Not for the faint hearted …
November 26th, 2008 Posted in At Home
Let me warn you, there is a picture coming up soon that may make you feel a little weak in the stomach … you have been warned …
It’s been very tense around here lately. As you known we are all under quarantine, and now I can tell you the full story. It might look like Macca and I are doing it tough on the lounge here, but at least we can still move around the house and the yard (though we aren’t allowed to go through the gates to the outside world). We still have some room to move …..
I am sorry to say the story is not the same for little Rory though … he is well and truly in solitary confinement. See …
You see, when Rory was in the p-o-u-n-d, it seems one of his kennel mates had Canine Parvovirus and has since gone to the Rainbow Bridge. (You can click the link to read more about it if want to.) We didn’t know this when Rory first came to stay with us. As a result, it was decided the little fella would have to be given trial preventative medication just in case (even though at this stage he wasn’t showing any signs of illness) and we would all have to go into quarantine.
So, on Saturday morning he was loaded into a crate with two other puppies (who came from the same p-o-u-n-d) and taken to a special V-E-T who gave him a shot of Monoclonal Antibodies. On Saturday night, Rory was a bit lethargic – it was assumed this was a reaction to the injection as the V-E-T said this may happen.
On Sunday morning, he had to return for a repeat procedure. Unfortunately, on Sunday afternoon, little Rory dropped rather quickly – so he was put into the confinement cell. On Sunday night – right around tea time, he produced this …
Let me tell you, it was enough to make My Bi-Peds lose their taste for the Pasta Sauce they were about to eat! The smell was something out of this world!!
If you haven’t seen this type of sloppy pooh before (and I hope you never do), this was not a good sign. This could classically be defined as a “Parvo Pooh!” The sign of blood in the fæces is not good.
So … from that moment onwards, we had to assume the possibility that either Rory had Parvo, or was simply having an extremely bad reaction to the injections. As a result, HH began to administer subcutaneous injections of saline in an attempt to keep his body hydrated, and his water bowl was filled with electrolytes. Rory really had no interest in drinking so he was more or less force-fed with a teaspoon for the next two days.
This meant Rory was put on an hourly watch, and HH spent virtually all of the first night on the floor of the confinement cell with him – doing everything she could to keep him going. She was very scared and sad for him. There was plenty of mess like the one you’ve just seen, and he had no interest in drinking or staying awake.
HH said it didn’t make sense, because even though Rory looked like he had lost his insides, and there was plenty of blood in it, he wasn’t vomiting, he still ate some of his meals, and most importantly, he didn’t really seem to be in pain; just dopey (ok, way more dopey than usual).
After plenty of hours of reading stuff on the computer later, HH reckoned it couldn’t be Parvo, but was probably something equally as ugly! She read some more, and then asked some questions, and with a few demands, got some medicine for Rory that would treat what was possibly Coccidiosis. It is not as ugly as Parvo as there is no strong pain associated with it, and it is fairly easy to treat, as long as it is caught in time.
Rory was lucky. Within 12 hours he was wagging his tail and wanting to play. Mind you, his butt still stinks a bit and he is still making a mess, but I reckon the little fella is gonna be okay by the time he finishes his medicine in a couple of days time. So it looks like he will make a full recovery … and we will get out of prison after all!
If HH hadn’t figured it out, Rory maybe could have either gone to the rainbow bridge by himself, or been assisted to do so.
I hope he gets a lot better soon, ’cause there are some very grumpy heads around here at the moment. Lack of sleep appears to cause personality transplants in My Bi-Peds.
If it’s not too much trouble, can you please arrange to send lots of good vibes to the eight other puppies who are still very sick. I hope they all make it too! They are all with one other carer – imaging how tired and cranky she would be right now … maybe she needs the good vibes more than the puppies!
47 Responses to “Not for the faint hearted …”
By TerraNik
on Nov 26, 2008
Oh no! Poor Rory!! Parvo is really serious… I hope that Rory does make a full recovery… Nasty, nasty stuff especially for such a young pup!
