ILoveAlex
Jul 18, 2010, 02:20 PM
My puppy Alex is about 16 weeks old. I rescued her from a very bad environment in a nearby city. The past week she started vomiting. I thought maybe it may be the fact that she chews everything she can get her little mouth on. Then, about 3 days ago she started having diarrhea, and 2 days ago I noticed weight loss, no appetite, and no energy. I took her to the animal emergency hospital yesterday and they said she tested positive for Parvo. Well I couldn't afford the $1300 for the treatment to stay at the ER all weekend so I bought the antibiotics and Reglan and I'm giving her I.V. treatments at home. I started introducing her to white rice with chicken broth and minimal water every half hour (just small amounts of food at a time). Well this morning she finally ate a little rice and then a little cottage cheese! And she is not dehydrated. This morning after she went to potty, she started running around the yard for a minute and proceeded to try and chew things up again. For the past hour she is back to just laying around. Is there a chance the test results could have came back wrong? If not, can dogs survive this? I have moved her and her bed to the main living room which is hardwood floors and not putting her in her kennel (I don't care to clean the mess I just want to keep her comfortable). I also sleep in there on the couch to keep her close by and try to spoon feed her every hour. Is there anything else I should be doing? If so, please help. I don't want to lose her.
My puppy Alex is about 16 weeks old. I rescued her from a very bad environment in a nearby city. The past week she started vomiting. I thought maybe it may be the fact that she chews everything she can get her little mouth on. Then, about 3 days ago she started having diarrhea, and 2 days ago I noticed weight loss, no appetite, and no energy. I took her to the animal emergency hospital yesterday and they said she tested positive for Parvo. Well I couldn't afford the $1300 for the treatment to stay at the ER all weekend so I bought the antibiotics and Reglan and I'm giving her I.V. treatments at home. I started introducing her to white rice with chicken broth and minimal water every half hour (just small amounts of food at a time). Well this morning she finally ate a little rice and then a little cottage cheese! And she is not dehydrated. This morning after she went to potty, she started running around the yard for a minute and proceeded to try and chew things up again. For the past hour she is back to just laying around. Is there a chance the test results could have came back wrong? If not, can dogs survive this? I have moved her and her bed to the main living room which is hardwood floors and not putting her in her kennel (I don't care to clean the mess I just want to keep her comfortable). I also sleep in there on the couch to keep her close by and try to spoon feed her every hour. Is there anything else I should be doing? If so, please help. I don't want to lose her.
My puppy Alex is about 16 weeks old. I rescued her from a very bad environment in a nearby city. The past week she started vomiting. I thought maybe it may be the fact that she chews everything she can get her little mouth on. Then, about 3 days ago she started having diarrhea, and 2 days ago I noticed weight loss, no appetite, and no energy. I took her to the animal emergency hospital yesterday and they said she tested positive for Parvo. Well I couldn't afford the $1300 for the treatment to stay at the ER all weekend so I bought the antibiotics and Reglan and I'm giving her I.V. treatments at home. I started introducing her to white rice with chicken broth and minimal water every half hour (just small amounts of food at a time). Well this morning she finally ate a little rice and then a little cottage cheese! And she is not dehydrated. This morning after she went to potty, she started running around the yard for a minute and proceeded to try and chew things up again. For the past hour she is back to just laying around. Is there a chance the test results could have came back wrong? If not, can dogs survive this? I have moved her and her bed to the main living room which is hardwood floors and not putting her in her kennel (I don't care to clean the mess I just want to keep her comfortable). I also sleep in there on the couch to keep her close by and try to spoon feed her every hour. Is there anything else I should be doing? If so, please help.
My puppy Alex is about 16 weeks old. I rescued her from a very bad environment in a nearby city. The past week she started vomiting. I thought maybe it may be the fact that she chews everything she can get her little mouth on. Then, about 3 days ago she started having diarrhea, and 2 days ago I noticed weight loss, no appetite, and no energy. I took her to the animal emergency hospital yesterday and they said she tested positive for Parvo. Well I couldn't afford the $1300 for the treatment to stay at the ER all weekend so I bought the antibiotics and Reglan and I'm giving her I.V. treatments at home. I started introducing her to white rice with chicken broth and minimal water every half hour (just small amounts of food at a time). Well this morning she finally ate a little rice and then a little cottage cheese! And she is not dehydrated. This morning after she went to potty, she started running around the yard for a minute and proceeded to try and chew things up again. For the past hour she is back to just laying around. Is there a chance the test results could have came back wrong? If not, can dogs survive this? I have moved her and her bed to the main living room which is hardwood floors and not putting her in her kennel (I don't care to clean the mess I just want to keep her comfortable). I also sleep in there on the couch to keep her close by and try to spoon feed her every hour. Is there anything else I should be doing? If so, please help. I don't want to lose her.
My puppy Alex is about 16 weeks old. I rescued her from a very bad environment in a nearby city. The past week she started vomiting. I thought maybe it may be the fact that she chews everything she can get her little mouth on. Then, about 3 days ago she started having diarrhea, and 2 days ago I noticed weight loss, no appetite, and no energy. I took her to the animal emergency hospital yesterday and they said she tested positive for Parvo. Well I couldn't afford the $1300 for the treatment to stay at the ER all weekend so I bought the antibiotics and Reglan and I'm giving her I.V. treatments at home. I started introducing her to white rice with chicken broth and minimal water every half hour (just small amounts of food at a time). Well this morning she finally ate a little rice and then a little cottage cheese! And she is not dehydrated. This morning after she went to potty, she started running around the yard for a minute and proceeded to try and chew things up again. For the past hour she is back to just laying around. Is there a chance the test results could have came back wrong? If not, can dogs survive this? I have moved her and her bed to the main living room which is hardwood floors and not putting her in her kennel (I don't care to clean the mess I just want to keep her comfortable). I also sleep in there on the couch to keep her close by and try to spoon feed her every hour. Is there anything else I should be doing? If so, please help.