It's been a long week. I just got my 8 week old puppy last Sunday (7/22/12) and had to take her to the emergency vet early Monday (7/23/12) morning due to vomiting, lack of appetite, and lethargy. At the emergency vet they tested her for Parvo and Giardia, but both came out negative so they just attributed it to stress. So, she spent half a day there getting IV fluids since her blood sugar was a bit low. When I took her home she was a whole new dog! Playful and quite active. Things went down hill the next day (7/24/12), she continued to vomit and started to have diarrhea as well. Went to see the regular vet and decided to put her on Flagyl since the Dr. suspected it may be parasites or some sort of intestinal bacterial infection. Was also told to give her 0.2ml of Karo syrup every 2 hours to keep her blood sugar up and give her pedialyte. She seemed to take both well. Finally got her stool results back the following day (7/25/12) and turns out she had both Giardia and Coccidia. I was shocked, but relieved at the same time. Finally we knew what was going on, but it's so scary for such a small puppy (only 1 lb 13 oz) to have to be so sick.
So in addition to the Flagyl she was also put on Albon. I've also been syringe feeding her gerber because she won't eat on her own in addition to the Karo syrup. Anyway, I thought things were looking up today (7/27/12) when she had two normal stools! But, later on in the day she had a couple episodes of diarrhea. I'm not sure what to think now. Is this just her going through the motions and her body just getting rid of the parasites?!? I know she's on a lot of meds which could also cause the diarrhea, but I just found it so strange that she had two regular stools this morning and diarrhea in the afternoon. I guess I'm just a bit frustrated and worried, I just want her to be ok asap. Anyone else out there have a similar situation? Thoughts? Comments? Any moral support would be greatly appreciated