I hope you and Macca are also fine.
~ Jedi ~
By Four Musketeers
on Nov 26, 2008
Sorry to hear about Rory ! hope he feels better in no time !
Lot of Smoochies,
Four Musketeers
By Abby
on Nov 27, 2008
Hi, Charlie…
Yeah that was pretty ugly looking…I’m glad Rory is feeling better now…
I am sending lots of Good Lhasa Vibes to the other puppies…
Abby xxxooo
By Rusty
on Nov 27, 2008
Poor Rory, and lucky Rory! he is lucky to be with you and a human like HH who spent all that time trying to figure it out! Sending lots of barklove vibes your way!
Rusty
By the whippet waggle
on Nov 27, 2008
Oh, you all have ha a bad time. We are sending Rory our best get well wishes, and we hope you find some fun ways to get unbored,too.
wags from the whippets
By Nancy
on Nov 27, 2008
good job HH!
good luck to all of you!
nancy
By Khyra
on Nov 27, 2008
Oh my!
I feel so badly fur all of you – that so sukhks…
Sibe Vibes being sent from PA USA!
I khan’t have my furiends feeling soooo dang poorly!
Hugz&LOTS of Khysses,
Khyra
By River
on Nov 27, 2008
I hope Rory will be okay!
Yes, it sounds like coccidia. My mom has LOTS of experience with parvo and coccidia since we get mamas & a full set of babies quite often to foster. Coccidia has smelly, bloody poop as bad as parvo but no vomiting. Coccidia is curable. Parvo–all you can do is support their little bodies and pray their immune system helps them survive. The rescues here have a ‘cocktail’ of medicines we use including tamiflu which has made a difference. We can have as many as 5 IVs going at a time(the vet lets my mom do it and gives her all the equipment).
I really pray that the other puppies will make it. In the end, it depends on the antibodies the mama’s milk bequeathed them. And that depends on her initial overall health. Usually, if they make it 5 days then they are over the worst and if their white blood cell count stays above 1000 (normal is 16,000).
It sounds like Rory will be okay. If he also had parvo then he is immune for life now. The one good legacy of a hideous disease.
My mom is interested in hearing how the new treatment works for all the puppies.
love & wags,
River
By Mango
on Nov 27, 2008
That is such a scary story! Glad your mom is super smart and was able to figure out the problem. I will send giant Mango heeling vibes your way.
Slobbers,
Mango
By Mack
on Nov 27, 2008
I just know Rory will be okay. Keep us posted.
We are sending huge amounts of Macky healing vibes.
By Momoko
on Nov 27, 2008
I hope Good luck to all of your family soon.
By The Puppies
on Nov 27, 2008
Oh Charlie!!
That is terrible! I am glad he is feeling better and i am glad it wasn’t parvo! i know you all will be so glad to be back out and about again!! Although maybe you should get Joe Stains to issue a stain award on that picture- it was pretty nasty!!!!
xoxoxoxo,
The Puppies
By Snowball
on Nov 27, 2008
Hi Charlie, Perhaps, your Bi-Peds would like to try sending in a healing request for the pups at this site.
http://synergy_2.tripod.com/syn_pets.html
I hope that everypup can recover soon. Bravo to your HH for being so observant and for taking the time and trouble to find out the truth. HH is the type of fosterer any animal rescue shelter could hope to have.
Luv
Snowball
By Maggie and Mitch
on Nov 27, 2008
We’re sending lot of AireZen for all of you pups in quarantine! We hope you all feel better and get freed from your confinement soon!
Love ya lots,
Maggie and Mitch
By Deefor
on Nov 27, 2008
I’m glad Rory is getting better. It’s good that your humans took suc good care of him to get him well. You look very relaxed in your quarantine. Hope it’s over soon.
Deefor
By Sunny&Scooter
on Nov 27, 2008
Wow, things have been awful for y’all. We hope everyone is on the mend now and will send our healing vibes over right away!
