Marco
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So today I took him back k to the vet because had worms and got treated yesterday. I noticed he had blood in his poop. They said it was normal but I since I had forgotten to take the records from the breeder I had informed them of how many distemper shots he has had. They said if I was really concerned to bring him in. So of course because I know how delicate cc are I brought him in. The vet said he needed 2 more distemper. He had 1 parvo and 2 distemper already. At this point Marco has no fever.... Was eating fine....no vomiting...playing fine with the other dogs.. .however when he would poop he would start off with 3 solid piles ( cause he poops in 3) but then had 2-3 smaller very small glops of diarhea with some blood. When I brought him in the 2nd time it was a different vet. But he told me if he starts to vomit and becomes lethargic then I will need to bring him in to test for Parvo. (Altho he already had the vaccine) I told the vet why wait.. Why not just get it done now. He said well some ppl don't want to spend the money unless they have to. I told him if I wouldn't do that for my own kids or myself then I wouldn't wait for Marco so told him just to get it done.
Well doctor comes back and tells me it is positive and he has 50% chance of living. I was devastated.. Vet said they were closing so he could not treat him until tomorrow and handled me a sheet with 24 hr vets. Then said if cost was an issue then to wait until tomorrow because they would charge $1000 for the 3 days. I asked him then who would watch him at night? He said no one. They would cone him and tape the IV securely. Am I the only one that thinks that is just ridiculous? So of course I was like no it is OK I will look for another place.
After hours of looking I found a place that had around the clock techs and doctors. Many places say 24 hr emergency but they do monitor ur pet, they just go in handle the issue and go back home or where ever. We found a place, they quarntine us quickly, the doctors comes in... Is looking at his interaction with me and asks us a bunch of questions. She said going by the initial visual... She is suspicious of the test results because he looks OK. We run the test again with the poop I collected and NEGATIVE! phew right? So we are still iffy. The vet said just to make sure she will rerun the test but this time swab his rectal inside. And after many hours of crying... And heartbreak she tells us he is negative again. He is OK.
We have to monitor him and if he shows any signs bring him back in. She did prescribe some antibiotics.
( sorry for the long thread)
I have a few questions for those who read everything THANK YOU.
I have other dogs but this is a whole new world. Your help is appreciated.
1. Has anyone had something like this happen? Any word of advice?
2. My husband is very mad we were put thru this and is mad at the vet, do u think it is poor quality vet? Or just a bad test kit?
3. Any pointers from what happen to us that u guys see where we can improve on being better cc parents?
I have read ,any of the threads... Suggestions and do keep to the strict diet, does and songs. I notice one thing is vets aren't as knowledgeable with cc, anyone have any vet suggestions within the NYC, nj?
SORRY FOR THIS BEING SOOOO LONG HOPE IT HELPS OTHERS TOO! Thank you all!
Well doctor comes back and tells me it is positive and he has 50% chance of living. I was devastated.. Vet said they were closing so he could not treat him until tomorrow and handled me a sheet with 24 hr vets. Then said if cost was an issue then to wait until tomorrow because they would charge $1000 for the 3 days. I asked him then who would watch him at night? He said no one. They would cone him and tape the IV securely. Am I the only one that thinks that is just ridiculous? So of course I was like no it is OK I will look for another place.
After hours of looking I found a place that had around the clock techs and doctors. Many places say 24 hr emergency but they do monitor ur pet, they just go in handle the issue and go back home or where ever. We found a place, they quarntine us quickly, the doctors comes in... Is looking at his interaction with me and asks us a bunch of questions. She said going by the initial visual... She is suspicious of the test results because he looks OK. We run the test again with the poop I collected and NEGATIVE! phew right? So we are still iffy. The vet said just to make sure she will rerun the test but this time swab his rectal inside. And after many hours of crying... And heartbreak she tells us he is negative again. He is OK.
We have to monitor him and if he shows any signs bring him back in. She did prescribe some antibiotics.
( sorry for the long thread)
I have a few questions for those who read everything THANK YOU.
I have other dogs but this is a whole new world. Your help is appreciated.
1. Has anyone had something like this happen? Any word of advice?
2. My husband is very mad we were put thru this and is mad at the vet, do u think it is poor quality vet? Or just a bad test kit?
3. Any pointers from what happen to us that u guys see where we can improve on being better cc parents?
I have read ,any of the threads... Suggestions and do keep to the strict diet, does and songs. I notice one thing is vets aren't as knowledgeable with cc, anyone have any vet suggestions within the NYC, nj?
SORRY FOR THIS BEING SOOOO LONG HOPE IT HELPS OTHERS TOO! Thank you all!
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I don't have any experience with getting a positive result then a negative, but my parents adopted lab mix did get diagnosed with parvo & spent 10 days in the hospital. It was like one day she was fine, then the next day she was throwing up all over the house. She would have bouts of diarrhea too but bc she wasn't really eating anything, there was more vomit than diarrhea. I can tell you that parvo vomit is a VERY distinct smell & you'll know it even if you've never had to deal with a parvo pup before. I had never smelt it before but when Bailey was being hospitalized & had vomited a couple times the first day - WOW that stuff reeks. The clinic that treated Bailey was not a 24 hour clinic. We took her in for a morning appt, test came back strong positive, they gave us a ballpark guess of treatment (which at first they were thinking about 3 days) & asked if we wanted to proceed. My parents agreed, signed the initial estimate & they started treatment immediately. At night Bailey was left unattended for approx 11 hours. She was so weak that they didn't even have to put a cone on her when they left. Had we chose to take her to a 24 hour clinic, there would've been no way my parents would've been able to afford that. Bailey almost died, but had a blood transfusion & made a slow recovery. Every pup is different & will handle treatment differently. The reason why it took B 10 days was because she was infested with worms & was anemic due to the infestation. The rescue group that B was adopted from claimed to have given her shots & dewormer but there was no way that was true. They also said she was 8-9 weeks old. Vet said she was maybe 6. Anyway...with 10 days of treatment, 1 blood transfusion, 2 rounds of dewormer in 10 days, multiple blood tests to check her levels, constant IV throughout that 10 days...$2300. With a discount. Had they not received a discount, I calculated this, the treatment Bailey received would've been well over $6000. 
