I totally agree with Wylie's Mom and Rhetts_mama. In the event your puppy was given epinephrine, then his reaction was the severe acute type, and vaccinating him again could very well be fatal. In which case the plan should be scraped.
Definitely a consult would be invaluable. I am not that familiar with doing titers, just repeated alot of what I had recently read. Maybe by the time your pup gets a bit older, a new test may become available that would be more accurate.
It's not too late to give her a call back. Just tell her you have some questions, as you were too upset about your pup the day it happened to remember all that she said. I call my vet back all the time. They answer the phone with 'Hello Kathy, How can we help you today?' Ha ha! And I just talk to the tech, tell them my specific questions, and ask for my vet to call me back when she has time. That way she has time to do any research or look in my file, and when she calls she has the answers right there, or if I think of something else, she'll tell me she'll call me back again if she doesn't know the answer. Don't forget, you are the client, you pay the vet for services, which means that the vet is working for you, you are the boss. You are only trying to determine the severity of his reaction, so that you can take better care of him at home. (So she doesn't think you're planning a law suit or anything)
Let me ask you this: Did she charge you for the emergency services she provided, in addition to the office visit and vaccines? If she gave epi, it should be on your receipt. Many times if something happens that is a result of a mistake on the vet's part, they will absorb the cost of getting your pet back to health, as healthy as he was when he came in the office.
Make sure too that you get a script for the epi-pen, if you haven't already.. or ask if she feels that would be a good thing to have for your pup. |