On November 5, 2010...Sophie had surgery to repair an extraheptic liver
shunt, a liver biopsy, bladder surgery to remove stones, surgery on her left
kidney to remove a large stone and several smaller ones. Unexpectedly, her
gall bladder had to be removed at the same time. The surgeon saw something
suspicious...thank God it was benign. If I hadn't been such a picky mom, we
would not have known this until it was possibly too late. I clean her
privates after each potty and blood was on the tissue. This prompted a visit
to the vet and then Sophie started passing stones, which we had analyzed.
Their composition was ammonium biurate, which is uncommon for her breed. Then
after a bile acid test result came back elevated, we took her to The
University of Tennessee for an evaluation. A scintigraphy was performed to
comfirm she did indeed have a liver shunt and a large stone in her left
kidney. Surgery was scheduled for the next day. She's been on antibiotics for
a UTI and we will have her tested again soon. We pray her urinalysis comes
back negative. ♥
