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01-17-2006, 12:24 PM | #1 |
Got Mojo? Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Miami
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| Bile Acid test/Liver Shunt It is nothing but curiosity, a colleage has this problem (liver shunt) with her dog. I just wanted to know from the petowners who dealt with it how is the procedure, recovery and also costs...she is also in florida.. Thanks
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01-17-2006, 12:54 PM | #2 |
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01-18-2006, 08:23 AM | #3 | |
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For us it went like this: ~Numerous trips to vet for undiagnosed random vomiting--totaling around $1,500 ~Matise started to have seizures so we decided to have the bile acid test--$400 Test came back positive for a liver shunt ~so he was put on Hills Science Diet Prescription Diet L/D about $1.30 a can ~and special meds Lactulose and Flagyl--~$30 per month-month and a half ~then he went for surgery $1700 ~Then he will go for blood work-$150-250 per time 3 times in the next year. ~not to mention he developed acid reflux b/c of the location/size of his shunt and all the meds that he has to take. so that was another $400 of blood work and xrays and meds-pepcid $25 and 2 other meds. I say roughly $2500-$4500 We have spent about $4000 so far. They have to be on a very strict diet and it is a very emotional and stressful illness. I feel very sorry for your colleague. PM me if you want to know anything else I will be more than happy to talk with you or her about it. here are some threads in which I spoke about Matise and his liver shunt Intial Diagnosis Discovery Successful Surgery Emotional breaking point
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01-18-2006, 12:43 PM | #4 |
Got Mojo? Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Miami
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| Hi kara, Thanks for replying...How's Matise doing? I hope he is already 100%...I really need to go to another playdate Mojo is desperate...hahaha I sent lots of info to her (including these links) and also we found a few funds that help you with the expenses, hopefully money won;t be the issue...even the vet's office is willing to work out a payment plan....the pup came from a petstore and we all know there will be no help coming from them...
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01-18-2006, 03:05 PM | #5 |
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| kara, I have a question for you...Miko had exploratory surgery for his liver shunt, but unfortunately it was inoperable, so he has to be on meds (denosyl and lactulose) and special food for life. I was wondering what the protein content is for the food that you have to feed Matise. He is on Royal Canin Hepatic Diet (only dry food) and he seems to like it a lot, but I'm wondering if there's another food that I might be able to get for him with a lower protein content. Thanks, Yorkieluv
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01-19-2006, 08:35 AM | #6 | |
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here is the web site http://www.hillspet.com/zSkin_2/prod...=1137686837620 here are the ingredients of the dry Ingredients Brewers rice, pork fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), dried egg product, soybean meal, pasta product, soy fiber, flaxseed, pork protein isolate, chicken liver flavor, vegetable oil, powdered cellulose, glycerol monostearate, taurine, DL-methionine, L-arginine, L-carnitine, L-tryptophan, ethoxyquin (a preservative), minerals (dicalcium phosphate, potassium chloride, calcium carbonate, salt, zinc oxide, manganous oxide, calcium iodate, sodium selenite), vitamins (choline chloride, vitamin A supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (a source of vitamin C), niacin, thiamine mononitrate, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement, menadione dimethylypyrimidinol bisulfite ( a source of vitamin K)). and of the can Ingredients Water, rice, egg product, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), soybean meal, vegetable oil, corn starch, pasta product, chicken liver flavor, soy fiber, corn gluten meal, fish oil, powdered cellulose, L-arginine, L-lysine, taurine, L-carnitine, L-tryptophan, minerals (dicalcium phosphate, potassium chloride, calcium carbonate, salt, zinc oxide, manganous oxide, calcium iodate, sodium selenite), beta-carotene, vitamin (choline chloride, vitamin A supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, ascorbic acid (a source of vitamin C), niacin, thiamine mononitrate, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement, menadione dimethylypyrimidinol bisulfite ( a source of vitamin K)). You can see from the ingredients that they are good ingredients. I feed Matise the can. He gets fed 1/4 can total daily broken up into breakfast, lunch and dinner. and I leave about 1/4-1/2 cup of the dry down so he can free feed on that as he chooses. I feel sad that I can't give Matise treats but he doesn't even miss them now. Instead he gets 1 new toy each week. So he always has something new since he can't have cookies. That' how I make it up to him! Let me know if you have any questions. Take care.
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01-20-2006, 05:40 PM | #7 |
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| Kara, I have just got to say that you are an amazing person for sharing your knowledge and helping others with this! Way to go to YOu |
01-21-2006, 01:47 PM | #8 | |
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