2/25/08
Little Gus is only 3 months old.
This is what happens when amateur owners decide they want to breed their
Yorkie without doing the proper research into the pedigrees of the parents.
PLEASE leave the breeding to the professionals!!!
Gus has a
Liver Shunt and sadly, not all Liver Shunts are treatable. He may die
before his time.
We will be
taking Gus to Purdue to see if he can be fixed. Updates will follow.
To learn more about Liver Shunts in our precious Yorkie breed, click
HERE.
Please help
us help him by sending a donation for his medical expenses, they will easily
exceed $3000.00.
Little Gus is being fostered in
NW Indiana but he is NOT available for adoption at this
time.
2/26/08
We were unable to get Gus's
records from his breeder's vet so we had to re-run his Bile Acid testing and
have confirmed his Liver Shunt. Gus has an appointment on Monday March
3 at the Purdue Small Animal Hospital for an evaluation and possible
surgery. Surgery will depend on exactly what type of shunt Gus has and
on the outside will run us $4000.00
3/3/08
Gus is at the
Purdue Small Animal Hospital. They did an ultrasound and have
confirmed his Liver Shunt but they have not yet ruled out MVD. Four
out of five of the liver enzyme tests can back abnormal. They will
consult with the surgeon on Tuesday and then we will know more.
3/4/08
Gus is scheduled
for surgery to repair his liver shunt tomorrow, 3/5/08 at 10:30. We
will update the minute we know anything. Please keep him in your
prayers.
Please don't breed or
buy while so many die in shelters.
Be a hero, ADOPT don't shop!
3/5/08
ALL IS OK! Thank God!
The surgery went well, he is on
track and they are quite pleased. The next few days are critical and he
needs to be watched closely. They will call me again in a few hours, I made
him swear. He also stated due to the fact that he was asymptomatic upon
arrival there he has an excellent chance of a full recovery. They also did a
liver biopsy and it will be a few days before we know anything with that as
to weather or not he has MVD.
GAWD I am in tears and shaking all over. Please keep him in your prayers.
3/5/08 #2
Gus is still doing well.
He is awake, alert and ate a little. He will have another ultrasound
in the morning to assure all is working properly. Kudos to his student
caregiver who has promised to keep him warm, comfy and give him kisses from
all of us!
Thank you to all of our generous
supporters and for all the emails and prayers for our little Gus!
3/6/08
YEAH! Gus's ultrasound was
perfect! Everything is operating properly and per the student caregiver, the
surgery appears to have been a complete success. Thank God! His appetite is
good, he is urinating, taking his meds and lactulose just fine and may even
get to be discharged tomorrow, Saturday at the latest as long as he stays on
this good course!
3/7/08
Gus was discharged this
afternoon and is on his way back to his foster home. Will update more
soon!
3/9/08
Gus is doing WONDERFUL. He
is taking his meds very well, is eating his prescription food and is acting
like a 3.5 month puppy should. He is a sweetheart and so full of
kisses. His long incision is healing and he would like nothing more
than to play but we need to keep him quiet a bit longer.
3/11/08
Gus's scar is healing very well.
They used glue instead of staples. Here he is today in all his
adorable glory as if nothing ever happened. He still has a long
recovery period and will have his BAT retested in about 6 weeks to assure
all is working properly.
3/16/08
Gus is doing quite well and is
all settled into his foster home where he is being very pampered and
spoiled. His recovery and monitoring will take several more months so
we can assure all continues to work properly. We will keep the updates
coming.
3/27/08
Hi Everybody,
Now that I am feeling a little better I wanted to take a minute and
personally thank each and every one of you that helped with my operation. I
am not sure what a liver is, but I know that mine does not feel so sick
anymore. I still have to eat special food and take that yucky medicine,
but my foster mom says that in a few weeks I have to go to the dogter and if
he says I am okay, I may not have to eat that anymore.
My scar is healing really nice, you can barely see it anymore. All in all,
I am doing pretty good! Okay, I have to go play now but I will keep you
updated.
Yorkie Kisses To All!
Sincerely,
Baby Gus
4/19/08
Gus went to the Vet
yesterday to have his after surgery Bile Acid Test. Hopefully, we should
have the results back on Monday. So for now he's
still on his prescription food and meds. As if the sweet little boy has not
been thru enough already, we have now discovered another
genetic
disorder, he is
cryptorchid and not one, but both of his testicles are retained so we
have to have another major surgery.
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=2&articleid=897
PLEASE be
certain when purchasing a Yorkie from a breeder,
you do your homework and research the pedigrees of the parents. All that
has happened to our sweet little Gus could have been avoided.
