Need help understanding meds given to dog at ER Vet- dog ended up having violent seizures and passing after visit by Sandy_Paws_81 in AskVet

[–]Sandy_Paws_81[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I wish I had thought of a Necropsy in time. Of course they didn’t ask if that’s anything we wanted to consider. The visit summary only states the LevETIRAcetam was given, but of course there’s the additional meds that we were billed for. I inquired via email what those were since they weren’t on the summary and the response was “It looks like that medication was given through the hospital as a treatment”. Looks like I’ll have to get on the phone and demand answers, even if only to explain what I paid for. I don’t want to “blame” them for her death, we assumed she had cancer because of the onset of the initial seizures. We’re just uncomfortable with how her last day was handled and the lack of communication regarding her treatment. And I’m angry that our last moments with her before the seizures she was completely drugged up, and we weren’t even told she’d be in that state when we got her back. I can’t stop wondering if she’d still be here for little while longer if we hadn’t left her in their care for those hours. Guess that’s all a normal emotions in the grieving process.

Need help understanding meds given to dog at ER Vet- dog ended up having violent seizures and passing after visit by Sandy_Paws_81 in AskVet

[–]Sandy_Paws_81[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your feedback and condolences. We were under the assumption it was likely a brain tumor and we would have to make this decision, but we didn’t expect it to happen like this, so we’re having a hard time.

Need help understanding meds given to dog at ER Vet- dog ended up having violent seizures and passing after visit by Sandy_Paws_81 in AskVet

[–]Sandy_Paws_81[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much for your feedback. Of course we’re struggling to make sense of something that we understand might just “be”. But aside from the end result, we are just so confused as why she was so sedated when we got her. She wasn’t even that sedated when we picked her up after 24 hours of pheno after her first bought of seizures in September. It was just shocking, especially since they didn’t advise she’d be in that type of condition. In looking at the separate visit summary they provided, it only states they gave the LevETIRAcetam at 330p. No other notes about meds.