Daisy's Coffee Binge

Here's the 411 on Daisy so far...

From last nite:
Daisy went first to our vet, and then to emergency vet 40 minutes away with seizures last nite. Most likely she scarfed down a big gob of coffee grounds that I was working into the raised veggie beds this afternoon when I didn't see her (I was keeping a CLOSE watch on her! She's trouble!). The vets felt should would PROBABLY be ok, but they had to keep her hooked up with IVs, flush her out with activated charcoal (I don't want to know all the details of how that goes in), and more. It took two doses of valium to get her to stop twitching/shivering/blinking so much at our vet (I know, it sounds a little funny after the fact - believe me, it wasn't), and they gave us an extra dose of valium that we could inject into her IV/dock that they left in, just in case she got worse on the drive to the emergency vet.

The news by 10:30 Tuesday morning:
I took the day/morning off since we didn't know what the situation would be, when they'd call, etc. We got the call awhile ago saying that she had really improved and was looking better, but that she was still twitching. Basically it's like she took speed, and has to come down from it. They're going to be doing more bloodwork, and they mentioned x-rays (I'm guessing to see if there's anything still left in her, but maybe they have to see if there's internal damage/swelling?). I should be getting an update around 2 or 230 probably. Hopefully I can go out and pick her up at that time!

So these free coffee grounds from Starbucks in the library to improve my garden soil are costing us an arm and a leg!! Well, to be honest, they didn't know for sure last nite that it was actually coffee grounds - they said she COULD have gotten into something else that we just don't know about, or that she could actually have had a seizure. They pretty much ruled out the latter two options there, but we'll still have to keep an eye out. I'm hoping the test results will confirm whether or not it was coffee grounds, although that'll just make me feel that much more guilty!

More updates as I have them!