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My doggo was taken into vet for follow up Ct scan of chest (unrelated issue).

By chance they found portosystemic liver shunt. Inoperable so we will follow palliative Care


. She was eating drinking perfectly fine prior to CT scan, and she has always been woosy after anethesia. Following Ct, She was little poorly and not eating at all and had signs on minor was put on IV for day or two following this and responded quite well. Walking and eating little by little upon returning home.

So as this was quite a shock to us all, dog went from 90% active older dog. To little disorientated and unbalanced. This has improved, but not completely.

 We gave her Nutrigel today, and she seems to like that, what other ways could we stimulate her appetite whilst she recovers. I have a few questions, as all of this is quite sudden development its taken us all by suprise:

 

1/Has anyone dealt with HE before?


 2/Can anyone recommend Low protein diet guide they have used for Liver Issues?


 3/ Vet advised us she may stabilise or may deteriorate, but she's a tough Dog and we want to give her chance to recover, I also don’t want her to suffer. Family has spoken about giving her ‘her wings’. Its hard/sad decision. At what point do you decide, and what suggestions in regards to “wings” would you recommend to make it easier on family? 

Thank you.
  2. Good afternoon, Took my Doggo for routine tests after finding low grade (Mast Cell Tumor) MCT near lower back. Liver Enzymes have quadrupled above 700 since test 2 weeks ago.Vet thinks it may be Lymphoma. However she has no signs ,other than Doggo was just a bit flat. They performed liver function test and its inconclusive, Doggo seems okay now eating running around and Doggo has been prescribed Prednisone just in precaution (started today) . Vet is suggesting we start lower range chemotherapy because if it turns out to be Lymphoma we may do pallative care instead of removing MCT. The Mast cell operation would be quite simple to get wide margins because of location. My preference would be to remove MCT as it has been diagnosed early. Doggo has been taking antihistamines & Fish oil as well as Lymphodran plus to stop the MCT histamines for 2 weeks. Any thoughts, suggestions. Thank you in Advance
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