kimlovescats
11-05-2004, 03:20 PM
Today was annual vet check day for AnnaBelle and Gretta. I hadn't gotten a rabies shot for Gretta in several years, because she had a bad reaction that her first one. Well, today I just wanted her to have a good health check but no rabies shot. Everything was going fine, then I realized my vet gave her a shot while I was gabbing!!! I forgot to mention it before, and no one asked me specifically. Well, my poor girl immediately started peeing all over the place ... my vet said to put her in the floor, she thought a reaction was starting. :eek: Sure enough, Gretta started vomiting non-stop all over the place .... she was sooooooo pitiful. :( :( My vet called in her partner to help, and they had to give her an injection of steroids to stop the reaction. We had to wait a few minutes to be sure she didn't need the Epinephrine for Anaphlactic Shock! THANK GOD, she cleared up quickly with just the steroid shot. I feel soooooooo terrible for failing to mention her previous reaction soon enough. I had it in my mind to not get her shots at all today ... just a good health check. Boy did I screw up!:rolleyes: :(
Dr. LaValley said NO MORE SHOTS of any kind EVER for Gretta ... and that is just fine with me! My poor girl will sleep good tonight from all the trauma and Benadryl, etc.
Well, on the bright side, both my pups ... Gretta and AnnaBelle are heartworm negative and healthy girls. Ummm, Miss AnnaBelle is slightly overweight, but nothing too serious ... she just needs a little less bed time, and a bit more play time!;)
Dr. LaValley said NO MORE SHOTS of any kind EVER for Gretta ... and that is just fine with me! My poor girl will sleep good tonight from all the trauma and Benadryl, etc.
Well, on the bright side, both my pups ... Gretta and AnnaBelle are heartworm negative and healthy girls. Ummm, Miss AnnaBelle is slightly overweight, but nothing too serious ... she just needs a little less bed time, and a bit more play time!;)