Cassi Bassolino
This may come under the heading of "I told you so" but I hope there will be some mercy as we have limited facilities where we live and ultimately made the decision to have Toby vaccinated with his second DAPP shot last Wednesday at 16 weeks. Roughly 48 hours later all hell broke loose. Toby suddenly exhibited head bobbing, lack of balance and inability to stand, then rolling eyes back, and by the time we got to the emergency hospital, he was yelping with pain - determined to be dry eye and scratched cornea in both eyes. Vitals were good and after 30 minutes even better. Blood tests were fine and inconclusive of any condition. Vet recommended we leave him overnight - we said a resounding "NO". We have 3 eye meds to administer: Remend for cornea, an Antibiotic and eye moisture ointment. Status today: head bobbing gone. Walking, eating and drinking. Wearing the protective neck collar to prevent eye scratching. It's a mystery - was this all congenital and dormant or a reaction to the vaccine? Only way to know is MRI (for syringomyelia or other brain disorder) and tests for Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca. Breeder will take puppy back if congenital - but how do we give back a pup we now love and cherish? Needless to say, I feel deeply guilty that I didn't go the other route...but we have NO homeopathic vets here - only "wholistic" and they all vaccinate. Please put us on your new patient wait list.