Kia had a seizure
*edit* If this gets bounced to the top it's because I'm editing personal info. 
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UPDATE 12:30
Just got off the phone with Dr. Eifler.
Kia is sitting up and so they moved her to a larger kennel.
The doctor had just gotten off the phone with ProHeart and they said that bloody diareha and seizures is a known side effect but this is the first time they've heard of an animal having both.
Dr. Eifler said she was surprised that ProHeart admitted to the knowledge of the side effects. She said not very many companies would come forward and say such a thing.
Kia's still has the bloody diareha and said that she'd probably do well to stay another night under observation but that I can take her home if I want too.
I told her that it mattered on cost. She said she'd have the bill done up and that I can come visit Kia at any time (I'm leaving soon)
If I did take Kia home and I needed to take her back to the hospital, Dr. Eifler said she wouldn't charge me for bringing her back.
I don't know..... should I take her home? I miss her so much.
Edit as of 8:30 a.m. Friday
Dr. Eifler called me at work at 8:30 a.m. Kia is alert, awake, was wagging her tail and wanted to go outside. She hadn't vomited since 2 a.m. but she did have bloody diareha still. Dr. Eifler is waiting for her blood tests to come back and then they'll call me. They want to monitor her throughout the day and if she doesn't have any more bloody diareha then she can come home tonight, but if she does they'll want to keep her another night. 
I love and miss her so much.
Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.
I don't even know how I'm going to afford this but that's the least of my worries right now. (They don't take payment plans.... I asked)
I feel like this is all my fault. Back when I got Kia, her vet then gave her Sentinal. She'd vomit the pills and so I was so certain they gave her the shot instead. At her appointment I mistook Heartgard for Sentinal and told the vet that Heartgard made her throw up and so we decided to go with the shot.
It's all my fault...
Dear dear sweet Kia, I love you so much. Can you ever forgive me!?!?!?
*EDIT*
Just got off the phone with the doctor. Her blood is not clotting. So they have to do a plasma transfusion. There are risks, but the doctor says since she's healthy and alert that it's better to get her the transfusion now than wait. If anything happens they'll call me tonight. If everything is okay they'll call me in the morning.
Oh dear God what have I done...
It's like I'm in a dream world..... like it didn't happen.
Kia had a routine vet appointment this evening at 5:45. She was weighed, ears and teeth checked, lungs and heart listened too. She got her distemper and bordatella vaccines. Her blood was taken and it was negative for Heartworms so she got the ProHeart heartworm shot. She was the image of perfect health.
I got her home at 6 and at 6:05 I could hear her slurping up her water and then coughing it back up. While cleaning up the mess she made in her crate, her eyes went wide and she began vomiting sporadically. I held her to keep her over the tile (gosh forbid I let her vomit on the carpet... how trivial it seems now) when she began to vomit excessively, then she was yelping and thrashing. I paniced and called the vet and they told me to bring her right in.
I scooped her up into my arms. So limp she was and how terrified was I. I screamed at people coming up the stairs to get out of my way.
The vet and staff met me in the parking lot. They took one look at her and decided she needed to go to the MSU emergancy clinic. I was crazed with panic. I didn't know how to get there. One of the vet techs said she'd lead me if I was okay to drive. I said I was and off we went.
She is going to be kept there overnight. They have her stabalized and on an IV and valium. She was happy to see me before I left and I did my best not to cry and be strong for her.
The doctor there believes it was an adverse effect to the heartworm shot.
After I got home, the doc at MSU called and said that Kia had had bloody diareha and so they are going to run some blood tests.
I'm so tired, scared, hungry (how can I think of food at a time like this!?).
Thoughts and prayers for my baby.
I love and miss my Kia girl SO much.
Last edited by ramanth; 05-11-2004 at 09:47 AM.
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