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Originally Posted by y0rkieL0ver okkkk time for an update.
the vet couldnt find anything wrong with him- they did a blood test and it came back negative. :thumbup: :thumbup: she did say he does have a little cold, but that was the least of my worries. but now i just read someone elses post and their dog had a liver shunt and a blood test didnt find anything , but a bile acid test did. we didnt do this test and im going to call and ask her why and if i can go back to do it. i didnt have a stool sample for her because he didnt poop for me this morning, maybe that is why, but she didnt even suggest it. im really thinking of changing my vet because they are just sooo not helpful- :thumbdown i had got a lot of recommendations for them, but they seem clueless. im not trying to bash them, but i mean i dont know anything except for what ive read and what i find on YT so i am no expert, but i expect HER to be. Sirius is acting fine and eating fine and seems perfectly OK, so im happy about that. he didnt have another episode so that is good. thank you all again for the prayers, i know they helped him. <3<3
| Jackie-
Stay positive. Hopefuly your bile acid test will come back normal and all will be fine. And it was you just being a very caring and concerned mommy.
Everyone is right try and relax, I know everyone can tell you that and it seems impossible-I know from experience but you have to try and stay calm. Yes there are treatments for LS, so be hopeful. Look, we are on our way to recovery it will be 3 months on Jan. 18, 2006-while the road after surgery has been bumpy we are very optimistic.
We had lots of blood test and panels done that came back normal-but we did not know for sure until the bile acid test was done. It is very important for you to question why she did not take a bile acid test. For them to take a bile acid test he must be fasted prior to going to the vet, so they usually like to do it in the morning. She shouldn't charge you for another office visit just the bile acid test. Pre meal results should be less than 20 as well as post meal results. For example Matise was 63.7 pre meal and 212.5 post meal. So it was pretty conclusive and then the surgery confirmed it. Lucky for us he had an extrahepatic(outside the liver) so the Surgeon was able to put an Ameroid Constrictor on it. I can't stress how IMPORTANT it is to only have this surgery performed by a surgeon who has done this surgery before. There are other kinds of surgery for shunts but they do not have the same kind of positive results as the Ameroid Constrictor Surgery. We can get into those details in another conversation. Stay positive, there is special food and medication as well as surgery to treat these little ones. You both will be in our thoughts and we hope to speak with you soon. | 