possible liver shunt????

[yorkieusa]

You have made perfect sense. You're not the first and you won't be the last to wish they could talk and tell us what is wrong. If only...Take care.

[Patti]

I am praying for both of you! Can you possibly get him in toyour vet today? My vet is so good about seeing Cali immediately when I call upset and worried.

[Stormy]

Let us know as soon as you possibly can what your vet says.
Prayers sare going out to you and your baby from all of us here.

[y0rkieL0ver]

oh you guys are so freakin sweet you make me want to cry- Siri is having a great night and has been his usual puppy self. He has been incident free all day so im quite happy. im sorry i was freaking out so bad earlier- i was just so scared. Hopefully tomorrow will further squash my fears. thank you sooo mcuh all of you for all your prayers and for calming me down. you guys are so great, im so glad i found this place<3<3<3 so from me and siri- many thank yous and ill let you know how things go.

[gymbo68]

Well heres hoping all goes well at the vet...let us know

[sherry dee]

Ya and your baby are diffently in my prayers!!! Prayer can change things!!

[y0rkieL0ver]

okkkk time for an update.

the vet couldnt find anything wrong with him- they did a blood test and it came back negative. 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- 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

[Yorkieluv]

I'm so glad Sirius hasn't had anymore episodes and that he's feeling better

[red98vett]

I hope he continues to be ok and maybe that was just a freak happening ? I hope you don't have any more episodes and maybe for your peace of mind it may be a good idea to try a new vet ? Wishing you both the best of luck and I'm really glad so far everything seems ok with your baby

[yorkieusa]

Sounds good so far.

[kara]

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. 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- 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.

[whispersmom2]

Okay, so glad to hear your boy is doing better. As to why your vet did not do a PSS or LS test..Certain prep has to be done, NPO (nothing by mouth) from night before, then draw blood, give the baby a specific meal and draw blood again after 2 hours. The panel she di probably had a few tests that aalso have liver enzymes but not as specific as the Bile acids tests. Your vet will do it later in all probability.
Give your sweetie smoochies from Rini's cuties and me..

[chattiesmom]

Sounds like you had a huge scare. Please keep us posted on your little one. If you are not 100% satisfied with your vet, it would be a good thing to start interviewing vets. I would definately find a vet who is well versed with yorkies in general and liver shunt specifically.

Sending yorkie hugs your way....

[ecucurlyq77]

i would definatly get a bile acid test just for your peace of mind. my yorkie, max, has a liver shunt, had surgery and is on medications and is doing wonderful! please keep us updated and we are praying for him!!