{"id":2090,"date":"2014-10-23T20:26:24","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T06:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=2090"},"modified":"2014-10-24T05:15:09","modified_gmt":"2014-10-24T15:15:09","slug":"longs-almost-killed-my-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=2090","title":{"rendered":"Longs almost killed my dog"},"content":{"rendered":"

Got your attention, I bet.<\/p>\n

Drum roll please…
\nI now add Longs Drugs to my ever-growing list of local companies schlepping their way to mediocrity.<\/p>\n

Maybe I should start having a formal event where “Crap” awards are handed out.<\/p>\n

Black tie, food from Ige’s and a small orchestra for dancing afterwards.
\nMake a night of it.<\/p>\n

Longs, meet Zippys and Big City Diner.
\nI hope all of you will be very happy together.<\/p>\n

Here we go –
\nGot a real sick dog.<\/p>\n

He’s got one leg on the so-called Rainbow Bridge but he’s hanging in.<\/p>\n

\"Prednisone\"<\/a>He’s on Prednisone among a ton of other pills.<\/p>\n

As the vet put it, any dog that dies that wasn’t on Prednisone was getting bad care.<\/p>\n

It’s got some nasty side effects but can do wonders for the time the animal has left.<\/p>\n

I ran out of Prednisone yesterday because the stuff tends to crumble.
\nWon’t be getting more until the next vet visit on Saturday.<\/p>\n

When an animal – or person – is on Prednisone you cannot stop it abruptly.<\/p>\n

Real bad things can happen.<\/p>\n

So, I call the vet and ask if they’d call in a prescription to my friendly neighborhood Longs for one 5 mg Prednisone pill.<\/p>\n

The dog gets a 1\/4 pill every night and that one pill will get us to Saturday nicely, thank you.<\/p>\n

They did it and the wife picks it up after work and brings it home.<\/p>\n

I get ready to give the dog his life-extending medication and the damn pill is 50 mg.
\nTen times too strong even if it had been cut.<\/p>\n

Ten times.<\/p>\n

It would have killed him.<\/p>\n

The vet checked and it was Longs error.
\nWonderful.<\/p>\n

Now, for those who say, “Geesh, it’s only a dog.”<\/p>\n

That’s not the point.<\/p>\n

Secondly – one wonders if this is how they check stuff before they hand it out to some old, sick person that just takes their meds without looking at the bottle.<\/p>\n

Most people just open, grab and swallow, maybe?<\/p>\n

I wonder if Longs has killed anyone recently.<\/p>\n

Harsh?
\nYou bet.<\/p>\n

I’m pissed and grumpy and those two do not mix well.<\/p>\n

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