Hugs
Sunny&Scooter
By Chef
on Nov 27, 2008
You’re Mom is so devoted… so smart to have figured out what was wrong with Rory. It looks like he’s going to be ok and I’m sending out huge Boxersize vibes for his continued recovery, and for the pups to stay healthy. And big slurpy kisses for your mama who is just the best!
xoxoxoxo
Chef
By Shelly
on Nov 27, 2008
Wow. That was “interesting” to say the least. Poor little Rory. I’m sooo glad he is going to be OK. I thought the ending was really going to be sad about half way through. Way to go HH for doing some research that the V-E-T should have done anyway!
Wiggles
Shelly
By Gizmo
on Nov 27, 2008
Hey Charlie, how awful.
Glad you and Macca didn’t catch it too.
Poor Rory, I do hope he gets back to his normal self soon.
And I hope the other pups you mentioned get better as well.
Lotsa Hugz & Lickz
Gizmo
By Joe Stains
on Nov 27, 2008
omdog you guys saved that little dude!! I hope he is feeling better soon and I am so glad you and Macca are ok.
By gus louie and callie
on Nov 27, 2008
Wow that is some nasty looking hurl..
Hope you all get out of jail soon and Rory is alright..
No apple pie yet but mom was busy and made pumpkin this AM for Turkey Day tomorrow.. Mmm
turkey..
Big Sloppy Kisses
Gus, Louie and Callie
By rocky
on Nov 27, 2008
w00f’s Charlie, wowm where does me begin..me hopes little rory, continues to feel better and his sissys and brudders feel better soon too..me got my paws crossed…and me hopes all the rest of u will b ok too..parvo and coccidia are nasty diseases…mama has u all in her thoughts and prayers…
b safe,
~rocky~
By Bolo
on Nov 27, 2008
Good vibes being sent!
Pats on the back to HH for being so wonderful!
By Lorenza
on Nov 27, 2008
Hi, Charlie!
We can understand you did not have time to blog!
Glad Rory is doing well! Thanks HH!
Paws crossed for all the other puppies!
Kisses and hugs
Lorenza
By Noah Willow Tess Lucy
on Nov 27, 2008
Has HH ever considered studying Vet Science…bloody hell why couldn’t the vet have told you that. Poor little fella, if it wasn’t for HH and all your bipeds helping he’d be gone.
We hope you and little Macca are ok matie.
Take care and we’re thinking of you all.
tailwags
Noah
By Rambo
on Nov 27, 2008
Charlie,
I think I can smell it all the way over here in America! Wheweee. It stinks.
Hope the little tyke does ok.
Stay away from him CD.
Rambo
By Reilly
on Nov 27, 2008
Oh, poor little Rory and the rest of you guys. it must be soooo worrying for the bipeds that any of you might get sick. My mom says it would make her think twice about being a foster puppy parent if it meant bringing something home that could make me sick.
By Suka
on Nov 27, 2008
hey Charlie Daniels,
Your HH is an Angel sent for us dogs!!! She saved Rory!! I am so excited that Rory is healing that I can’t stop wagging my tail! I will keep my paws crossed for all the other little ones still fighting to get well.
I am also very happy that you and Shorty are ok and did not get ill like little Rory.
Much positive energy heading your way and the way of the sick little ones from me, Porgy the Parrot, and my human K!
Suka
By Happy
on Nov 27, 2008
Oh dear…poor Rory! But glad that he’s feeling better now. And your poor bipeds too. It must be quite hard for them. Keeping paws crossed for the other doggies there.
By Ruby
on Nov 28, 2008
Wow Charlie…that was not only very scawie for poor Rory, but really kinda icky too! Hope Rory and all the other pups are doing better. Lots of Licks, Ruby
By Candi the Cavalier
on Nov 28, 2008
ohhhh dear how i feel bad for Rory, i do hope he gets better very soon. I’ve never heard of that disease before. Ails has, she said it’s very very fatal for us dogs. I’m sending you all my love and strength through this post.
Take care
lots of licks
candi
By Dennis the Vizsla
on Nov 28, 2008
Quite a scare! Glad things seem to be improving.
