I wish your pup a speedy recovery. How is it doing today?
Before you pick up the pup did you tell the breeder about your parvo situation?
I rushed the puppy to the vet in East Hanover's petsmart yesterday they did two parvovirus tests and they both came back positive.
They were closing at 4 and rushed me out saying take the dog to the emergency vet. I rushed him to the emergency vet where they kept him over night.
They did a test of his white blood cells etc. and everything was stable, they kept him overnight and on fluids via IV.
This morning I transferred him to my regular vet, where he will be under watch. The vet said that by Wednesday he may be able to come back home.
Now the thing is they do not know it is parvovirus 100% since he is vaccinated it may be a false positive, especially since he had the vaccination.
The thing is that since i had the puppy that died of parvovirus they are treating it as parvo-suspect and taking all the precautions to ensure he is alright.
The only symptoms he showed on Sunday were not eating & diarrhea in his stool. He was still drinking water at the point I rushed him to the vet.
So HOPEFULLY we caught it either early or it is not parvo at all and just a bad virus. If I lose this dog I will BE CRUSHED and not sure what I will do, but I am staying hopeful.
The VET told me as long as it has its vaccinations it would be fine from the parvovirus. Also the breeder was aware of the presence of parvovirus in my household, but assured me he was vaccinated against it.
About $3,000+ in vet bills later if this dog does not pull through I have no idea what I will do. It isn't about the money, but I CANNOT GO THROUGH LOSING ANOTHER DOG.
I am sitting awake hoping and praying he makes it through it. I just want him back in my arms and know he is okay and safe. If the vet and breeder did not assure me that he would have been okay from the virus due to the vaccinations I would never have risked this dog's life. Granted I may be heartbroken from losing my old dog and the puppy, I would never wish having to go through this ordeal on anyone ever!