Conniekat8 opened this issue on Dec 20, 2008 · 911 posts
Conniekat8 posted Sun, 15 March 2009 at 3:42 PM
Tigger got sick around Dec 20th. That's 5 days short of three months - almost 12 weeks.
About 9 weeks since he said she only has few days left.
I'm thinking the Vets initial diagnosis made her a lot worse. After loading her with food thinking she has the fattly liver thing, her bilirubin went to 40. Now that her food intake is way down, just enough to sustain her, the bile is down to 20...
I'm little peeved that the ultrasound wasn't done sooner, but... ALL of her symptoms pointed to the fatty liver. Only when she didn't respond to treatment that the vet suggested looking at more things. If the ultrasound was done sooner, she'd still be pretty close to in the same boat she is now. She is actually a bit livelier now then she was when I first noticed her sick.... but a lot skinnier. She did manage to beat treatment that was making her sicker - IMO.
Considering her bilirubin managed to go down, I'm hoping the bile duct is only very constricted rather then completely plugged up - for now.
By the way, she never did have fatty liver, the doc said fattly liver has a very distinct look on the ultrasound, and nothing like it showed up.
And on a positive note - she fell asleep outside on a blanky, under a pygmy palm tree. Too adorable. I love to see her enjoying herself. She doesn't get to go outside during the week while I'm at work.
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