Feeling devastated. Ive just returned home without Roxy. The RVC were great this morning and she surprisingly picked up. They took on board all of the information I could give regarding the decline in her health over the last couple of weeks. They performed an ultrasound this afternoon and also a fine needle aspirate and its highly likely she has cirrhosis of the liver. This could be due to hepatitis or a copper build up. Based on tomorrow's result we have 3 options. 1, medical management with drugs 2, a laparoscopic biopsy to further define her disease to assist with better management 3, a full surgical biopsy which it sounds they aren't in favour of because she probably won't cope very well. She has something called Hepatic Encephalopathy (build up of ammonia in her) which was causing her some confusion (circling, excessive tiredness, and restlessness also her pushing her head into you). Based on all of this her prognosis could be a few months or a couple of years......... A decision will be made tomorrow's for now feeling very numb as we spend the first of a few nights I suspect without her. Xxx
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