So, mammas, I took my cat to the vet to get her the rabbies vaccine. She is generally anxious at the vets and is typically not the best patient, so I often put these things off. Besides, she is in indoor cat and never goes outside. It would have to be a fairly freak incident for her to contract rabbies.
Anyway, before administering the shot, my vet starts telling me about all of the side-effects associated with the vaccination. He gives me the pros and cons of vaccinating. He gives me his opinion/advise and asks me how I feel about the shot. Then, he also tells me that my cat could experience fever, inflamation around the injection site and change of temperment and proceeds to emphasize how serious those side effects can be. BTW, my cat was due for another vaccine too, but the vet wanted to space them out to reduce the overall trauma of the injection for the cat and to make sure the cat didn't get sick...
When I told him that my ped recommends 4 shots with multiple vacs and at a time and simply says to give the baby tylenol 30 min before the shot and every four hours after to reduce fever and pain. I have gone through around 7 different peds in 3 states and find they all tote the party line and say the same thing. He doesn't discredit the peds, but says that the fever and inflamation are serious side-effects that should not be masked when it comes to my pet and to call him if this happens.
WOW! Now, how is this a serious side-effect for my cat but not for my baby? Why is my vet so much more thorough? Why does he feel the need to make me feel educated and comfortable about vaccinating my feline friend and my ped doesn't? And, most importantly why does my ped brush-off these SERIOUS side-effects?
This was an eye-opening experience for me. I thought you would enjoy the irony...
Anyway, before administering the shot, my vet starts telling me about all of the side-effects associated with the vaccination. He gives me the pros and cons of vaccinating. He gives me his opinion/advise and asks me how I feel about the shot. Then, he also tells me that my cat could experience fever, inflamation around the injection site and change of temperment and proceeds to emphasize how serious those side effects can be. BTW, my cat was due for another vaccine too, but the vet wanted to space them out to reduce the overall trauma of the injection for the cat and to make sure the cat didn't get sick...
When I told him that my ped recommends 4 shots with multiple vacs and at a time and simply says to give the baby tylenol 30 min before the shot and every four hours after to reduce fever and pain. I have gone through around 7 different peds in 3 states and find they all tote the party line and say the same thing. He doesn't discredit the peds, but says that the fever and inflamation are serious side-effects that should not be masked when it comes to my pet and to call him if this happens.
WOW! Now, how is this a serious side-effect for my cat but not for my baby? Why is my vet so much more thorough? Why does he feel the need to make me feel educated and comfortable about vaccinating my feline friend and my ped doesn't? And, most importantly why does my ped brush-off these SERIOUS side-effects?
This was an eye-opening experience for me. I thought you would enjoy the irony...
...sounds familiar.
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