Re: [PyrNet-L] Scary Dog Stuff

["Tarascon" <tarascon.trent@xtra.co.nz>]

The circumstances sound horrific. my heart bleeds for you

Best Wishes
Ronda Trent
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From: <PyrLove214@aol.com>
To: <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, 6 April 2000 20:24
Subject: [PyrNet-L] Scary Dog Stuff


>
>
>   Cross-posted with permission:
>
>   On 3/15/00 I asked my Vet for a Heartworm preventive for my 2 year old
>   Australian Shepherd, Sage.  They recommended Revolution.  It was applied
>   on 3/15/00.  On 3/20/00 Sage developed a cough, but she was otherwise
>  fine. She had had a bath at the Vet on 3/15/00 also, so I decided to
>   watch her for further symptoms. On 3/23/00 she was fine until late
>   afternoon when she became quiet and didn't want to play. By 7pm that
>   night, she had trouble opening her left eye and whimpered when she
>  jumped down from the couch or bed.
>
>   In the past, Sage always had a tendency to bruise easily.  She had
>   sensitive skin and worry an area until it bruised.  She had no trouble
>   with her blood clotting and had been previously spayed.  She now had
>   bruising on her body.
>
>  When I took her to the Vet, he asked if she had been in rat poison.  I
>   informed him that she was an inside dog and only went out to play with
>   the kids and to use the bathroom.  My neighbors have pets and do not put
>   out poisons.
>
>   They also asked if she had had a blow to the head because there was
>   blood in the whites of her eyes that was not there yesterday.  I stated
>   that she was not hit in the head.  I asked if it could be the Revolution
>   and was informed that it could not be.  I told my vet that was the only
>   thing that Sage had been exposed to.  He did a CBC and her platelets
>   were 87 and WBC count was 27,000. her Hct was 37.  He treated her for
>   infection and rat poisoning and sent us home.  Within 3 hours she was
>   falling over.  I rushed her back to the Vet and he kept her until 5pm
that
> afternoon.  I brought her home after they said she was doing better.   At
6pm
> she was
>   again falling over and I called my Vet back and was informed to bring
>   her back the next day.
>
>   By 11pm, she was bleeding from her nose and had vomited with streaks of
>   bright red blood.   My husband and I drove her to an ER clinic in
>   Savannah, GA and was told that it was either a tick born disease or rat
> poisoning
>   or a blow to the head.  I again asked if could be the Revolution and was
>   informed no.
>
>   They kept her and treated her as my vet.  When I called at 6am, I was
>   informed that she was having seizures but she was otherwise stable.  I
>   was worried about a subdural hematoma and talked with  my Vet.  He
>   suggested I take Sage to Charleston, SC to see a Specialist.  She
>   arrived there at 4:30pm.
>
>   When I gave her history, I again asked if it could be the Revolution and
>   was informed no. Later that night Sage continued to have seizures and
>   she bled into the orbits of her eyes, but they said their was still
hope.
>
>  At 6:45am they called and said Sage had arrested and was on a
>   ventilator. We asked that they let her go.  This has been devastating to
>   my family. We loved that dog.  She was a family member.  At 10am, the
>   clinic called and asked for an autopsy.  They informed me that another
dog
> had died last
>   month there, with symptoms the same as Sage.  The dog was an inside dog
>   and the only thing different was that the owner had started Revolution.
> The dog
>   died of low platelets and intracrannial hemorrhage just like Sage.  The
vet
> in
>   Charleston called the Revolution people and they are paying for Sages
>   autopsy.
>
>   They also paid for the other dogs autopsy.  That autopsy showed  low
>   platelets and intracrannial hemorrhage from a toxin. (? Revolution was
>   the only toxin the owners had given).  I will not know the results of
>   the autopsy for  month, but I believe it was the Revolution.  If 2 dogs
> have died in                       in the Savannah-Charleston area in the
> last month, how many nation wide.
>
>   Please spread the word for owners to be careful about using this drug on
>   their dogs. No dog should suffer like my Sage suffered.
>
>   Thanks for Listening,
>   Terri Eddy
>   Rincon, GA
>
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