[Liesje]

One night I came home and immediately saw several spots of vomit on the white carpet. Kenya came running over and seemed OK, but then I found a chewed prescription bottle. My DH is on anti-seizure medication. He is tall and athletic, over 200lbs and I think he takes 200mg but this dose he had to work up to slowly, b/c this drug can cause a fatal skin rash. Kenya on the other hand is 50lbs and there were half a dozen pills left, all demolished. She had vomited about 7 times. I called the vet and threw her in the van. They really did not know what to do, since even in humans this is not a common medication. The vets had nothing to based in on for dogs. He did a basic exam and their best answer was for me to watch her closely for 24 hours. The drug is metabolized quickly, so hopefully she had started vomiting immediately. At that point there was nothing they could do and no reason to induce more vomiting. I asked about her liver and whether we needed to check it, and the vet said he didn't want to because he would expect it to be totally out of whack and didn't want to scare me. Since the liver regenerates, as long as the dog seemed OK after 24 hours, I shouldn't worry.

I had panicked at home but the vet was very honest and reassuring. He told me that if she had chewed a bottle of Tylenol she might be dead already. He offered to keep her at the hospital but they had no night staff so I opted to take her home and watch her. The next day I snuck her into my work and made a dog bed under my desk.

This happened around Thanksgiving and there seems to have been no effect, other than me crating her again. She always was perfect in the house but had been looking for plastic containers to chew. To get DH's meds she had to get them out of his toiletry case (he has an extra set of everything that he takes to work when he works out). Now she is crated.