Prayers for my Pitbull

Charlie Mike

Charlie Mike

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Yesterday she started having chocolate milk diarrhea and vomiting in her crate. I was figuring it might have been the switch to a different food after her adoption last Saturday. I all but forced hydration and that seemed to pick her up a bit. After taking her out to crap/wizz at approx 0300 this morning, I hit the hay thinking all is well... just tummy trouble...

We took her to the vet this morning and the test came back for parvo. She'll be staying with the vet until 1800 today where she will be getting full bloodwork and fecal analysis. She'll be getting IV fluids and a run of antibiotics. Then Mrs. CM and I will have to nurse her back to health. The vet said she has seen dogs much worse survive and that we caught it very early. She aid that our dog has very likely been infected weeks before we adopted her. I need to call the adoption agency to let them know that the entire litter will also likely develop symptoms so they can inform all the other adoptions.

She is a very well behaved pup and it would really pain me to have to put her down. Just send some kind thoughts ... if you have any advice (TKC?) please tell me what I can do to increase her chances of beating it. I don't know much about parvo, but I've heard its pretty much a death sentence.
 
Good luck! Don't know what parvo is but have seen my pitties recover from some nasty conditions/illnesses. Give it love and don't ever, ever give up!!!!! Research as much as possible...even alternate remedies. Had a Ridgeback with bone cancer...written off by normal vets...saved by alternate treatments and homeopathics...look for them.
 
Based upon her symptoms it sounds as if she has the intestinal form of the disease. As far as the prognosis I just found this on Wiki. Not the greatest source, I know.

"Untreated cases of CPV2 have a mortality rate approaching 91%. With aggressive therapy, survival rates may approach 80-95%."

Sounds like the odds are in her favor thanks to the quick diagnosis. Smoke and prayers are headed your way.
 
Thanks for those stats.

Mongo... Got your PM. She is getting that anti-vomitting drug you mentioned.
 
Since you caught it early she has a good chance of recovery. When i worked at a pet store i somehow brought parvo home with me from some infected puppies we got in. My little 8 year old dachshund/chihuahua became ill with it, showing the same signs as yours. Our excellent vet prescribed the same treatment mary is getting and now my little darling will be 21 years old this year, despite being half blind and deaf she still enjoys life and lovin' to the fullest. She is the happiest and most spry 147 year old i know!

Smoke, Prayer, well wishes and positive thoughts coming marys and your way!
 
Very sorry to hear that.

My Pit cross was exposed to parvo as a puppy. It is terrifying business and I hope your pooch has a swift recovery.

-Nick
 
We've only had her since Saturday but she is already a loving member of the family. She's pretty fearless and is already well leash trained. She doesn't bother the cats, she's only been swatted at twice.

I just got a call from the adoption agency and they got a call yesterday from the owner of one of Mary's litter-mates with another case of parvo. Hopefully the agency will show some professionalism and inform anyone else who took home one of her siblings.
 
Make sure you bill the adoption agency for any medical bills. Thay can't just hand you a sick animal and shrug thier shoulders.
 
Justabuyer said:
Make sure you bill the adoption agency for any medical bills. Thay can't just hand you a sick animal and shrug thier shoulders.
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I don't know how well that would hold up legally. Perhaps this would be a case for Judge Judy. The office that does the speying/neutering said these dogs came from a foster home. She said the adoption agency usually tries to hold pups in a sorta quarentine for 2 weeks to see if problems like this develop. The dog was speyed the day before a massive adoption drive put on by CSU Fresno. My dog was 10 weeks old when we took her home and had already had her first series of shots, which included parvo. The woman from the clinic said one shot series will not be enough to counter parvo... the vaccine is kinda like the anthrax series, it has a cumulative effect and must be repeated every 4 weeks for a minimum of 5 shots.
 
Like others have said, there's definitely hope since you caught it early. Had a buddy that was in a similiar situation years ago,
and his pup pulled through. Anyway, sorry to hear she's feelin' bad, she looks like such a sweetie pie.
 
Well it is good that you caught it early. My wife and I went through this 2 months ago with a dog we had adopted through craigslist. He started getting diarrhea and wouldn't eat anything and then started vomiting a yellow-greenish fluid. When we took him to the vet they said it was Parvo and we had to quarantine him at the house away from our other dogs. He went ahead and was given 2 shots. I believe one was actually for the Parvo and one for to stop the vomiting. My dog lost quite a bit of weight and it was another week before we even thought he had a chance. We were told not to force food but to encourage him to drink 1 cup of water every couple hours if he could keep it down. He ended up making it just fine and we were able to bring our other dog home after a few weeks.

She should be just fine since she was seen by the vet but really try and get her to drink a little bit a day.
 
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