What a week

Wow.......after a long week we are very glad it is the weekend.

The chihuahua's have been at the vet most of the week, due to an accidental ingestion of Trident gum with xylitol in it. We never have gum and this was some gum that company left and it ended up on the floor, where the chihuahua's got to it and decided to eat it.

Xylitol is very toxic to dogs (and rabbits and ferrets, not cats). Causes hypoglycemia and acute liver failure. We rushed them to the emergency vets Monday night where they were given apomorphine to induce vomiting and then given IV fluids all night as well as had their labs monitored throughout the night.

The next morning they were taken to the normal vets for continued care through the day. On Tuesday night they were allowed to come home with us with their IV's in still, and Willow with a cone on her head.

Wednesday their labs remained normal and they were able to take the IV's out. Thursday at 72 hours out the last labs were drawn and they all made it through without any severe toxicity problems.

It was a bad week.......and an expensive pack of free gum.