Ringo's Emergency Vet Bills. R.I.P baby boy Ringo
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UPDATE: At 4pm today, Monday March 15th, We lost our baby Ringo. He never awoke from anesthesia... and now we're all devastated and left with a $5000 emergency vet bill and no Ringo..
Hello all, my name is Sandra.
I am currently at a loss and emotionally drained writing this.
Thursday (March 11th) my wonderful dog, Ringo, started to have what seemed like muscle pains. I made an emergency vet appointment for the very next day, Friday, and that vet had said that Ringo must have pulled a muscle in his lower lumbar and that he'll be fine. Gave him a steroid shot and sent us home with pain management for the following week until it passed.
We'll, Friday evening into Saturday morning his pain didn't seem like it was subsiding. Along with this, his whole body started to tense up with these "cramping" episodes. I made an emergency appointment for Sunday morning for xrays and bloodwork. Well, Saturday night he started to improve. He finally ate when I hand fed him, and he slept a good few hours. Sunday morning he woke up with movement and feeling good. I called the vet and they said that we can come on in Monday or Tuesday and not worry about the emergency visit.
Then, 6pm Sunday evening hit.... Ringo took a dive for the worse. He could no longer yelp in pain during a "muscle spasm". He started panting, then his body started contorting, and he lost all mobility, lost bodily functions, couldn't see/ hear us, nor could he lay flat. This lasted over 5 minutes!! I called the nearest emergency vet in Tucson and told them what was happening. They told us to take the 1.5 hour drive to them asap! The drive up there his body did it all again... and then as soon as we pulled up it started to happen again. The tech, Dr, and assistant came running out and rushed him away while I sat in the parking lot crying and feeling helpless...
About 10 minutes go by and the Dr calls us to tell us what's happening.
Ringo was having cluster seizures. The worst a dog could have. She had put a catheter in him and needed the "okay" to run the tests... these tests costing $1467... I couldn't yell "yes" fast enough. This all has happened in the last 5 hours. I'm still trying to wrap my mind around this.
They said they needed to keep him for at least 24 hours to make sure he's seizure free. Well, all the tests came back and he looked almost perfect on them. Blood counts, liver, kidneys, all that... so, that leaves one last thing. Neurological. The one I fear the most. Tomorrow he'll be placed under anesthesia and have tests done... this will run us anywhere from $2000-$3200 at least, depending what they find.
Which brings me here.... we're going to do anything we can to help him survive. He's my emotional support animal.. my baby.. my best friend. But, I can't do it alone. Even if you can only give $1.. I would be beyond grateful.
It's really hard for me to ever ask for help. But, for Ringo, I'll do anything. I'm ready to have my happy, healthy, energetic boy back!
Thank you all so much for reading this, and I'll update as soon as I know more.
The photos below are of him after these seizures (before we knew they were seizures) and him locked in the "muscle spasm". I've also included the invoices with date and breakdown of what they're doing.
SANDRA
Hello all, my name is Sandra.
I am currently at a loss and emotionally drained writing this.
Thursday (March 11th) my wonderful dog, Ringo, started to have what seemed like muscle pains. I made an emergency vet appointment for the very next day, Friday, and that vet had said that Ringo must have pulled a muscle in his lower lumbar and that he'll be fine. Gave him a steroid shot and sent us home with pain management for the following week until it passed.
We'll, Friday evening into Saturday morning his pain didn't seem like it was subsiding. Along with this, his whole body started to tense up with these "cramping" episodes. I made an emergency appointment for Sunday morning for xrays and bloodwork. Well, Saturday night he started to improve. He finally ate when I hand fed him, and he slept a good few hours. Sunday morning he woke up with movement and feeling good. I called the vet and they said that we can come on in Monday or Tuesday and not worry about the emergency visit.
Then, 6pm Sunday evening hit.... Ringo took a dive for the worse. He could no longer yelp in pain during a "muscle spasm". He started panting, then his body started contorting, and he lost all mobility, lost bodily functions, couldn't see/ hear us, nor could he lay flat. This lasted over 5 minutes!! I called the nearest emergency vet in Tucson and told them what was happening. They told us to take the 1.5 hour drive to them asap! The drive up there his body did it all again... and then as soon as we pulled up it started to happen again. The tech, Dr, and assistant came running out and rushed him away while I sat in the parking lot crying and feeling helpless...
About 10 minutes go by and the Dr calls us to tell us what's happening.
Ringo was having cluster seizures. The worst a dog could have. She had put a catheter in him and needed the "okay" to run the tests... these tests costing $1467... I couldn't yell "yes" fast enough. This all has happened in the last 5 hours. I'm still trying to wrap my mind around this.
They said they needed to keep him for at least 24 hours to make sure he's seizure free. Well, all the tests came back and he looked almost perfect on them. Blood counts, liver, kidneys, all that... so, that leaves one last thing. Neurological. The one I fear the most. Tomorrow he'll be placed under anesthesia and have tests done... this will run us anywhere from $2000-$3200 at least, depending what they find.
Which brings me here.... we're going to do anything we can to help him survive. He's my emotional support animal.. my baby.. my best friend. But, I can't do it alone. Even if you can only give $1.. I would be beyond grateful.
It's really hard for me to ever ask for help. But, for Ringo, I'll do anything. I'm ready to have my happy, healthy, energetic boy back!
Thank you all so much for reading this, and I'll update as soon as I know more.
The photos below are of him after these seizures (before we knew they were seizures) and him locked in the "muscle spasm". I've also included the invoices with date and breakdown of what they're doing.
SANDRA
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Sandra Price Call
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Sierra Vista, AZ