What a day Ive had, followed by the last 2 days. One of our puppies apparently ate a penny a while ago, & starting on Saturday started to have blood in the urine, & eventually by last night was urinating pure/ concentrated blood. Yesterfday morning I took her right away to my vet which they diagnosed her with Urinary Tract Infection... which they said is fairly common in female puppies. Was put on an antibiotic & clavamox... this morning she still hod blood & the vet said that it would only get a tab bit worse before it got better. Then when I got home from work today she was trying to walk & she would fall over, my heart stopped... I took her to banfield knowing they were the ONLY vets open at that time & she all of a sudden threw up & something black came up from the vomit & I was like I dont think she ate an olive, but when i touched it & pulled it out it was hard & when we looked closer it was a penny with a HUGE hole in it. I couldnt believe it. Then finally they gave her fluid & antibiotics & all these diff types of medicines & a Iron high multi vitamin & a/d food. She at one point felt lifeless in my arms & thought I was going to lose her, I never knew how bad one freakin penny could be. googling info I came across this thread:
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sic...-ate-coin.html & I was like wow.
I want to post my story for 2 reasons, one for prayer & hope that everything gets better from here on out & secondly to teach the importance of this little tiny toxic object... Please owners watch what your dogs put in their mouth, we've been so careful but I guess not careful enough, & this nearly kills her... Thank goodness that Banfield was amazing & helped the way they did.
So Doggie owner please watch out for this with your babies. thanks.