By Poppy, Penny & Patches
on Nov 28, 2008
Hi Charlie! Right now, we sure are glad we don’t have smell-o-vision!
We’re sending lots of healing Aire-zen for all the sick puppies and their caregiver! 
We’re sure glad the two of you are feeling okay!
Aire-hugs,
Poppy, Penny & Patches
By Holly & Zac
on Nov 28, 2008
Oh no, poor little Rory. We are glad to read he is getting better now. We have our paws crossed for the other pups too.
By Ruby the Mini Dachshund
on Nov 28, 2008
What a scary couple of nights you must have had. I’m glad HH was able to figure out that Rory had something going on besides parvo & could get him help. I hope you all get out of quarantine soon.
Love Ruby
By Amber-Mae
on Nov 28, 2008
Oh gee, I got really worried & thought something really bad happened to little Rory but luckily it’s not what I thought it was. Sorry to hear though that he got Parvo. It’s a serious disease indeed but sometimes it is curable. Hope he will get better soon. Poor thing.
Butt wiggles,
Solid Gold Dancer
By Cole Crew
on Nov 29, 2008
Oh no, mom knows about that – she works at a dog shelter. Get well soon Rory.
By Gucci
on Nov 30, 2008
L’il Rory is a handsome tuff l’il guy and I’m glad your hoomans are so smart!!
xxxoo.
gucci.
By bee
on Nov 30, 2008
Hey Charlie, It’s the carer with the other eight sick pups here.
Just wanted to say Thanks Charlie and your Bipeds for taking such good care of little Rory…just so you don’t have to worry, the other pups from the same P-o-u-n-d are all doing well. They all loved the chicken dish HH sent over for them.
I think the good vibes from your friends all over the world really helped!
http://hunteranimalrescue.com.au/sponsor.htm#parvopups
By Dannan & The Girl
on Nov 30, 2008
Wow, good job HH on figuring out what was going on with poor little Rory! We hope he makes a full recovery, and we are sending good thoughts for the rest of his litter… please let us know what happens. We are concentrating hard. We’re glad to read from the carer’s comment that they are all okay, and we’ll keep up the brown dog vibes.
And Charlie, I hope you get out of quarantine soon so you can have some fun!
Brown dog kisses,
Dannan
By Saint Lover
on Nov 30, 2008
BIG HUGS!!!! We have you guys in our thoughts and prayers.
By Georgeous George
on Dec 1, 2008
Oh Charlie, I had no idea that you were all poorly, ‘specially the new guy!
Hope he’s running around and annoying you all real soon.
Snuffs
George
By Stanislaw
on Dec 2, 2008
Oh goodness! So much has happened since I paid my last visit. My dewclaws are crossed for that wee puppy. I can speak from personal experience that those coccidia meds work really fast and hopefully he’ll be feeling better soon! Can’t wait for an update~
By Butchy, Snickers & Ruby
on Dec 2, 2008
Hey Charlie,
Just in case you have never heard this, but Rory could have the bloody runny poo from STRESS! Dogs get blood in the stool from stress very easily. The more blood, the stinkier it gets! I Butchy had it once from too many thunderstorms in a row cause I’m scared of them. Snickers has gotten the bloody stuff about once per year, usually when she has eaten deer doo from outside or something outdoors. So it’s still possible that Rory maybe didn’t have the parvo. We are glad to hear Rory is doing much better. Thanks to your hoomans for taking such good care of him.
Luv & Wirey Hugs!
Butchy, Snickers, Ruby, Sylvester & Scuby
By Kess & Her Mama
on Dec 2, 2008
Hi ya Charlie,
Thanks for the Christmas card. Hope Rory is much better. Poor chap…
By Lenny
on Dec 4, 2008
That sounds really scary. We saw a tv show where a dog had Parvo AND another disease and it was really bad. HH should be a doctor, I think!
By Sethy
on Nov 25, 2009
Mine died, it was tough. No one wanted to help and vets around here a really f&*%$g greedy.