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My Cali was acting lethargic the other day so I took her to the vet in the town that I was visiting. She had never been there before,, but my aunt recommended the practice because that was where she takes her dogs. To make a long story short, the doctor said that she had an inflamed lympnode and when held a certain way she had mini seizure episode (slight head twitching). She suspected either a neurological problerm or a liver shunt. She was given a shot of long acting penicillin and diazepam. I was told that she would be tired most of the day from the diazepam shot and to force her food and water every hour through 8 small syringes. I did this and the following day she seemed better, because she wasn't sleeping all day and was a bit more active. I told the vet this when I dropped off a urine sample the next day. We went home and I put her in her cage to sleep. This morning I got up to take her out and she was gone, stiff and her covers were covered in what looked like blood or bile that seemed to have come from her mouth. What happened to my dog? I have been searching the net to find answers and have discovered that dogs with liver shunt have an intense sensitivity to diazepam. Could this have killed her? Was the vet wrong for giving her this if she suspected that she had a disorder that would react negatively to that drug?

This saddens me so much because Cali was my BEST FRIEND and like a child to me. I love her and took her everywhere with me. It hits hard because my mom died of a similar disorder a few years ago. I feel like I'm reliving this all over. I can't believe she's gone