One way or another, even if she had been given something to make her throw up, the vet would have given her vitamin K. There are specific warnings on warafin patients' prescriptions cautioning against eating kale, spinach, and other leafy veggies because vit K is the 'antidote' to warafin. One way or another, giving her vit K will not harm her, the problem is not knowing how much to give. Because the actual vitamin (which can't be bought over the counter, BTW) is a more concentrated form it can be easily determined how much to give, but in our case (we just juiced a bunch of kale and spinach) we have no idea, so she may not be getting enough. Giving her too much is very unlikely, too little is the problem.
Does anyone wanna do some figuring for me??? It's 5am and I can't think anymore!!!
When a dog has Warafin poisoning, they administer 5mg of vit k intramuscularly. I know that what we're trying to do is no where near what a trained vet could do, but my brother is 19 and CAN'T pay $500 to the vet. Anyways, here's the link to the nutrition facts on kale:
http://www.eatingwell.com/news_views/nutrition_news/vitamin_k.html
It says that 1/2 cup of kale has 531mcg of vit k. We juiced the kale so now we have ML's (liquid). How many ml's would equal 1mg of vit K based on the nutrition facts from the website??? Anyone???
BTW, she's doing fine!!! She's running and playing and whatever, so I'm hoping we can get her through this next month okay. She won't be home free till 30 days from now, so everyone say a prayer!!!!
