THIS IS MY STORY BOUGHT A CUTE LITTLE CHIHUAHUA WEIGHED 1 POUND FULL OF LIFE!!!! HAVE A SIX YEAR OLD CHIHUAHUA HES A MALE HIS NAME IS FLEA HE HAS ALL HIS SHOTS ETC...WELL i BOUGHT HIM HIS COMPANION THAT LITTLE FEMALE I NAMED HER SCRAPPY CAUSE SHE WAS SO FEISTY AND FULL OF LIFE I MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THAT FOLLOWING WEEK TO GET HER HER FIRST SHOTS!!!! WELL AFTER HAVING A HEALTHY CUTE LITTLE PUP FULL OF ENERGY ONE DAY SHE WOKE UP LETHARGIC ..LIKE WITH NO LIFE AND SHE DIDNT WANT TO BOTHER MY SIX OLD CHIHUAHUA FLEA..SO ME WITH MY INTUITION IM LIKE SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT...SO I OBSERVED HER SHE THREW UP A LITTLE LIKE A FOAMY THING THAT EVENING...NEXT DAY TOOK HER TO THE VET AND OMG SHE TESTED POSITIVE FOR STRONG PARVO DIDNT EVEN KNOW WHAT IT WAS!!! HAD MANY DOGS IN MY LIFE AND THIS NEVER HAPPENED TO ME!!SO THE VET SAID YOU HAVE TO TAKE HER TO EMERGENCY RIGHT NOW AND IT WILL BE COSTLY SO BE PREPARED ..I RUSHED THERE THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A 50 50 CHANCE SHE WOULD SURVIVE AND THAT IT WOULD COST ME LIKE 500 A DAY,,,, I WAS LIKE OMG I ONT HAVE THAT MONEY WHAT CAN I DO??? SO THE VET SEND ME HOME WELL ME AND MY PARTNER LISA WITH SOME ANTIBIOTICS HE TOLD US TO BUY PEDIALYTE AND ALSO BABY FOOD AND GIVE IT TO HER WITH A SYRINGE EVERY 3 HOURS...I WAS SO DEVASTATED ESPECIALLY WHEN THE VET TECH TOL ME PARVO WAS LIKE AIDS FOR DOGS :(!!! SO WE WENT HOME I WAS CRYING AN CRYING BUT WE BOTH SAID WE WILL MAKE HER LIVE WE WILL BE WITH HER 24/7 IF WE HAVE TOO...SO I DID SOME MORE RESEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND THAT NATURAL STUFF THAT FOR ME DIDNT WORK FOR NOTHING ..HAD IT RUSHED FED EX CAUSE 4TH OF JULY WAS APPROACHING...COST LIKE 140 DOLLARS WELL THEY TOLD ME NOT TO GIVE THE ANTIBIOTICS THAT THE VET GAVE TO GIVE THE NATURAL ONES THAT WERE COMING MY WAY TO ALSO GIVE THE PARVAID EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR AND ALSO THIS MAGICAL TEA THAT INCLUDED ALL THESE NATURAL REMEDIES AND GARLIC ETC..AND OF COARSE THE PEDYALITE AND IF SHE STOPPED OPENING HER LITTLE MOUTH ...TO FEED HER THROUGH AN ENEMA (MIND YOU SHE WAS A POUND OLD) :( SO WE HAD SO MUCH HOPE AND LOVE ME AND LISA WE FORCE FED HER EVERY HOUR WE DIDNT SLEEP IN 72 HOURS WE DIDNT CARE WE WANTED TO SAVE HER...SHE WAS REALLY NOT THROWING UP OR HAD THAT MUCH DIARREAH AT THE BEGINNING NOTHING...SO WE REALLY THOUGHT WE HAD THIS BY THE HEAD!!WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!! POOR SCRAPPY I FEEL SO TERRIBLE SHE WAS LIKE TORTURED FOR THOSE DAYS POOR LITTLE THING GETTING STUCK UP HER LITTLE BUT WITH ALL THISE LIQUIDS BUT WE HAD TO KEEP HER HYDRATED!!IT WAS SO SAD AND ONE OF THE WORST DAYS OF MY LIFE THIS PARVO IS TERRIBLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! SO I TOLD MY PARTNER IF SHE DOESNT GET BETTER I DONT KNOW WHAT ILL DO I CANT LET HER DIE....BUT I WONT LET HER SUFFER EITHER MY SIGN