Cyrus Cassidy #45437 Posted April 6 Posted April 6 (edited) UPDATE: My baby girl survived and we brought her home last night. Final bill was over $8200. I've been up with her since 0315 cleaning up diarrhea, which the vet said to expect. She's on five different medications for the next three weeks. My little mutt, Aspen, has been in the emergency room since Friday night and she's not completely out of the water yet. So far I'm into them for $7500 and I won't be going much farther, so I'm hoping I can take her home tomorrow. My teenage son ordered some flavored caffeine packets (against my advice). They are 200 mg per packet, with 15 packets in a can that looks like a tobacco can. The delivery guy left them on the front porch and my baby girl ripped them open and ate two cans worth of packets. That's a total of 6000 mg of caffeine, triple the lethal dose for a human. I didn't take any pictures on Friday night when it happened, but she looked much worse then. Right now her little heart is experiencing arrhythmia on occasion. They have her heavily drugged to counter the stimulant and to try to regulate her heart. Edited April 7 by Cyrus Cassidy #45437 1 1 13 Quote
Buckshot Bear Posted April 6 Posted April 6 Uh geez....poor Aspen, I know exactly what you're going through and its tough going. There will be a good news update from you soon CC I'm sure of that. 2 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted April 6 Posted April 6 🙏 Prayers up for you and Aspen🙏 Poor baby, hope she gets well soon. 🤞🤞 Quote
Sedalia Dave Posted April 6 Posted April 6 Thought and Prayers for Aspen and her 2 legged family. Quote
Rip Snorter Posted April 6 Posted April 6 (edited) I wish the best for you and your pal! I would be having harsh discussions with the young gent, and he would have a lot of unpaid tasks in his immediate future. I have never regretted what I spent on my dog friends at the vet. I would also be thinking about a package box - closing the barn after the horsse has left! Edited April 6 by Rip Snorter 1 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted April 6 Posted April 6 🙏 Prayers continue up from Eyesa & Ellie, Get Well soon Aspen.🤞 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 7 Posted April 7 Hope the pup recovers and bites your son in the butt!! HARD!! Seriously! Here’s a prayer for Aspen’s full and speedy recovery and many more years of health and companionship for you both! Quote
Pat Riot Posted April 7 Posted April 7 Awe. Poor girl. I really hope she makes it through with no residual medical issues. Quote
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted April 7 Posted April 7 Thanks for the update. Make your son clean up all of the poop! 2 Quote
Shotgun-Gibbs Posted April 7 Posted April 7 You're lucky to have each other! I wish nothing but the best for you all! 🙏 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 7 Posted April 7 Glad to see the update! Great news! And YEAH! Have the young’n do the cleanup! I hope he understands the gravity of his actions! Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted April 7 Posted April 7 2 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said: Glad to see the update! Great news! And YEAH! Have the young’n do the cleanup! I hope he understands the gravity of his actions! 6 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Great news! Thanks. Where are you guys seeing an update? 🙏Prayers still up for Aspen🙏 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 7 Posted April 7 Just now, Eyesa Horg said: Where are you guys seeing an update? 🙏Prayers still up for Aspen🙏 The very top of the OP… 2 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted April 7 Posted April 7 Duh! Didn't look there! Such good news Cyrus. Glad she's home, poop and all. Quote
Dantankerous Posted April 7 Posted April 7 Dogs are family, I fully understand. Glad yours is on the mend. I wish for a full recovery. 1 Quote
J-BAR #18287 Posted April 8 Posted April 8 Thank you Cyrus for having the will and resources to save your pet. 5 Quote
watab kid Posted April 8 Posted April 8 ill jump in and add to Jbars comment here 4 hours ago, J-BAR #18287 said: Thank you Cyrus for having the will and resources to save your pet. ive not ever spent that on a pet in my life , my folks may have when i was a kid as always had a german shepard at my side , yet later life left me with a couple pets ex-wives took , my current buddy is a yorkie that i would consider spending that on , but based on the original post my little buddy at 12 lbs would never have survived , im happy to hear you saved yours - you child needs to understand and change his ways , the dogs dont know any better we do and need to act accordingly Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted April 8 Posted April 8 I don't mean to be contrary, but there seems to be a lot of blame towards the boy. Yes, maybe he shouldn't have ordered the stuff against Dad's advice, but he didn't do anything negligent that caused Aspen to eat it from what I understood. It was left like any other package on the porch and Aspen got into it. I'm thinking the young man is/was just as heartbroken about his doggie being sick. 2 1 Quote
Pat Riot Posted April 8 Posted April 8 53 minutes ago, Eyesa Horg said: I don't mean to be contrary, but there seems to be a lot of blame towards the boy. Yes, maybe he shouldn't have ordered the stuff against Dad's advice, but he didn't do anything negligent that caused Aspen to eat it from what I understood. It was left like any other package on the porch and Aspen got into it. I'm thinking the young man is/was just as heartbroken about his doggie being sick. I was thinking the same thing. Great minds! 1 Quote
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