Paws for Laws

13 August 2008

2am and I am awoken by Eddie vomitting. Painful vomitting. His whole little body wretching with every heave. There was nothing left for him to bring up except bile. Instinct told me that this was not good. As soon as the vet was open I rang and told them of the night he had had. They arranged for me to bring him in at 9am and they would hook him up to intravenous fluids and see how things transpired that day. He had lost 300g since Monday - quite alot of weight for a little puppy to lose in such a short time.

Eddie spent his third day with us at the Vet. I visited him that evening on my way home from work. He was very subdued. Hooked up to fluids, his little leg all bandaged. The staff were worried about him. They said that he had been vomitting during the day and that he should spend the night in the hospital. The Vet seemed to think that perhaps he had a virus that was quite severe.

I had rung the 'lady' who sold us Eddie and asked about which vet he had been vet checked & wormed with prior to our purchase. She babbled on about nothing important, and when asked why Eddie would be so sick, what came was excuse after excuse... she couldn't remember which vet as her sister had taken the pups... that none of the other dogs were sick... things were starting to just not add up. I commented that it had turned out to be a very expensive excercise buying this puppy. Her reply? Oh, buying puppies are expensive... well, yes... but not usually 12 hours after purchasing one! She kept offering on more than one occassion, that should Eddie die, then she will give us another puppy at a discounted rate... possibly even free! At this point... alarm bells were blaring!

During that night Eddie started having bloody diarrhoea by 11am Thursday, he was positively diagnosed with Parvovirus.

Posted in: Eddie's story on Monday, September 8, 2008 at at 8:59 PM