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Anaphylactic Shock *prayers needed*it was supposed to be a normal vet visit. just gonna check baby bear's eye (other thread posted yesterday) and do his vaccinations since he was due in two weeks anyway and i'd already planned on going there. i was paying at the counter and i hear labored breathing coming from the carrier. i snatched it up and he was frothing at the mouth and gagging and gasping. the tech ran him back to the vet. i sat and wrung my hands for what felt like forever..the tech said the doctor was still trying to stabilize him and they were giving him oxygen. i tried so hard to tell myself it was fine and tried to read the magazines but i just couldn't concentrate and wondered why it was taking them so long if they just were going to give him an allergy shot for the reaction to vaccinations. thirty minutes went by and i was starting to lose it. finally the vet came out holding him and sat next to me. blood was just coming and coming out of his little bottom and he was still gagging but for the most part he was in stable condition. she said it was the worst case of Anaphylactic shock that she'd seen and advised to never vaccinate him again, it's just not worth the risk. she asked me where i live and i told her thirty minutes away. the closest emergency vet is about that far too. she said she was very worried to send him home because if he started having trouble breathing again i might not have that long to get him treated. she is a wonderful woman with ferrets of her own and offered to bring him home with her tonight where she would have the tools handy to bring him out of it if he went into shock again. i agreed. she will call me tonight and tomorrow morning for updates. god willing if he is fine she is going to meet me at a halfway point tomorrow so i can bring him home. i'm glad of this as i would be a wreck the whole night and not feel capable of treating him if things should go bad or even of getting him to the doctor in time. it could go bad very quickly if his breathing gets weak again. i tried to act casual but once i got in the car i just lost it and bawled. it was so scary. when she came out with him he was limp and his eyes were barely open and she had blood and vomit all over her and his whole bottom fur was covered in blood. my big fear is something will happen after she goes to sleep tonight and he'll be dead in the morning. he just has to be okay. none of us could have known. but i just feel horrible. and his brother will be sleeping alone tonight. i just can't believe it.
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OMG, Tink, how horrible for you! Prayers coming, and please do let us know tomorrow how the little guy is. As you say, no one could have known. Bless that vet for offering to take him home and monitor him; your house does feel empty tonight without him, doesn't it? (((hugs))) |
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i forgot to mention they had to give him two allergy shots and epinephrine (adrenalin). the vet just called and said he is home with her now and that he is just sleeping it off it seems and she will call me in the morning to let me know if i can have him back yet. |
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Poor baby, I hope he recovers well, have everything crossed xxx |
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oh tink - I do hope he is ok when the vet calls you. What a lovely, kind vet tho' to take him home. You could never have known something like that would happen. Do let us all know how things go. CM |
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everything crossed for him x |
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What a terrible shock for you Tink - poor baby bear. What a lovely vet you took him to, someone who knows about ferrets quite apart from her vet knowledge. He couldn't be in safer hands. Also, he got treatment as soon as he started going into shock - so hopefully he has the best chance of pulling through. Healing vibes for him and for you too. Do let us know how he gets on. |
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Hope to hear some good news from you soon Tink. |
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Poor baby bear, what an awful shock for you Tink...it sounds like he is in the best place now, with a vet who really knows ferrets. Loads of healing vibes being sent to the little guy and hugs for you.... |
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