My puppy has parvo. He was improving but today the vet told me that is worse than yesterday (not wanting to lift his head, etc). Yesterday he would lift his head a little to look at you. He had 2 vomits and 1 diarrhea yesterday and today they said that he has had both (more vomiting than diarrhea but they didn't tell me an exact number nor did I remember at the time to ask). Is parvo an up and down illness or could he be taking a turn for the worse? Any advice is appreciated.
My puppy has parvo. He was improving but today the vet told me that is worse than yesterday (not wanting to lift his head, etc). Yesterday he would lift his head a little to look at you. He had 2 vomits and 1 diarrhea yesterday and today they said that he has had both (more vomiting than diarrhea but they didn't tell me an exact number nor did I remember at the time to ask). Is parvo an up and down illness or could he be taking a turn for the worse? Any advice is appreciated.
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my 14 month old puppy showed signs of parvo on Fri, 8th Aug 08, vomitting and had violent diarrhoea... we sent him in to be hospitalised immediately and he looked like he got better that he was even taken of the regular drip by tues, 12th Aug and the vet said he could leave within the next 2 days.. However he crashed the next day (Wed) and they found out that his marrow was being attacked and by then he was just lying there hardly moving and it was heartbreaking. We got him put on a plasma transfusion drip, started on a once a day interflureon jabs for 3 days.. and was back on the drip after the plasma tooc because he wasnt eating once again. by Sunday, 17th Aug he was almost back to his usual rowdy self. and he got well enough to be discharged on the 19th evening, 12 days after he was admitted. That was about US$3000 later. but i would say totally worth it to do everything we could to get him well again even tho we cant really afford that money. all these when we only got the puppy on the 3rd Aug night and barely had him for a week and it struck. u just have to be very vigilant to make sure the vetrinary staff are very alert and they give him the best care possible... even if its to a point of making such a fuss on things so that they hate you to the core but it keeps them on their toes to be vigilant about your pup. Hope these little info helps and keeps you encouraged.
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