one of the vets called me last night to "confess" that they had overdosed one of junior's medications (meloxicam, an anti-inflammatory drug). it was a "decimal error" and she wound up getting ten times what she should have. overdoses of this drug can cause irreversible kidney damage, so they are now going to keep her through the middle of next week to treat her for that... she has a tube for fluids now, and they are pushing fluids in an attempt to flush the drug out before it can do any damage. they will also do blood tests to check her kidney function.

i really can't begin to describe how angry i am over this... without even going into the financial aspects of all of this, i've taken her to the people who are supposed to be the experts, and junior makes it through what for a reptile is a very major surgery with significant risks, only to be overdosed because somebody didn't double-check their math, or was too busy flirting with a coworker, or thinking about their friend's baby shower, or mentally making their grocery list, or something. accidents happen, but when a life is at stake, is it too much to expect people to focus?

being angry really doesn't help junior, though.
time will tell.

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