We all held our breathe and prayed for Oliver, but my brother said he's doing ok... >Subject: Olivers back and healthy >Date: Mon, 27 Aug 1956 13:12:48 +0000 >From: [log in to unmask] (James Matthews) >To: "Nancy J. Donnelly" <[log in to unmask]> > >Hi Nancy, >I have Oliver back and he's o.k. They gave him a Benadryl injection,two >treatments of Dexamethasone S.P. (Whatever that is), Fluid therapy >(Subcutaneous)pe, and an Epinephrine injection. That plus a half day >hospitalization cost me forty-one dollars. I considered it a bargain >compared to loosing him. I did mean to say distemper, not tetanus. Hehad >the reaction to Fervac-d. He had a rabies shot two weeks prior tothis, >Imrab-3. The Fervac-d was injected into his rump and not in hisneck. >Twenty-five minutes after the injection he started vomiting,became very >lethargic, his eye's glazed over, and he started wimpering(I don't know how >to describe it better than that). When I got homeyesterday I went on the >internet to the VetNet and checked out what Icould. Seems like the Vet did >all the right things. Some controversy onwhat type of vaccination to use on >the net but Fervac-d is the only one approved by (?). [Posted in FML issue 1936]