Prayers needed...

Amyjoe · Post by **Amyjoe** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 2:46 pm

Well home less than 24 hours and had to take her back to the Vet this AM. She had a huge abscess where one of her IV's had been and has cellulitis in her right rear leg. I thought her difficulty walking was soully due to her being weak but this morning when I was out with her I notice how grossly swollen her real leg was.. I thought it may be broken.. but there were no fractures it is swelling of the soft tissue. She is on a second anitbiotic by mouth... think we are on the way.. she barked when Skylar knocked on the door today- first time in almost a week.

GermanShepherdGirl · Post by **GermanShepherdGirl** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 2:53 pm

Bless her heart....keep us posted. I'll keep her in my prayers.

reefer21 · Post by **reefer21** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 7:54 pm

Yeah it's really hard to lose a dog. I hope your dog gets better soon. I don't want to upset you even more but I have to share this story.....

My senior year in high school on homecoming week my dog (golden retriever half labrador) that I had since I was 5 years old was diagnosed with lung cancer. I was so upset so much that I couldn't sleep at night. We had to put him to sleep because he was having violent serious everyday and we didn't want him to suffer anymore. 6 months later my cat was diagnosed with rare disease "Hepatic Lipidosis" that my vet had only 1 other case of. We had to go through intense tube feedings everyday to ensure he didn't starve to death. But the good thing out of this is my cat survived the disease and is still living to this day.

Jason

Jahdiel · Post by **Jahdiel** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:33 pm

sb1227 wrote:I hope she continues to do better, and I'm sure she will, being around those that love her, it makes a huge difference.

You hit that nail on the head. Some of you know about my little maltese (Jahdiel). She battled a liver shunt for 13 years before having to finally put her down. Vets could not believe she lived that long, normal is around 5-6 tops. Then our cat battled with what they think was kidney failure until she too had to go. She lived till she was 15. Then, one week before the storm we had to put our two big baby's (Rotties) down from severe arthritis. The vet told us they never saw a rottie live to 15.
It is painful because we lost all of them in a little over a year, but a blessing, that they felt so much love from us that they battled their illnesses that long to be able to stay and love us back.
Java is a fighter from the sounds of it, because she knows she is loved!

Amyjoe · Post by **Amyjoe** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 1:33 pm

Well it seems there are a lot of us who have had some heart aches and breaks from losses of there animals. It had taken me 2 years to talk Kevin into getting a new dog after we had to have my Collie put to sleep due to kidney failure... So this has been really hard. But she is doing much better... She is walking some made it from the kitchen into our bathroom this morning. She is eating better and seems to be in much better spirts. Have to work tomorrow so glad to know she is rebounding don't feel so bad about her having to be alone for a little while until Sky gets home.

GermanShepherdGirl · Post by **GermanShepherdGirl** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 1:37 pm

Sounds like she is doing better. I'm so glad to hear that!

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:05 pm

I am glad to hear that she is doing better. I know we all want a magic pill or something that makes everything better instantly but it takes some time although it sounds like her recovery is moving along nicely.

Brandon · Post by **Brandon** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:23 pm

Alright Java.. Get better so you can kick Bava's butt! Hey she's getting a lot better.

Hope she's feeling even better tommorrow.

Post by **snoopdog** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:31 pm

She can barely walk, much less fight.

Amyjoe · Post by **Amyjoe** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 9:19 pm

Yeah but she has spunk!

She is getting so much better... leaps and bounds compared to Tuesday!!!

sb1227 · Post by **sb1227** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 9:26 pm

Now that's what we like to hear...

Amyjoe · Post by **Amyjoe** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 4:13 pm

Brandon....

THE DROP IN WHITE CELL COUNT

Recall that one of the first actions of the canine parvovirus is to inhibit white blood cell division in the bone marrow. The virus essentially turns the immune system off before making its deadly way to the GI tract. This is a feature of parvoviruses in all species which means that a characteristic drop in white blood cell count is seen on a blood panel. This characteristic finding is especially helpful in the diagnosis of a recently vaccinated puppy as the ELISA test maybe positive from the vaccine but if the white count is normal, the puppy is probably not infected. The white blood cell count is commonly monitored in the treatment of a parvovirus case. If the puppy is not presented to the veterinarian until later in its disease course, it is possible to miss the white cell drop and not correctly make the diagnosis.

This is what I think was going on with her immune system when he was telling me that she that Paralytic Immune syndrom BLAH BLAH... This same web site also reports that once expose they should be immune for up to 3 years..

Brandon · Post by **Brandon** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 7:08 pm

I hope it all turns out ok. I've tried researching it, and other things and it just shows me how little I know and how vast the spectrum of things that can go wrong are.. sheesh

I'm gonna quit reading , I am paranoid already

Amyjoe · Post by **Amyjoe** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 8:19 pm

She is a different dog. She is back to almost her old self- acting like a 2 year old. Can't turn your back on her because she is in to something. Gaining weight good too. Have got to wean her back to solid food though.

sb1227 · Post by **sb1227** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 8:39 pm

Ok, she officially gets the "little trooper" award.