Adverse Vaccine Reaction Treatment Costs Top $15K

It’s official. I hadn’t added everything up since the end of June, but I did on Friday, and we topped $15,000 in expenses to treat Lilly’s severe rabies vaccine reaction. To be exact … $15,095.01. People have been asking, so I’ve again set up a chip-in, if you’re so inclined. No pressure. No expectations at all.

When you take into account the $3,000 we got by maxing out Lilly’s pet insurance policy and the nearly $2,200 we received via another chip-in earlier this year, that’s $9,915.89 out of pocket for us so far this year … with no end in sight.

If you are new to our story, you can see all the blog posts on the topic using this Adverse Vaccine Reaction – Recovery from Meningoencephalomyelitis link or the pull-down category menu in the right-hand sidebar.

We posted a 5-part Adverse Vaccine Reaction FAQ a while back, but keep in mind that was before this most recent (and much more severe) relapse a few weeks ago. Originally, her prognosis was good. Now … I just don’t know.

We’ll meet with Lilly’s veterinary neurologist again next week. In addition to her many daily immune-squashing medications, the latest idea is to give her a chemo drug called cytarabine (a powerful anti-inflammatory) 2 days in a row every 3 weeks.

Otherwise, I have no real recovery news to share. Lilly is about the same — weak, tired, a little dull mentally at times, totally incontinent, etc. 

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Several people have asked about another chip-in, and now that I’ve seen the total, I could certainly use some help before my next batch of credit card bills arrive.

The chip-in will live on the main Champion of My Heart page at the top of the right sidebar. 

I’m also posting the widget here:

If for some reason you cannot see it or use it, there is also a stand-alone chip-in page (separate from our main site).

The email I use for paypal is writehawn@earthlink.net … if you prefer to find me that way.