new puppy ,, sick long post sorry
 

Good morning all.. i am writing this on pens and needles.. i made the mistake of getting a yorkie from a pet store at the mall.. I have always wanted a yorkie and i was roped in. I got her dec 10. at first she checked out well, then on dec 23 started getting a cold.. took her to the vet 24 and they said URI gave her abx. on the morning of 26 i found her having a seizure. first i thought it was hypoglycemia.. treated. after an hour later another seizure.. took her to the vet.. blood sugar normal.. they said watch her.. by 430 another.. this time they admitted her...and they gave me the news that if she doesn't improve she would have to put down.. as they saw her have more seizures thursday night and fri am and the dr said that it even looked like she was temporarily blind.. at this point the pet store offered to pay all the bills..i got a call monday am saying that she was ready to go home.. that the liver shunt was negative (blood test.. no imaging done) and they are waiting on distemper...i get results today.. she is home with me and is not the same dog as before.. hopefully she will get her spunk back. we have a boston terrier puppy who we got at the same time and so far no symptoms with her.. i am a nervous wreck...they still don't know why she had the seizures.. any advice? sorry for the long post.

So sorry to hear about your baby!!:mad: I'm not experienced in this, so can't give you any advice. Hope that some one else will chime in with some though. Just wanted to say that I will be sending positive thoughts your way and hope that you get an answer to what is the matter with your baby, that she heals fully and gets back to her spunky self. BTW I didn't find your post too long... you needed to give the background and your detailed situation, which may seem long to you.

As difficult as this advice will be to follow...I'd return her to the pet store. So sorry she's sick

I agree about returning her to the store. As much as you love her and want to save her you will probably spend thousands of dollars for a few months or years of having her. She came from a puppy mill and you were duped. As heartbreaking as it is please return her.

I am with this one

report the pet store too

It sounds to me like it could be hydrocephalus (water on the brain). I know it would be very hard but unless you are prepared for much heartache in the future I to would ask for my money back from the pet store. Unfortunately if that is what is causing her seizures she most likely wont live very long.

Is she off the antibiotic? This is something I always question when a dog starts to seize while on a antibiotic or other new med that it has been put on.

My son almost had his beautiful dog put down because of seizures it started to have after being put on an antibiotic. After multiple trips to the vet and even going to Cornell Veterinary College we looked up the medication on the internet and found that one of the side effects that it could possibly produce was seizures and yet no one suggested taking him off the medication! Once he stopped giving the dog the medication the seizures stopped. My son was about to have Bear put down because he could not bare seeing him suffer anymore. It took Bear a couple of weeks to totally recover but he is fine now. I hope the same for your little one.

Bear also seemed to lose his sight for a while and had a multitude of other strange side effects.

While I am totally against buying a pup from a pet store/puppy mill I hope the little one will recover from this event.

Always question you vet. They are not gods and do make mistakes and can overlook even obvious issues. I hope your little guy will be doing better soon

I'm so sorry about your yorkie. I hope everything works out for the best. It's really easy to get attached to these sweet babies.

very sorry you have had to endure this experience sending prayers for the lil one.

I agree. My dr knows I'm allergic to Bactrim, it's written in red across all my charts, and the pharmacy knows as well, however I recently picked up a prescription and took it home and almost took it before I realized the bottle said "substituted for Bactrim". I took it back to the pharmacy and asked them who was responsible for almost killing me, them or the dr?? The dr had written it and they filled it....

I wouldn't be satisfied with no diagnosis. I wonder about the antibiotics, too?

What antibiotic wad it? Still on it? If not still on it, when did e come oof of it and when was last seizure? Depending on those answers, I might consult a vet school.

Personally, and this is just MY opinion, I would never take her back to the pet store. I would blame myself for buying from a pet store and figure it was my price to pay, by not researching pet store pets. Plus, I would not be able to sleep at night wondering what became of the pup.

NOT saying what I would do is "the right thing" at all. Just saying what I would do. But definitely want a diagnosis and a "look-see" at the abx role..

Hope they can find out what's wrong with ur baby, I could not send the baby back either, I wud worry what wud happen to her aswell , keep us updated on her x

I had never heard that about antibiotics, thanks for sharing!!!

This IS the BEST advice..... It'll be difficult to accept at first.... but it is the right thing to do.... Consult with your vet about long term prognosis.... future complications are probable instead of just possible. Vets may tend to try and soften what is likely to happen... ask them to be painfully honest... they might comply.