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