He was brought in once evening because he was "acting funny" and rapidly deteriorated into a seizuring, salivating, hyperthermic mess. We suspected an organophosphate poisoning and he spent the following two days on a drip in an induced coma while his body processed the unidentified toxin. We didn't hold much hope for him on the first night, and only slightly more on the second. On the third morning he was awake though very groggy, and by that afternoon was slowly wandering around wagging his tail. He went home to his very grateful parents the next day.
What I didn't mention was that he was in the clinic two weeks prior to that with tick paralysis. He is now a very valuable little dog.
During tick season we often battle with hopeless cases even though we sometimes know better. It's nice to pull one back from the edge for a change.
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