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Wednesday night DJ didn't eat much for dinner. When I checked on him Thursday morning, he had vomited in the crate. He had diarrhea when I took him outside to potty. I called the vet that is treating his leg, and they said I should bring him in. I took him to the vet for an exam, and since he was going in the following day for his leg to be looked at, he stayed the night. During the night, he vomited and had diarrhea again, they checked and he has parvo We got instructions from the vet on the care he needs, and brought him home Friday. We also got parvo boosters for our dogs, just in case.

We have been giving him fluid under the skin, to keep hydration in check. He vomited and had diarrhea Saturday, and he had diarhea again early Sunday. My fiancee and I were scared Friday night and Saturday, because he looked really bad, and he is getting thinner since we can not feed him food yet.

Since he hasn't vomited for a day or two and there wasn't any blood in his diarrhea, we started giving him small amounts of water to drink each hour, and he has kept them down. If the water stays down, tomorrow we will be hand feeding him, very slowly, a small amount of food, about a cup of plain rice, and a few small pieces of boiled chicken. If that all stays down, it may mean we have "hit bottom" with the parvo, and will be slow recovery here on out.


My fiancee is being a real trooper, I hope she knows how much I love her. She had some experience with giving fluids under the skin, so she is doing the hydration part.

I may have missed some things on above details, sorry.