hobird58
04-15-2002, 06:44 PM
Hi,
Well I am finally able to talk about this now. Last week on Monday the 8th, I came home late from work and after a few minutes noticed that Sierra (Dog of the day 3-03-02), my 5 month old Golden Retriever, didn't come and meet me at the door. I found her out back and she was sick! She had bloody stools and was vomiting and looked awful. We rushed her to the emergency vet and they thought she must have eaten something toxic becaure she was up to date on all of her vaccinations. After doing some stool tests they ruled out any parasites so they sent us home with some antibiotics and instructions to try to get her to drink as much as possible and to keep a close eye on her that night and take her to her vet first thing in the morning.
Well, a very sleepness night. She slept well, but it seemed more like she was out of it and couldn't do anything else. I brought her water and she did take a little bit so I was sort of encouraged. In the morning she was so bad that she wouldn't even lift her head up, she looked like she had just given up and that scared me so much. I picked her up and helped her walk to the kitchen and held her while she drank some water and then we went straight to the vet.
He checked everything too, her temp was normal but he could tell that she was having intenstinal trouble and thought it was something poisonous too. But he said it sure acted like Parvo so he sent out a blood sample and we treated her like that was it just in case. They kept her at the vets all day with an IV for fluid and he tried feeding her but it came back up... When I picked her up that afternoon she was feeling a little better but still was very sick. I fed her rice and Pedialite for that night and Wed. Wed. night she ate some rice and didn't throw up and she seemed better. Then on Thursday morning I got up and she wasn't in my room so I went into the bathroom and when I came out she was up on the bed with my husband wagging her tail and showing off her favorite toy... I just cried.. my puppy was back!!!!
The test was positive for Parvo, the vet was very surprised because of all the vaccinations being on time and everything but it is possible I guess, I just don't know how. He said that once she had kept food down and didn't have any loose stools for 24 hours than she was through it and would completely recover.
It is now 1 week later and she is completely better, eating and running and retrieving the paper again. I am so lucky.
I really wanted to write this to let everyone know how careful you have to be with these angels of ours. I will never let a puppy out of my yard until she is 6 months or older again.
Thank you for listening... I am so happy now, but very much aware of how precious she is to me...
Sally and Sierra.....
Well I am finally able to talk about this now. Last week on Monday the 8th, I came home late from work and after a few minutes noticed that Sierra (Dog of the day 3-03-02), my 5 month old Golden Retriever, didn't come and meet me at the door. I found her out back and she was sick! She had bloody stools and was vomiting and looked awful. We rushed her to the emergency vet and they thought she must have eaten something toxic becaure she was up to date on all of her vaccinations. After doing some stool tests they ruled out any parasites so they sent us home with some antibiotics and instructions to try to get her to drink as much as possible and to keep a close eye on her that night and take her to her vet first thing in the morning.
Well, a very sleepness night. She slept well, but it seemed more like she was out of it and couldn't do anything else. I brought her water and she did take a little bit so I was sort of encouraged. In the morning she was so bad that she wouldn't even lift her head up, she looked like she had just given up and that scared me so much. I picked her up and helped her walk to the kitchen and held her while she drank some water and then we went straight to the vet.
He checked everything too, her temp was normal but he could tell that she was having intenstinal trouble and thought it was something poisonous too. But he said it sure acted like Parvo so he sent out a blood sample and we treated her like that was it just in case. They kept her at the vets all day with an IV for fluid and he tried feeding her but it came back up... When I picked her up that afternoon she was feeling a little better but still was very sick. I fed her rice and Pedialite for that night and Wed. Wed. night she ate some rice and didn't throw up and she seemed better. Then on Thursday morning I got up and she wasn't in my room so I went into the bathroom and when I came out she was up on the bed with my husband wagging her tail and showing off her favorite toy... I just cried.. my puppy was back!!!!
The test was positive for Parvo, the vet was very surprised because of all the vaccinations being on time and everything but it is possible I guess, I just don't know how. He said that once she had kept food down and didn't have any loose stools for 24 hours than she was through it and would completely recover.
It is now 1 week later and she is completely better, eating and running and retrieving the paper again. I am so lucky.
I really wanted to write this to let everyone know how careful you have to be with these angels of ours. I will never let a puppy out of my yard until she is 6 months or older again.
Thank you for listening... I am so happy now, but very much aware of how precious she is to me...
Sally and Sierra.....