I finally got my 18 yr old daughter her dream chi pup and the little thing has turned up with parvo. We have contacted the pet store, who had already figured it sneaked in with another pup- she is very stressed! I am at the cautiously optimistic, but not out of the woods stage with our pup. She is only 8-9 weeks old and 1 lb. 1oz. I thought I was going to lose her twice already, but she is responding well to SQ fluids, antibiotic and aggressive syringe feeding. It is just so scary and was wondering about other chi owners with this. She is just so tiny- when can I feel like I am out of the woods with her?
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Actually, this is a smaller town pet store that buys from local breeders. It's not quite the puppy mill situation. It is just unfortunate that one of her breeders brought a pup in the shop and then figured out they had parvo. It all happens so quickly at that point.
Thanks for all the well wishing folks. After approaching almost 48 hrs of giving her glucose/lactated ringers SQ every 4-5 hrs round the clock, she is looking much better. I know she can still relapse, but she even felt like playing a few minutes today... yesterday morning I thought she was dying in my hands! I will let you know what the vet says- she needs a second gamma globuliin IV injection tomorrow.
Hi all & again thanks for all the positive vibes - I am still cautiously optimistic. It is a bit of a roller coaster - she was nauseated today 
, but all in all the trend is in the right direction. Went in for another gamma globulin injection and the vet was "pleasantly surprised" she looked as well as she did, compared to being on her death bed Saturday morning. Hanging in there, sleepless nights and all. By the way, the picture of her was just on the brink of her parvo outbreak. She had had some diarrhea at that point in time, but hadn't really gone totally downhill, which is why she looks pretty good in the photo. Again thanks and hoping to report more positive progress soon. The vet said it can take up to 2 weeks to recover a pup like her. :?
, but all in all the trend is in the right direction. Went in for another gamma globulin injection and the vet was "pleasantly surprised" she looked as well as she did, compared to being on her death bed Saturday morning. Hanging in there, sleepless nights and all. By the way, the picture of her was just on the brink of her parvo outbreak. She had had some diarrhea at that point in time, but hadn't really gone totally downhill, which is why she looks pretty good in the photo. Again thanks and hoping to report more positive progress soon. The vet said it can take up to 2 weeks to recover a pup like her. :?1 - 4 of 34 Posts
