Rowdy completed his second heart worm
treatment yesterday. This treatment consisted of two shots, one on
Wednesday and the other on Thursday. They give dogs the shots first
thing in the morning and then watch them all day for any adverse
reactions.
This treatment was much harder on him
than his first one, because of the two shots. The first shot just
made him restless like the first treatment did, but the
second shot gave him stomach tremors for hours into the night. I
felt so sorry for him and held him close to m, giving him comfort for
extended periods of time. At least by this morning he was better and
the tremors had quit. He's still not feeling very chipper, but he is
somewhat returning to normal.
Though everything seemed to turn out
okay, I was still pretty apprehensive about taking him for his second
treatment for fear of serious problems. I am so relieved that he is
feeling better.
One thing I wasn't too happy with was
that they wanted to keep him overnight for observation between the
shots. I did however manage to talk them out of it and brought him
home with me. He was much more comfortable and calm being in his own
home and it was not a problem taking him back and forth, because I
live only five minutes away from the clinic. Another problem with
leaving him overnight was the fact that there would be no one at the
clinic. Instead, one of the Veterinarian's wives watches them on a
monitor at their home. So what good is keeping him there with no
interaction or comfort, plus the fact that they would have charged me
an additional $25 for his stay.
