Thank you all so much for your love and concern, and for keeping my mind busy while I have to wait the 48 hours to see if they will survive. I have been up most of the night off and on. My mind is ragged, but I welcome the opportunity to answer your questions. Thank you all so so much. They say Cassie is vomiting now, not from inducing the vomiting as they did before, but they think it is because they are feeding her so frequently. They will do the first liver panel tonight at 8PM. Please please all, continue to pray for my tiny babies. Blessings to you all.
FIDebra, thank you for your concern and your response. The girls are getting dextrose and liver support through an IV. Yes, one would think that they would have ingested so little that it would not harm them. But it goes according to weight of the dog to the amount ingested. As Cassie and Muffin, but especially Cassie are so tiny, a very little bit can be fatal. That is how poisonous Xylitol is. And yes, they were giving without symptoms. They say Cassies blood sugar has gone up a bit to 95 where the doctor says she is more comfortable. After they induced vomiting Cassie did not vomit up any meat, but Muffin did. Cassie is eating now but Muffin isn't.
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Originally Posted by FlDebra  I am thinking it would be unusual for them to have ingested enough xylitol just from a sugar-free maple syrup based marinade to give them either hypoglycemia or liver failure. You would see the signs of hypoglycemia. Is the ER vet giving them dextrose? That will counteract any hypoglycemic episode -- but not sure if they would administer that without seeing symptoms and one of them spitting up a little meat is really not enough of a symptom.
I have read that .5 g of xylitol can cause liver failure. That is more than what's in one stick of gum. So, I think to reassure yourself, you might want to figure out how much they might have consumed. How much was in the amount of syrup you used for the marinade? How much of the marinade did not absorb with the meat? Probablya lot left over right? So, I am thinking there was probably very little actually on the meat itself. Now, how much meat did they eat? Probably a tiny percentage of the total, right? I am trying to help you feel better about this because the likelihood that their little pieces of meat really had enough xylitol in them to hurt them is minimal at best. I think you are going to find your babies are just fine!
I would never intentionally give them anything with xylitol but in the case where they ingest a tiny amount of meat that might have absorbed a little marinade -- I doubt you have any worries. I commend you for taking them in to make sure! But pls don't beat yourself up too much. I feel pretty sure they will be just fine! |