She will be staying in at the vets for at least 3 days after her surgery. The vet is 1-1 1/2 hrs away. She is doing much better right now. the meds and sleep helped. Her tail is up and she is running around with her brothers and sisters :)

Thats Good.
I always worried when I was leaving my Cassie in. Miss her sooo much.
Sister said me to get another Yorkie But i think it maybe to soon coz Cassie is only died just over 2 weeks. it be 3 weeks on tue.
When your We Girl go in for the op?

I am so sorry for your loss! I know how you feel, as one of our Yorkies passed earlier this year from a seizure. Three weeks is very soon. It is hard to lose a pet. They are after all just furry kids. If you don't mind me asking, what did she pass away from?

We don't have a date for the surgery yet, as we have to wait for income tax, plus selling some furniture to make sure we have enough. We have a price quote but want extra because we want them to try and bring her back if something happens during the surgery and for any complications that might come up.

I am so sorry you have a sick pupster. Will keep her and you in my thoughts and prayers.

Have you heard about Care Credit? You can read about it and apply for it online: www.carecredit.com
Make sure the vet who is doing the surgery accepts it.
If you got that, then you could schedule the surgery now and pay when you get the money together. Often the payments are interest free for a period of time.

Yes my husband already had it for dental so we only got her one for $500 and that covered the ultrasound and testing she had done Wednesday.

please join these two groups they are VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE about this and a great support group. Is Dr tobias doing this surgery out of University of Tennessee? she is truly the best at this surgery

Liver_Shunt_And_MVD_Support : Liver Shunt & MVD/HMD Support

DogLiverDisease : Dog Liver Disease

What were the pre and post bile acids?

can you home cook? If so you may want to make up dr dodds liver cleansing diet

some things to entice eating for liver dogs is egg whites, cod, watermelon, lowfat cottage cheese, low fat stoneyfield yogurt, some get hill's l/d canned and bake it to entice eating. You have to try and get some things down her. Did vet not mention denamarin as milk thistle and sam-e are important as well and denamarin has both in it.

here is dr dodd's liver cleansing diet as we work with her and she told me there are a few variations of her diet but this one is from her and a phd nutritionist Susan Lauten

DR. DODD’S HOMEMADE DIET


This diet is an updated homemade diet that has been submitted by a nutritionist from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. The nutritionist spoke with Dr. Dodd about the changes recommended to make the diet more balanced and complete. Dr. Dodd has given permission to post this modified diet to the liver shunt lists:

LIVER FRIENDLY DIET (canine)

1 pound cod filets
1/2 pound sweet potatoes
1/2 pound white potatoes
1/2 pound green beans
1/2 pound carrots
1 Tablespoon canola oil
3 tablets (750 mg) Calcium carbonate
1 Capsule Vitamin E (100 IU)
1000 mg Omega 3 fatty acids
1/2 Vitamin B complex human vitamin tablet

Mix all ingredients together until it is well blended. This will give you approximately 8 cups of food. Depending on the size of your dog, you can double or triple the recipe.
With liver disease try and feed in 3 or 4 small meals, the last one being at bedtime. This puts less stress on the liver. Put one-meal portions in baggies and freeze what you won't use in 3 days. You should be able to cook once a week and freeze what you don't use. This recipe will stay fresh for 3 days in the fridge.

Cod fillets or white low-fat fish has a specific amino acid that actually helps heal the liver. Soy and fat-free cott age cheese also have this specific amino acid, but should not be used in a diet until the pre- and post-meal bile acid test comes back in a normal range.


Calcium carbonate is 40% elemental calcium. If another calcium compound is selected, the percentages vary and the dose should be recalculated for accuracy. Please use canola oil as other oils do not contain similar amounts of linoleic acid. Please note that this is still a low fat diet. The vitamin E, fish oils, B complex vitamins, and L-carnitine are suggestions that we make for patients with liver disease, as these animals have altered absorption of these nutrients. This recipe can be used for long term feeding without reservation. The recipe makes about 1400 grams of food containing 1150 kcalories.

Will the hospital allow you to put the surgery on payments? Please talk with the vet and billing department. Maybe for now you need to up the dose/ amount of times the medicine is given daily ( my girl was on metronidozole before the surgry asnd still is on it). Please check first with your vet or hospital specialists.
DAB

The surgery is being done at Veterinary Referral &Critical Care in Richmond, VA

here is where she is having it done.

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how much is surgery as university of tennessee is much cheaper than most places and dr tobias is the best at this surgery

1,800-2,200. 3,00 to be safe, but she is being spayed and having puppy teeth pulled as well

I would compare prices with UT before having it done, I hope it all goes well for you & your precious baby