Jasper (12 yr old Mini Schnauzer) is now at peace

Tina:
Your babies avatar is so cute. I will be praying for you both. Blessings
Patti

Tina, Zoe has had two ultra sounds and did not need to be under anesthesia so I am hoping Jasper will not need to be.

I was terrrified on the last one, wanting to know but not wanting to know, so I totally understand how you feel.

Either way we will all be here thinking of you and sending prayers your way.

Trish - I know, right? They are copying each other AGAIN! I have been reading along on your thread and knew that Flynn was scheduled for his upcoming U/S and that his liver values had gone up. I guess Jasper must have felt that he needed to join him! :rolleyes: I have been trying to keep caught up reading on everyone but just haven't been able to post much lately.

Thanks for the support everyone. The tech just called and they did do some biopsies. :( :( They are monitoring him while he recovers from the anesthesia. She said he did great. She said that when she saw that Jasper was there she asked our vet "what's my boy doing here?" Our vet apparently knew immediately who she was talking about and said he was there for an ultrasound because "his liver values are all over the place again". This tech is my favorite, I'm so glad she was there. She always tells me that Jasper is her favorite boy in the whole world, and then always says "and I mean it". :) I am to go at 5:30 to pick him up and my vet will talk to me then. I am pretty scared.

I will post again when I know more.

Hugs from me and Jasper xo

Oh Tina...so sorry to hear you are going through all this today! Trixie's liver numbers are high too!! They should have gone down as her Cushings numbers were good but the ALP was still up high..I think we were at 1834 or something like that.

I'm glad you can pick Jasper up soon. I'll be sending prayers and positive energy your way!!! Thinking of you and Jasper!!

Barbara

Hugs and don't forget to breathe. It will be ok, Tina.

No need to worry Tina, my Lola just had her ultrasound done yesterday. It was painless and quick. They didn't sedate her or anything, they shaved some of her belly hair:)

Good luck to you and hope to hear good news about your little baby too

Will be keeping you both in my thoughts and prayers, sending huge and loving hugs, Lori

Tina, waiting right here to see what the vet had to say. That is great that your fav tech was there. I'm sure Jasper was in good hands and if they say he is coming out from the anethesia just fine, then that's great too. Bugger that they had to do biopsies but maybe it was just a minor precaution.
We'll all be waiting right with you to see what the ultrasound showed and what the vet has to say.

HUGS
Sharlene and Molly muffin

Checking in with a big hug! Xxxx

Thanks everyone for checking on us. After we got home and he ate and got settled, I was so tired I guess I just crashed on the couch. :rolleyes:

His ultrasound results were good overall, and I am so thankful. I don't have any kind of formal report yet, just the verbal report from my vet. She said that there were no overt abnormalities seen. :D :D His liver, gall bladder, kidneys, intestine, bladder and lymph nodes all appeared normal on the scan. (A big YAY!) His adrenals were visualized and were small, which I imagine would be expected since they are pretty much non functional. His spleen is slightly enlarged, which she mentioned she had noticed before from X-rays that he had in the past for various reasons. (I'm not sure I remember that). She said that it is slightly enlarged but has normal architecture, nothing abnormal seen there. She seemed like this is nothing to worry about. It sounds like the only remarkable thing that was seen was an omental cyst. This is a cyst in the connective tissue that surrounds the intestines. She said that they commonly see these and that it doesn't require that anything be done.

The did obtain biopsies from two areas of the liver. These were tru cut biopsies, which apparently involve a larger tissue sample than a regular needle biopsy. They use a larger gauge needle which obtains a larger core type of sample that preserves the architecture of the tissue. This is why he needed anesthesia, as they do not want to chance any type of movement when this larger gauge needle is used. And it was general anesthesia :eek:, however very short acting.

They said he did great. He does have a little bruising around the needle site, and a bald tummy of course. He was given a buprenex injection for pain, which is long acting. She said he would be groggy for the rest of the night, and she wasn't kidding. He is still kind of out of it even now on the middle of the night pit stop. Several times during the evening I saw him just standing there staring, and a couple of times was standing with his chin resting on the couch and eyes closed. He was sleeping standing up, poor baby. Even though he has been groggy, he has also been randomly restless and unsettled. I imagine it is all related to the buprenex. No pain meds were sent home with us, she said he wouldn't need anything else.

She said it will be 5-7 days for the histology report to come back, she will call me then. I will be able to get a copy of the full report once that is all completed. So needless to say I am very happy with the report so far. And so relieved. But there is still the question of what is causing his liver value abnormalities. I will have to see what they determine after the histology is back. I won't be able to completely relax until those results are in.

Thanks so much for all the prayers and positive thoughts, I truly believe in their power. And I knew you all were with me today and I was thinking about that when I was feeling so scared. Even though I am always by myself for everything, I know I am never alone with my family here.

Love and hugs,
Tina and Jasper xo