fine because in the long run we all learn from each other.
I've received some PM from members and their generosity is just amazing to say the least. I'm so proud to be a member of such a wonder Family because that's what we are in the long run.

Krystal will be calling the vet first thing in the morning. I have a call into Tom but probably won't be in touch until tomorrow when he's at his office.
He'll know the answers about the vet care available at Davis.

My daughter was relived to hear I didn't make the drive to Mammoth Lakes. It wasn't 3 1/2 hours but 5 1/2 hours and with the ice, snow and fog, I'd probably be stuck somewhere in between. I have a dear friend that I was going to pull out of bed this morning to drive with me but she didn't think my idea was that great. They have a cabin in Mammoth and said, their's snow... Kathleen... I know you have a big heart and will do just about anything to save this baby but your sick... and your going into the hospital for surgery. Are you out of your mind... lol maybe but in my heart this was the right decision. Too bad the snow held me up or I would have been there.

I know the best decision was to leave Melody with Krystal and her family. With the proper medical care, she should improve. Let's just keep those prayers coming for her recovery.

I'll send an update in the morning after Krystal talks to the vet.
Thanks again to all the YT family and the concern you all show.

God Bless All of You,
Kathleen

[YorkieShadow]

Originally Posted by mylittlegirls

To all the wonderful family of YT:
I know why I stayed on the forum for so long, it's because of all the wonderful people. Sometimes we don't always agree and that's fine because in the long run we all learn from each other.
I've received some PM from members and their generosity is just amazing to say the least. I'm so proud to be a member of such a wonder Family because that's what we are in the long run.

Krystal will be calling the vet first thing in the morning. I have a call into Tom but probably won't be in touch until tomorrow when he's at his office.
He'll know the answers about the vet care available at Davis.

My daughter was relived to hear I didn't make the drive to Mammoth Lakes. It wasn't 3 1/2 hours but 5 1/2 hours and with the ice, snow and fog, I'd probably be stuck somewhere in between. I have a dear friend that I was going to pull out of bed this morning to drive with me but she didn't think my idea was that great. They have a cabin in Mammoth and said, their's snow... Kathleen... I know you have a big heart and will do just about anything to save this baby but your sick... and your going into the hospital for surgery. Are you out of your mind... lol maybe but in my heart this was the right decision. Too bad the snow held me up or I would have been there.

I know the best decision was to leave Melody with Krystal and her family. With the proper medical care, she should improve. Let's just keep those prayers coming for her recovery.

I'll send an update in the morning after Krystal talks to the vet.
Thanks again to all the YT family and the concern you all show.

God Bless All of You,
Kathleen

Thanks so much for the update, Ill be keeping my eye on this thread.
so happy so many has come together to help this baby.

[dwerten]

Originally Posted by mylittlegirls

Update for Melody:

I was able to speak with Melody's vet this morning and Krystal will be calling first thing in the morning for the necessary medications.
While talking with her vet, we both agreed that removing Melody from her current environment would be more stressful on Melody. She has bonded with the other puppy and the owner and being taken from them at this time would probably do more harm then good.

We are just going to get her stable for now and then think about the next step. I read from one of the posts above that they don't do liver stunts in California? They do in fact do them. You just need to know who to contact. Someone posted UC Davis,this might be a good possibility. My cousin was a teaching oncologist and I'm sure he knows someone that could help.

I'm going to call the specialist in Arcadia in the morning and see what he feels about treatment. This doctor does it all. If anyone can work on LS, he's the one to see. This guy is so good, he works on every type of animal. It doesn't matter if it's Tigers or the small of animals. He is known across this country because of his reputation.

I'll keep you posted on all updates but please keep in mind, Krystal is very upset and needs our support for now. Think how you would feel if you were facing this situation. It's sad but right now it's in God's hands and he work out the way it's suppose too.

Let's all just say some prayers that Melody condition will improve with the medication for now.

Kathleen

who is this vet as i live in southern california as well? I am familiar with Dr Broome who does the scintigraphies here as i was referred to him for dee dee. UCDAVIS is in northern california i believe too far away. My friend from here flew to university of tennessee to dr tobias as she could not find someone she was comfortable with here and it was extremely expensive here as well. Also a lady from washington on liver shunt group drove down here with her maltese to have scintigraphy done by dr broome and had the surgery here in orange county by a man and the pup died right after - sorry to be bad news but wondering if it is the same guy - do not mean to be a downer but i would get this pup to ut as it will be cheaper with travel arrangements as it was for my friend and have not heard of a successful shunt repair in southern california.

Also my vet's best friends dog had an internal shunt done at ucdavis she told me and the dog died and her friend was sorry she had the surgery done. It was a large dog a boxer - UCDAVIS is known for nutrition schooling not shunt surgery - our vet is from there and has phd along with our dentist ran the small animal facility - I can ask them about it if you want and our vet also is friends with dr broome who does the scintigraphies out of tustin and los angeles.

If there have been some successful shunt surgeries here then that is great but i have not heard of one yet

I think my friend in los angeles was quoted $4000 for the surgery here in so cal

Also the other person is sasha on here and i have been trying to help her as jean dodds does the bile acid tests in Garden grove she is non profit and it is very cheap and also dr broome is in tustin right by her as well and the scintigraphy is $390 I believe at least it was when they wanted dd to have it and i called a couple years ago. He is the only one to do the scintigraphy in so cal and he operates out of tustin and a few days a week out of Los angeles.

[dwerten]

Originally Posted by Mardelin

Good thing. I know that Terri Schumsky's Fanny Mae Liver Shunt Fund, use to have board members fly to pick up pups and deliver them to Dr Tobias......

Question, Melody's owner is not responding publically, is she responding to someone privately?

I thought UC Davis performed the surgery and/or UCLA

did not know ucla did any of these surgeries - is ucla a teaching veterinary hospital? Did not know we had any here in so cal thought the only one was ucdavis?

[JasmineNoelle]

I am praying for Melody.