skwo2 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Chelsea was vomitting for the last couple of days, took her to the vet yesterday, was at first suspect to be problem with pancreas. However, the blood test has shown that there is problem with liver. I can't remember the name component in the blood test, but it has said that the range should be within a few hundreds, but Chelsea's blood test level was a few thousands for those component testing the liver, so mulitple times over the normal range. Red blood cell and white blood cell are normal. She is now having the fluid and staying at the vet, and I am terribly worry. I wonder if it is life threatening for the blood test showing such an abnormal range on the liver functioning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miranda Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 (edited) skwo2 your dog could have had an attack of pancreatitis which will affect the liver. If this was the case I would expect the readings to drop given time. Pancreatitis is frequently misdiagnosed as something else. I speak from experience. ETA this is just a suggestion, I am certainly not saying that your dog definitely has pancreatitis. Edited April 29, 2009 by Miranda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poodlefan Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 She is now having the fluid and staying at the vet, and I am terribly worry. I wonder if it is life threatening for the blood test showing such an abnormal range on the liver functioning Talk to your vet. These are questions he/she should discuss with you. I hope Chelsea recovers soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skwo2 Posted April 29, 2009 Author Share Posted April 29, 2009 skwo2 your dog could have had an attack of pancreatitis which will affect the liver. If this was the case I would expect the readings to drop given time. Pancreatitis is frequently misdiagnosed as something else. I speak from experience.ETA this is just a suggestion, I am certainly not saying that your dog definitely has pancreatitis. The vet has also taken a sample of blood for tesitng pancreatitis, won't have the result until tomorrow. That was what the vet suspected last night. However, the blood count test shows no sign of pancreatitis. All the components that are associated with liver are very high above the normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poodlefan Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Has your vet considered the possibility of a liver shunt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miranda Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Has your vet considered the possibility of a liver shunt? Do you know if the vet did a bile acid test? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skwo2 Posted April 29, 2009 Author Share Posted April 29, 2009 Has your vet considered the possibility of a liver shunt? Do you know if the vet did a bile acid test? Not that I am aware of him doing a bile acid test. Does this test need a sample of bile to do? Or does it need some sort of needle getting into the liver to extract some bile? Chelsea occassionally vomit out yellow bile, about once a month or so, but before she never lost appetite afterwards. I just rang the clinic, and the vet nurse told me that Chelsea hasn't vomitted today, probably because she was given an injection to stop her vomitting last night. She is still on the fluid. I haven't got a chance to speak to the vet yet, as he is in surgery room now. The plan is to keep Chelsea on fluid and stay at the vet overnight, and tomorrow they will do another blood test, and then at lunch time, they may know the result and will see I am worrying for the worst. Is any type of liver disease life threatening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poodlefan Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 A bile acid test is a two part blood test. Yes, liver disease can be life threatening.. but you don't know if that's what you're dealing with yet. One step at a time Skwo.. breathe deep and ask the vet about liver shunts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_PL_ Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Yes please don't stress. :p She's only a bub yes? (I think a tentie is that right? sorry if not) Could be viral, bacterial, vaccine reaction(?) - anything really. And the little yellow vomits you mention that happen from time to time can just be a sign of an empty tummy, nothing more sinister. Hoping for good news for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poodlefan Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Yes please don't stress. :p She's only a bub yes? (I think a tentie is that right? sorry if not) Could be viral, bacterial, vaccine reaction(?) - anything really. And the little yellow vomits you mention that happen from time to time can just be a sign of an empty tummy, nothing more sinister. Hoping for good news for you. Skwo has a Bichon Powerlegs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_PL_ Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 lol I thought I was off. Is liver shunt often seen in bichon Poodlefan? I know yorkies can get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poodlefan Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 lol I thought I was off. Is liver shunt often seen in bichon Poodlefan? I know yorkies can get it. It's not unknown. Bichon and liver disease linky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_PL_ Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 That's a good link ta poodlefan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skwo2 Posted April 29, 2009 Author Share Posted April 29, 2009 Thanks for the link. Yes, Chelsea is a Bichon Frise, 2 years and 8 months old, very precisious to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skwo2 Posted April 29, 2009 Author Share Posted April 29, 2009 I was just on the phone to the vet, and he explained that if those figures (ALP, ALT, AST on the blood testing) are high for a long period of time, then it will be life threatening, that will mean there is some kind of damage to the liver for quite a while. At this stage, he doesn't think that it is life threatening and hoping tomorrow's blood test can have some improving result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoofnHoof Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 If it is a shunt, you are in the right place being in Sydney Dr Geraldine Hunt at Sydney Uni vet centre is the authority on them, hopefully it isn't though they are bad news and very expensive (and risky) to repair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skwo2 Posted April 29, 2009 Author Share Posted April 29, 2009 Thanks for the info. The vet just called, her blood test shows some improvement, can't remember if it is ALT or ALP, it is dropping from 3600 to 2100, but the normal range should be 100. The decrease can be due to her being on IV and no food consumed. Anyway, she will have an ultrasound today. Hope nothing too bad is happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lappiemum Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Hope its all good news for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miranda Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Thanks for the info.The vet just called, her blood test shows some improvement, can't remember if it is ALT or ALP, it is dropping from 3600 to 2100, but the normal range should be 100. The decrease can be due to her being on IV and no food consumed. Anyway, she will have an ultrasound today. Hope nothing too bad is happening. The ultrasound should show up any abnormalities in the liver eg. liver shunt. I hope it turns out to be nothing serious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poodlefan Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Thanks for the info.The vet just called, her blood test shows some improvement, can't remember if it is ALT or ALP, it is dropping from 3600 to 2100, but the normal range should be 100. The decrease can be due to her being on IV and no food consumed. Anyway, she will have an ultrasound today. Hope nothing too bad is happening. Encouraging news Skwo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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