Lalaloopsie
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Yesterday in 1 minute our happy life was gone - at 8 pm Tank ate his dinner, we went for a walk and he was active and happy, made 2 good non-liquid poops, and we returned home. 9.30 he started vomiting, first with food, later with clear waterish substance, and finally with just foam. He drank a bit, and did strange thing - stand with his face in the water, but not slurping. Puking stopped around midnight. No real diarrhea. In the morning we went to vet and he diagnosed with test canine parvovirus CPV infection. He immediately started IV with different meds, shots etc. we were on IV for 5 hours. Total amount of liquids was 400 ml. After that Tank made a big wee and had an explosive diarrhea, 1 time. It was very liquid. But after that, it is now 6 hours after treatment finished, we have no vomiting, no diarrhea. Actually, vomiting we didn't have already for 20 hours, since yesterday.
As you probably know, CPV is difficult to treat, treatment just supports vital functions and rest is up to his body to do, and basically we have to wait 3 days, if he will get better after 3-4 days, he will most probably survive, if not - then, he won't make it.
So, my questions to you, my friends are as follows -
1) may be someone knows, if I can consider absence of vomiting for 20 hours and only one episode of diarrhea in 23 hours since sickness started, to be a good sign?
2) doctor told me not to give him nor food neither water to drink. I am worried, if he can stay for almost 17 hours (our IV finished at 3pm, and we go for treatment at 8am tomorrow) without water? I know that i cannot give him a bowl of water, if he drinks a lot, he will probably vomit and lose even more liquid. But what if I put a spoon or two in his mouth once in an hour, just to keep him a bit more hydrated? I also can put 20-30 ml of water throuh his anus, water is absorbed quite well in rectum. It is common way of hydration of very young babies with vomiting, and also good for dogs.
Please share your experience if you have one, as I am hysterical and all my family either. We cannot imagine losing this precious baby.
As you probably know, CPV is difficult to treat, treatment just supports vital functions and rest is up to his body to do, and basically we have to wait 3 days, if he will get better after 3-4 days, he will most probably survive, if not - then, he won't make it.
So, my questions to you, my friends are as follows -
1) may be someone knows, if I can consider absence of vomiting for 20 hours and only one episode of diarrhea in 23 hours since sickness started, to be a good sign?
2) doctor told me not to give him nor food neither water to drink. I am worried, if he can stay for almost 17 hours (our IV finished at 3pm, and we go for treatment at 8am tomorrow) without water? I know that i cannot give him a bowl of water, if he drinks a lot, he will probably vomit and lose even more liquid. But what if I put a spoon or two in his mouth once in an hour, just to keep him a bit more hydrated? I also can put 20-30 ml of water throuh his anus, water is absorbed quite well in rectum. It is common way of hydration of very young babies with vomiting, and also good for dogs.
Please share your experience if you have one, as I am hysterical and all my family either. We cannot imagine losing this precious baby.
our Basset got it cos the "breeder" didn't want to vaccinate the puppies that nobody had paid a deposit for... Alice, our Basset, came to us as a rescue cos she had nowhere else to go, we did vaccinate her the day we got her but it was to late, the virus had already gotten to her. But she's doing great now, no issues.
Fantastic advice!!! We had a puppy w/parvo, and he did survive... if they catch it early enough chances are he will be fine. It DOES take time to get thru their system, so be patient... plenty of rest is important too. Please keep us updated!!!
