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Originally Posted by Honez
Honestly? Sounds like you need to go to a new vet. The seizure and vomiting are both possible reactions to the deworming meds he gave her and just because HE has never seen an adverse reaction in 20 years, does not mean they do not exist. I highly doubt she has a dead parasite in her brain although I would bet that she had an underlying illness (which is why you took her in) that he did not find so he just decided to deworm her and hoped that would "fix" her. By the way, did he even test her for heartworms before prescribing heart worm meds?
When she comes out from under the sedation and is strong enough to move, if I were you I would take her to another vet. This guy sounds a bit clueless.
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Well I don't think the vet just wants to admit its deworming meds right away. I can't really blame him for not wanting to accept blame right off the bat. And these meds have recommendations, so it is all a gray area with animals it seems like.
Yeah they tested her for heartworms. They did a bunch of tests! Temp was ok, blood was ok, urine ok, ultrasound ok, no sign of anything although with the parasites they don't always find evidence of them depending on the cycle they are in. Unfortunately down here with the warm moist ground there are tons of parasites and it is a common thing they treat them for. I did correct him though, he said "she had parasites" I said "you guys didn't find any parasites" and he said "well she has a history of parasites" because we did take her there in 2007 and she was treated and recovered from what we figured must have been parasites when she was like 8 months old.
Should I follow up on this though? I really don't know what to do or have the energy to go at the vet. Already spent $500 and really don't want to just take her somewhere else for the same shit. I just think about all the unwanted pets out there and how far that money would go helping other animals, its fucking crazy. We are almost $800 into this and no clue what is going on, or if the dog will survive or have physical damage now from this seizure. ooohhh man I hate this. Got like 4 hours to wait still.