five years ago tonight at 8:40 my hunter died of autoimmune hemolytic anemia and liver damage brought on by the heartworm preventin injection, proheart6. That very same day a beautiful border collie named bandit died of uncontrollable seizures in wisconsin. Hunter was 4, never sick a day in his life. Bandit was 7, never had a seizure in his life. Proheart changed this for both boys, Bandit's unending seizure started 10 hours after his ptoheart injection. Putting him under was the only way to stop it. But that only lasted as long as he was totally knocked out. 36 hours after his proheart injection, this beautiful boy was dead. Because he had never had a seizure the ER vet said he had to check for rabies, Sue told him Bandit was up to date, was kept inside, had not been bitten by anythinh. The vet insisted he had to do it. Poor Sue did not know that meant cutting her dog's head off and she was almost in shock to find her Bandit was to be mulitated, especialy knowing he did not have rabies, only that proheart injection.. Naturallt he did not have rabies and her regular vet said it was the phr. Sue and i met over the net and have stayed in touch all these years. We each remember each other's boys, so young, both killed by proheart, dying the same day. Am posting a picture of Bandit and also one of Hunter. It was one of the last ones taken of him. Honey is laying on the floor in front of him and you can see Kaycee's bushy tail
I HAVE TO WONDER, HOW LIKELY DO YOU THINK IT IS THAT OUT OF THE ENTIRE DOG POPULATION ON PROHEART6 HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, ONLY TWO DOGS DIE OF REACTION TO IT ON OCT. 16, 2003, ONE IN TEXAs, one in wisconsin and the only two people to lose their dog that day find each other? not likely. no telling how many died that day we never knew about.
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