Here is my original thread about my cat being blinded by Baytril. It was never intended to become a blog about her last week of life with us. But it did. She was euthanized yesterday due to liver failure.( much more complicated than that but enough information to understand it became the main focus of the thread). There is a link to a rainbow bridge. But Kittens story is not over. The wrong inflicted on her has not been set right. The veterinarian who gave my 13lb cat 68 mg of Baytril per day has declared it was fine to do so, no wrong doing and scuttled behind a lawyer like a cowardly whipped dog. I cannot let rest the issue of the medical battery inflicted on her in those last months of life. Most of her sight. Bayer has made it clear on every label the correct dose / maximum dose that is safe for a feline and why. We are going to be forced into suing this DVM for the only thing we seem to be able to recover. KItten's resulting vet bills. And to aggressively pursue our claim of malpractice through the State Veterinary Board. It matters not that her incinerated remains will soon be on my desk in an urn or I wish still sitting on the kitchen table at this hour using her infra red eye lasers to burn holes in my back waiting for her breakfast. I have since realized that not only did this DVM blind my cat she failed to treat her ulcerated eyes and the drug in the Rx bottle labeled as a brand name drug is actually a generic form. Why is this wrong. Baytril is a name patented by a company. Why does that bother me. When people show such unethical behavior I wonder what else they are up to. Consider one clinic we have used before that said they don't even prescribe this class of drugs to cats for an URI. I get small town , not even really a town here, vets. They often have no more than an x-ray machine but usually a full pharmacy of safe reliable species safe drugs. Is this vet unable to afford to keep her supplies stocked ? Should a vet be able to smile, take your money and then go back and see what she has left in the cupboard without disclosing to you the pet owner this is all they have on hand.
Looking back at this I also realized she gave no warning about what to watch for on this drug. No take home sheet for home care. All of this escaped us at the onset. She seemed like such a caring person. Bundy was charming too.
So I can't eulogize Kitten or lay her life story down in peace while this is unsettled. She was a baby when my beloved Arab mare Nikki passed. I often called Kitten my heartbeat. We shared an incredible bond. Today my heartbeat is silent. I cannot change that. We can pursue a bad DVM.
I should disclose that because we noticed an issue with the Baytril we took Kitten to a vet hospital and she did retain some of her sight. But she didn't have to lose any of it. Over twice the safe dose and we have never been able to determine the dose given in a shot during her vet visit.
Looking back at this I also realized she gave no warning about what to watch for on this drug. No take home sheet for home care. All of this escaped us at the onset. She seemed like such a caring person. Bundy was charming too.
So I can't eulogize Kitten or lay her life story down in peace while this is unsettled. She was a baby when my beloved Arab mare Nikki passed. I often called Kitten my heartbeat. We shared an incredible bond. Today my heartbeat is silent. I cannot change that. We can pursue a bad DVM.
I should disclose that because we noticed an issue with the Baytril we took Kitten to a vet hospital and she did retain some of her sight. But she didn't have to lose any of it. Over twice the safe dose and we have never been able to determine the dose given in a shot during her vet visit.
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