Deathly afraid!!!

[Gooseman]

This has been a really rough day so far, and from the looks of it, it's not gonna get any better anytime soon. So far my day has gone like this: Got home around 3 a.m. after what could easily be described as a very messy argument held between my ex-girlfriend/best-friend and myself. Wake up just in time to make it to my 8 a.m. organic chemistry summer exam, fell asleep halfway through (had a bad dream during which time I cannot remember) and wake up with 15 mins to finish another 20 questions (not a good situation). Then I come home and am immediatley greeted by a panick stricken mother, telling me I have to save my dog's lives.... Yea, great day so far ehh?

Turns out this morning before my dad left for work he set up some rat poison in the garage to attempt to stop some of those buggers from tearing up the boxes (we just moved), however he failed to shut the garage door as he left. Turns out my dogs managed to get in, and finished off all the rat poison. My beagle weighs 22.5 lbs which means 11 grams are fatal, and my dachshund a puny 8 lbs meaning a fatal dose is 4 grams. Do the math, enough to KILL both is 15 grams, and they managed to scarf down a 100 gram container. Needless to say my first act was to call the vet and get an emergency appt, and then had them each take a teaspoon of hydrogen peroxide to induce vomitting (apparently ipecac is no bueno for dogs), and them rush them to the vet to get vitamin k1 shots and bloodwork done. No word yet on the situation, other than the fact that blood was already hemoraging in my dachshund's mouth by the time the vet told me to leave them with them. Needless to say I am quite scared. Very scared indeed. I don't know how Imma pass the time until I get a phonecall from them that I am both wanting/fearing....

[stangs13]

Dang Ben. This does suck. Im praying for you and your dogs Bro! Good luck. Hopefully all will go well.

[jglass38]

Ben, hang in there and I hope everything goes ok. Did the vet give any indication of whether he would be able to do anything to help them? I would have stayed there but I'm annoying like that.

[JLC]

Oh Ben! I've got tears in my eyes! I'll pray for your little dogs!!! I can only imagine how scary this time is for you and I so wish I could do more!

[lillyorchid]

Oh god Ben you and your two dogs are in my prayers for sure. Just reading that now has me all choked up and tears in my eyes. I'm praying and hoping real hard over here for you guys!!!! Please keep us updated on how everything goes. Infact I'm going to light three candles right now for you guys.

[Gooseman]

Ben, hang in there and I hope everything goes ok. Did the vet give any indication of whether he would be able to do anything to help them? I would have stayed there but I'm annoying like that.

I stayed as long as I could, about 3 hours, then I had to go watch over my little brother as my mom headed off to work. While I was there the vet went ahead and had their stomachs pumped to remove as much of the rest of the poison that he could. Seeing that rat-poison is notably slow active and that I managed to get them to the vet under an hour after they ingested it there is a chance that they will make it through. However, the sheer volume they ate is scary. Rat poison causes internal bleeding and breathing problems, which hopefully with copious amounts of K1 should be able to help minimize the bleeding. Apparently there is not much more they can do. I was a little skeptical that that was all they could do, so after I left, I went ahead and called poison control and after a little chat was satisfied that the vet was doing there best. Sorta like a second opinion over the phone, where they were nice and took the time to explain the coagulation tests to me and everything.

On top of all that, even if they make it through, there is a chance that my beagle may go blind. She is already being treated for an extreme case of glaucoma, and if she hemmorages in the eye, her sight is gone for.

[Gooseman]

Oh Ben! I've got tears in my eyes! I'll pray for your little dogs!!! I can only imagine how scary this time is for you and I so wish I could do more!

thanks everyone, I really appreciate it. at first when my mom told me, I didn't know how to react that I seemed to refuse to believe it. Then when I managed to get the hydrogen peroxide down and the vomit came up a sickening shade of turquoise my heart seemed to have been splattered against a concrete wall. I keep catching myself looking out into the backyard hoping to catch sight of one of them running around in hopes it's all a bad dream. No luck yet.

[SarahMB]

Oh gosh, Ben, that is so scary. I'd give you a big hug if I could.

[wolfy-hound]

Good luck to your two doggies. It's scary not knowing. HUGS.

[Broseph]

Ben, sorry to hear about this, thats terrible. I hope they pull through for you, your dachshund is a spitting image of ours.. but it seems you reacted quick so that should help..