WILL BE BLOOD IN HER DIARREAH IF THIS EVER HAPPENS THATS IT EMERGENCY ROOM IMMEDIETLY...SO WE SAW A LITTLE IMPROVEMENT THE POOR THING COULDNT REST CAUSE THE NATURAL INSTRUCTIONS WERE EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR UNTIL SHE STARTED EATING OR DRINKING...POOR THIING,,, SO THE DAY CAME I WAS SO DEPRESSED AND DEVASTATED SHE LOOKED SO SKINNY IMAGINE WHEN I GOT HER SHE WAS A POUND!!! SHE DID DIARREAH AND I SAW A LITTLE SPOT OF BLOOD THAT WAS IT TOOK HER TO VET..SHE SAID SHES SUFFERING I DIDNT WANT TO LET HER GO BUT I HAD TO I DID EUTANASIA IT HAPPENED AT 3:55AM 4TH OF JULY :( SCRAPPY WENT TO DOGGY HEAVEN ....SO THE STORY CONTINUES I WAS WARNED NO NEW PUPS FR AT LEAST 9 MONTHS AND MY OTHER DOG FLEA WAS SUPER IMMUNE AND UP TO DATE HE WAS FINE....BUT I WAS TOTALLY DEPRESSED DIDNT WANT TO GET OUT OF BED MY PARTNER WAS WORRIED ABOUT ME I KNOW IT WAS A SELFISH THING BUT I WENT AHEAD AND BOUGHT ME SKIPPY A 2 POUND CHIHUAHUA THIS ONE HAD HER SECIND SET F SHOTS AND MORE WEIGHT ON HER MADE SURE WE BLEACHED AND BLEACHED EVEN THOUGH I KNEW IT STILL LIVES LIKE 9 MONTHS EVEN IF U BLEACH...GAVE HER THE REMAINING PARVAID THAT WAS LEFT FROM SCRAPPY JUST IN CASE I MONITORED HER DAILY 18 DAYS PASSED AND ONE DAY...WHAT WE FEARED HAPPENED SHE WASNT PLAYFUL ,SUPER LETHARGIC NOT EATING..I SAID NOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHY AGAIN ...ITS MY FAULT SO ME AND MY PARTNER TOOK HER TO VET AND SURELY ENOUGH STRONG POSITIVE....HE GAVE HER MORE SHOTS THAT DAY..BUT THIS TIME I DID SOMETHING DIFFRENT I SAID..I PUT THIS LITTLE PUP IN THIS SITUATION I DONT CARE IF I HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE UT SHE IS GETTING ALL THE VET CARE SHE WILL NEED IVS,2 ANTIBIOTICS THROUGH IV AND SKIN,VITAMIN B COMPLEX ETC ETC ETC WHATEVER I DIDNT CARE...WELL LET ME TELL YOU SHE MADE IT SHES STRONGER THAN EVER AT THE 3D DAY THEY SAID PLEASE COME PICK HER UP SHES DISTURBING ALL THE OTHER SICK DOGS LOL......SHES SO FULLL OF LIFE...SOMETIMES I WONDER WOULD SCRAPPY MADE IT IF I WOULD OF LEFT HER WITH VET AND NOT GIVE HER HOME CARE THINKING WITH ALL OUR LOVE AND WHAT WE WERE GIVING HER IT WOULD BE BETTER THAN A COLD HOSPITAL!!!! WHO KNOWS ...WHAT I DO KNOW IS IM NOT A VET AND IF YOU HAVE A PUP WITH PARVO TAKE TO VET IMMEDIATLY SKIPPY SURVIVED SO CAN YOURS.....AND I COULD VISIT HER SO SHE CAN SEE SHE WASNT ABANDONED.....I MISS MY SCRAPPY AND FEEL VERY GUILTY SOMETIMES THAT I DID THE HOME CARE..BUT ITS TOO LATE ALL I KNOW IS WE DID OUR BEST WITH THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE...AS FAR AS SKIPPY ..NO WAY I WAS MAKING THAT MISTAKE AGAIN AT THE END IT WAS ONLY 3 DAYS NOT A HUGEEEEEE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND SHE IS LIKE A SUPER PUP NOW...SHE HAS MORE ENERGY THAN ALL OF US PUT TOGETHER LOL....SO THATS IT THATS MY LONG STORY!!!! HOPE IT HELP ANYONE OUT THERE DEALING WITH THIS DEVASTATING SITUATION!!!! EVERYONE HAVE A BLESSED DAY!!!!!
