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Thanks guys. Spoke to the vet this evening. He's had his monoclonal antibodies, nausea medicine and an IV.  Apparently he's alert and has more energy. So that's a good sign.

They will call us in the AM with another update and then they have visiting hours around lunch where we'll be able to see him through a window.  

I hate the idea that he thinks we abandoned him.  That part kills me.  

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43 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

Thanks guys. Spoke to the vet this evening. He's had his monoclonal antibodies, nausea medicine and an IV.  Apparently he's alert and has more energy. So that's a good sign.

They will call us in the AM with another update and then they have visiting hours around lunch where we'll be able to see him through a window.  

I hate the idea that he thinks we abandoned him.  That part kills me.  

When Blue was a puppy, I had to take her to the emergency vet. They though it might have been parvo, but it was a liver shunt. Anyway, she was there for almost three days. When I went to finally pick her up, they said as soon as I walked in the front door, she went ballistic in her kennel. Knew I was there. Don't feel bad. He won't hold it against you.

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5 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

Thanks guys. Spoke to the vet this evening. He's had his monoclonal antibodies, nausea medicine and an IV.  Apparently he's alert and has more energy. So that's a good sign.

They will call us in the AM with another update and then they have visiting hours around lunch where we'll be able to see him through a window.  

I hate the idea that he thinks we abandoned him.  That part kills me.  

Will they allow you to bring in a blanket or toy that has smells from home on it?

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Nope. Most of those things have to be bleached or thrown away because he got sick on them, thus the virus can still be in it. 

We are going to throw everything away just to be safe. His kennel and bowls will be washed with bleach.  Going to have to take him to PetSmart for new toys when he gets out.  

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3 hours ago, Post Oak said:

Thanks guys. Spoke to the vet this evening. He's had his monoclonal antibodies, nausea medicine and an IV.  Apparently he's alert and has more energy. So that's a good sign.

They will call us in the AM with another update and then they have visiting hours around lunch where we'll be able to see him through a window.  

I hate the idea that he thinks we abandoned him.  That part kills me.  

Just remember that he thinks you abandoned him when you go in the bathroom and close the door.  

#TeamGus

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9 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

Just remember that he thinks you abandoned him when you go in the bathroom and close the door.  

#TeamGus

Mine give me woefully when I use the hand with which I'm petting them to reach for my coffee cup.

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Made it through the night ok. Says he's alert which is good but they are quick to point out he's not out of the woods.  No nausea. Which is good. 

We're still waiting to see if his little body can fight it off. 

Thanks for asking

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On 5/13/2025 at 7:27 AM, Biff Tannen said:

Got the call this morning for my in-law’s lab. 13 years old and starting to lose the ability to stand on her back legs to poop. Poor girl. I think it’s just horrible arthritis, as her mind is fine and she is always happy when she sees my dogs. Going to take them to see her tonight and see if she perks up, but it’s probably her time very soon. Sigh. 

Update here. She rebounded nicely.  Got a shot for her arthritis and it’s still bad, but she’s in good spirits, especially when she’s around my dogs. So she decided she wants some bonus time. 

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Same thing happened to my last lab at about 12 years old. She was given a shot and was better. I think we ended up getting her a couple of rounds of shots  She lived for about 8 more months. I'm glad we got that extra time together. 

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On 5/29/2025 at 7:15 AM, Biff Tannen said:

That's why I take my shits with my dog.  In the yard.  Wait, what?

I used to pee with Bailey every morning in the apartment dog-park.  It was convenient, there were bushes.  What?

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17 hours ago, Ghost of NMAS said:

How’s Gus doing?

Thanks for asking. 

Still at the vet.  Hasn't been able to get over nausea and diarrhea from his IV.  He has to be able to do that so that he can have real food. Then he has to be able to keep it down. So they can give him dewormer meds.

After that he'll need a good day or two before they release him. They said he will continue to "shed the virus" when he's home for up to a month. I'm not sure what that means for us as far as taking care of him but we'll figure it out. He'll definitely have to stay home and only go in our yard. So no walks. But whatever.

He's on antibiotics to fight off secondary infection.  

We spoke to a vet tech today. We can't go see him over the weekend.  She said that he feels better today. He has energy and some of his vigor back. He's up and barking at them.  He's passing plenty of parasites in his feces so that's good.  He's in a cone so that he can't pull out his IV. Because of that I know he's not sleeping well.

We were hoping that he would be able to keep food down this weekend and maybe get him first part of next week.  That doesn't seem to be the case.  

Wednesday will be 1 week and they said in most cases that how long it will take.

I hope so. We miss him. 

 

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Yep. Just got back from the vet.  

He had his first real food and water last night and was able to keep it down so far.  That's huge. 

If he can keep it down today they can start a 3 day dewormer this evening. So that takes us to Wednesday. Hopefully if he doesn't have any set backs we can have him back Wednesday PM or Thursday. We were hoping to get him back a little earlier but that's not gonna happen. Good news and just ok news.  

He was actually walking around a little bit in his cage which isn't something we've witnessed. He was whimpering at us which was heartbreaking, as you can imagine. 

They recommended that we keep him quarantined at home in a bathroom for another month. I don't think we are going to do that. But haven't decided yet. He definitely can't go in the yard. That's out of the question. 

From what I understand, the virus will only be a problem on areas he soils. So hopefully we can stay on top of that and places he soils will have to be cleaned with bleach.  

The vet told us that Parvo can live in the soil or surfaces for up to 7 years.  It's a dickhead of a virus. 

Thanks for checking in everyone.  

 

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22 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

For real though, what does he do?  You can't just not let him in the yard for 7 years.

So he already had 1 shot and now this, he will have some natural immunity built up that most likely will be enough to prevent him from getting sick again but that's not 100%.

I still need to get some clarity on this, but what I think I understand is that while he's still shedding the virus he's more susceptible. 

I've got a list going every day to ask them and this is going on it.  

After his vaccine rounds he's good to go. 

 

 

 

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