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Originally Posted by airplane  The results from the autopsy, or necropsy I suppose I should say, revealed that her heart was good, liver was good, there was a little bit of lesions on her pancreas that they say is related to a metabolic disorder but they said that that wouldn't have played a factor in her dying, her lungs were congested and were filled with fluid which I believe I was told is what would have happened after her blood pressure rapidly dropping. The conclusion and what I'm being told is that she had an anaphylactic reaction to propofol. Which how I'm understanding it is a very severe allergic reaction, and some reactions are more severe than others but its a very serious thing that can cause your heart to stop beating.
To me that seems to fit how this all happened with what I've been learning about it. I'll probably be spending many hours reading all the research on this and the vet has offered to let me call her to have a very thorough discussion about it cause we only spoke briefly today. With Maezie it happened very soon after induction, and it happened suddenly, apparently that's the way most cases of a severe anaphylactic reaction to a drug works. I'm upset that even with Maezie being right there in the clinic on the table and the doctor and staff being right there when it happened and immediately taking action, they did give her adrenaline I believe it was or some other drugs to get her heart start beating again and did compressions and all that stuff, but it didn't work. I'm upset that it didn't work to help Maezie get through her anaphylactic reaction. I don't blame them. I'm just upset. And I know its next to impossible to predict when a reaction like that to a drug is gonna happen. From what I'm understanding its a very very rare thing. And she had been given that same drug before for her spay and previous dental, so obviously previous anesthesia is not a good predictor of it. Maybe her system could have become allergic after being exposed to propofol. I don't know. But that may be a possibility cause reactions don't always happen on first exposure and you can develop an allergy to something over time. I just don't know. I'm glad I have an answer and its not the answer I was expecting. But I still have more questions and just trying to understand it. I will say that I'm glad I had the necropsy done. I really wanted an answer badly and I'm just glad I have it. |
Thank you for sharing the results--I learned a lot.
I don't know how allergies to propofol develop. Personally, I have an allergy to Bermuda grass, but didn't show symptoms of it for six or so years after moving to Arizona. At the time, doctors said it may have been triggered by the then modern flooring when I began working in a high-rise building.
I'm so sorry this happened to your little one.
Again, thank you for sharing. --KatysMom