CVFlagg
Well-known member
Hi All-
I have been battling a health issue with my oldest, 11 year old Beanie. Just over a month ago she became extremely lethargic, stopped eating and was having diarrhea. After two trips to the regular vet and a night at the emergency vet, we ended up at the vet specialty clinic where she was in ICU for six days. They ran a battery of tests and concluded it was a suspected bacterial hepatitis in the liver. She was on Baytril and Amoxicillian for a month. Two weeks after she left the ICU, we had her blood retested and her biliruben (sp?) and protein levels were back to normal but now her ALT level was up (at 123, normal is 12-118) so they added in Metronidizale and Denamarin and we decided to recheck blood work again in two weeks. Just got the call from the vet that her ALT has now gone up to 223! She has faxed the results to the internal medicine specialist and placed a call to him to coordinate next steps but mentioned we might need to do a biopsy of the liver. As far as her behavior and attitude, everything is back to normal. She is eating, drinking and active.
Throughout this whole process, I have switched vets and really love the new vet and she is being very diligent about coordinating with the internal medicine specialist but I thought I would reach out to the great CavTalk team to see if anyone had and advice or suggestions on anything I should be doing or not doing or anything I should research or suggest to the vet. Thanks in advance for your advice!
I have been battling a health issue with my oldest, 11 year old Beanie. Just over a month ago she became extremely lethargic, stopped eating and was having diarrhea. After two trips to the regular vet and a night at the emergency vet, we ended up at the vet specialty clinic where she was in ICU for six days. They ran a battery of tests and concluded it was a suspected bacterial hepatitis in the liver. She was on Baytril and Amoxicillian for a month. Two weeks after she left the ICU, we had her blood retested and her biliruben (sp?) and protein levels were back to normal but now her ALT level was up (at 123, normal is 12-118) so they added in Metronidizale and Denamarin and we decided to recheck blood work again in two weeks. Just got the call from the vet that her ALT has now gone up to 223! She has faxed the results to the internal medicine specialist and placed a call to him to coordinate next steps but mentioned we might need to do a biopsy of the liver. As far as her behavior and attitude, everything is back to normal. She is eating, drinking and active.
Throughout this whole process, I have switched vets and really love the new vet and she is being very diligent about coordinating with the internal medicine specialist but I thought I would reach out to the great CavTalk team to see if anyone had and advice or suggestions on anything I should be doing or not doing or anything I should research or suggest to the vet. Thanks in advance for your advice!