"Pie"
Adopted
May 2006 - July 23, 2006
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Little Pie was my shooting
star, so brief yet so bright.
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I just want to
tell the tragic story of my puppy Pie, by doing so it may
prevent another dog, human companion from suffering the
same fate. If so, she hasn't lived in vain.
Pie was dumped as a nursing puppy at a filthy rural kill
shelter in Indiana, when her mom and three littermates found
homes and she was the last one left she was going to be
destroyed. I saw her picture on petfinder and she broke
my heart. Having spent the first three months of her life
with no human contact except someone filling the food bowl,
and never having walked on anything but concrete, everything
was a delight to her.
Almost 4 weeks ago I took her to the vet for what looked
like an eye rash. It ended up being non contagious puppy
mange, while I was there (I could kick myself now) I asked
the vet if it would be okay to get her second puppy shot.
She said no problem, it was a problem and it cost my puppy
her life. The first indication of problem was swelling at
the injection site, eating and vomiting, not eating at all,
fever sometimes spiking as high as 105.5, lethargy and stumbling.
Pie fought for her life for almost two weeks, the second
week the vet became convinced it was the vaccine. Not only
was she experiencing the haemolytic anemia but a bone marrow
aspiration determined her bone marrow had been destroyed.
In spite of a transfusion within 12 hours her red cells
were down to 10, and although she hadn't regained full consciousness
from the bone marrow aspiration the previous morning she
was beginning to moan. It was time to let her go.
Thankfully my vet covered her bases in asking permission
to obtain post death tissue samples including liver biopsies
and additional bone marrow samples. She has been in contact
with the vaccine maker, they are not denying responsiblility.
Their vets, while still looking into it, have determined
that it wasn't a rare but know reaction (auto immune reaction)
but a reaction to a BAD vaccine. Having ruled out anything
organic which could cause bone marrow destruction of this
severity, such as leukemia, they are saying that it could
only be two things, one is an overdose of a chemotherapy
drug, the other is a pharmaceutical grade poison. How could
either of which be in the vaccine??? They are asking my
vet to inventory and catalog lot numbers of all the vaccine
she has, and contacting the first vet where Pie got her
first DHPP vaccine with no ill effects.
The drug company
is offering to pay all expenses, not just the hospital bills
from the vaccine reaction, but all bills from day one of
my having brought Pie into my life. Even food I had purchased
from the vet the first day I got her. This makes me very
suspicious. I want to know how many other bad vaccines are
out there!! How many other people have lost their puppies/
dogs to this "mistake"?
I have emailed
several organizations about this and haven't gotten many
answers. I am heartbroken, Pie's life was so tragic and
she deserved so much more than this. If her death could
prevent another dog and their human companion from suffering
the way she and I have, then she wouldn't have died in vain.
She was a wonderful pup and in the two short months I was
blessed to have her, she touched my heart so deeply. She
was my daily companion, I took her to work with me, she
just wanted to be with me that's all.
Little Pie was
my shooting star, so brief yet so bright.
Please any input or feedback would be appreciated. I have
documented the two weeks of symptoms and treatment, it is
rather lengthy but I will email it if it would help.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read this,
Linda
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