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Originally Posted by Ladymom  How is little Ellie today? |
Ellie is doing much better today! We have had a rough couple of days though it seems!
Sunday she was very "sleepy" and slept most of the day. I gave her NutriCal and Kayro every 2 hours and force fed her 5cc of Pedialite every hour. She finally perked up about 10:30 and had her first BM of the day...still loose.
Called the vet first thing Monday morning and he said that stools came back with only roundworms but that she was infested! He gave her Strongid and said that I needed to repeat the dose in 2 weeks.
Yesterday (still Monday) things weren't looking much better. Her urine output was greatly reduced and it was dark yellow in color...still having loose stools of a pudding texture. I called the vet again (this makes the 2nd time) and he said to up her Pedialite intake to 6cc every 45 minutes. This didn't seem to help and by 3:30 yesterday afternoon, her stools were very watery...time to call the vet again!
He had me check her gums (still pink but not as pink as I would have liked to have seen them) and check her for dehydration. She wasn't dehydrated but still very "sleepy" and not very active...still having to force feed her.
I upped her Pedialite to 5cc (this seems to be as much as I could get her to take before she started wearing it!) every 30 minutes. By 9:00 last night her urine was clear again and her output was back to normal. At 10:00 she seemed to be a little perkier so I fixed her a "buffet" of chicken and rice, canned puppy food, crushed dry kibble, and pedialite and placed it all in front of her...let her sniff it out and see what she chose...She went straight for the dry kibble and has been eating it since! She is eating on her own and drinking Pedialite from the bowl!...Her poop is back to normal, firm again, and free of worms!
She is back to her playful nose biting self! Mom was going a little crazy but Ellie seems to have taken it like a champ! She slept last night for 5 hours...she thinks Mom needed a little sleep after all that worry she caused!