My filly, Passion (
Whinny For Me's Passionately Dun) had the first IgG done the morning she was born (on vet's second trip to "visit" her as one had been out after birth to put a feeding tube in). That showed she didn't have enough IgG and was Friday morning. Got first plasma transfusion then and the vet came back out Saturday morning, repeated the IgG and she was improved but not where we wanted her so she had a second transfusion. The vet came out on Sunday afternoon and did the 3rd IgG test which showed Passion was where she needed to be so she didn't require a 3rd plasma transusion.
The IgG plasma we used had to be defrosted and once it is defrosted, it is only good for 24 hours. If Passion needed a 3rd transfusion, we'd have had to defrost another bag. The bags were $300/each not counting th vet's time / skill of running the IV. Took a real long time to get each transfusion in as Passion would shake and just had to take it slow.
We had another vet situation unrelated to Passion about a week prior, but Passion's part of the vet bill, which including one 2am hour visit at my place for feeding tube, 2 long visits to plasma transfuse, 1 short vet visit to re-do IgG, 2 vials Naxcel, and God I can't remember all what else was "only" about $2,000. When you consider all those trips to my place and the time the vets spent with us, I think it's a bargain. It would take
a lot more than that in terms of money to get me out 4x (one in the middle of the night) to do something for one of my clients. We're so lucky vets do what they do, and for the price they do it.
Reading here of the the years just drives home how lucky I am to have a great vet practice for four vets I love and can get one out to my house any time of day or not 365 days a year usually within 45minutes. Also, they have whatever we need on hand and with them when they arrive at my place (including that plasma).