[ SHOWGSD-L ] from another list....a BIG warning
- From: "pmick12" <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:16:39 -0500
below is one person's tragedy, that, imo, could have been avoided by telling
the vet NO! NO corona. No to so many shots. NO to combo same time as rabies,
not to mention this pup got heartworm med same time as combo and rabies. he
says to feel free to cross post far and wide to alert others and hopefully
avoid a similar tragedy.
Hello, My name is Robert Grizzle and I just lost my baby......Melly. ..my
female Airedale Puppy of 4 1/2 months and I am so devastated..
...heartbroken
and yes very angry! I just spoke to Jay Atwood and he advised me to send you
an email explaining the events that led to my Puppy's death. When I got
Melly, she was 8 weeks old and I took her to my vet of some 8 years and she
the
received her 8 weeks shots on 11/16/09...the Polyvalent multivalent
Distemper,Hepatitis ,Parvovirus, Parainfluenza, Coronavirus and had a fecal
exam. The
next set of shots on 12/5/09 were the same boosters in addition to the
inhaled vaccine Bordetella.. .the vet also administered a heart worm pill
the
same day. The next set of shots were given on 12/28/09 and were the same 5
boosters. I was advised to come back on 1/16/10 for the final shots which
were
the same 5 vaccines in addition to the Rabies Vaccine. On 1/28/10 we noticed
that Melly slept allot that day and didn't have allot of energy, the next
day she also slept allot and seemed to be limping and had some eye mucus, we
also notice she had loose stools and some mucus with a small amount of blood
in the stool....this was Friday evening and our regular vet was closed so we
took her to the emergency Vet and they examined her and did blood
work.....the Vet said the blood was fine but she was running about a 1
degree fever
an prescribed her Metronidazole for the stomach and we went home. Melly
spent the night in bed with me that night instead of her crate beside my bed
and
was very lethargic... ..in the morning she seemed to be limping more and
with more fever (1/30/09) and her gums were very pale.... this is
Saturday...well we took her to our regular vet and she was running a 105.2
fever and the
vet sais we would need to leave her and immediately pup her on IV fluids
and Penicillin.. ..we left her all day and around 8:00pm that night our vet
said we could come and take her home that her fever was down to normal and
that
she was hydrated. When we got home she obviously didn't feel very good and
seemed to not run but to "Hop" she was in distress in her joints (or
possibly this was caused from the stomach....virus? ) her stools improved
some but
the next morning (Sunday) we took her back to the vet (the vet met us at her
office) and took her temperature and it was normal and decided against more
IV fluids so again we took her home. Melly still didn't seem to feel good
and act a normal puppy but she did have a good appetite (this is still
Sunday
1/31/10) and was still not running....she again seemed to be stiff and to
Hop. The next day 2/1/10 Monday I took her back to the vet and she was
running
a 1 degree temperature and the Vet thought the she may have Panostenosis
(puppy limp from long bone growth issues) and put her on Cephalexin 250mg
times 2 a day.....I took her home and she seemed to be getting a little
better
and we kept her on the Cephalexin. The following week she seemed to sleep
allot and I did research on HOD AND Pano and found that both diseases' were
for the most part self-limiting and sometimes could take a couple of weeks
to
get over (I didn't know any better than to take my vets diagnosis) I kept a
close eye on her during the week and she seemed to feel some better and
always had a great appetite. On Monday 2/8/10 Melly just wasn't her
self....and
I noticed that her gums were very pale....we immediately took her back to
the vet and the vet pulled blood and her RBC was down to 15-16 and after she
looked at her blood under the microscope she advised us that Melly had
Hemolytic Anemia and that her Red blood cells we autoagluttating (clumping
together)... ..we rushed her to Georgia Veterinary Specialists where they
confirmed
she had Immune Mediated Hemolytic Anemia. Today 1/14/10 Monday after 7 days
of hospitalization and some $5500.00.... 2 blood transfusions prednisone and
cyclosporine Melly is dead from Vaccine Mediated Hemolytic
Anemia...... ......... .....this could all have been avoided! I am so
Hurt.....so
angry.....after some 300-400 hours of doing research.... ..I'm not so sure
that the
vaccines we give our dogs are not doing more harm......than good.....I found
that these vaccines actually are credited with causing the very disease we
vaccinate against as well as many hereditary diseases where the vaccines can
actually do damage genetically! If Melly's story and our pain can help at
least 1 person....then Melly didn't die in vain........ my baby is gone and
the
pain is more than I can bear! Please, Please do as much research as you can
before you let any vet put vaccines in your dog.....and Never Ever let a vet
give Multivalent multiple vaccines with the Rabies Vaccine..... it may very
well destroy the dogs immune system resulting in death.
Thank You,
Robert Grizzle
1150 Old Forge Dr
Roswell Ga 30076
ph# 770-617-6507
Fax# 770-645-6079
PS: Please feel free to use my name, address and phone#
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