8 week old Puppy is sick - what to do?

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  • sophieschoice
    sophieschoice Posts: 903 Forumite
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    Right, final update for this evening.
    Nurse from clinic rang and said they obviously let her out too early yesterday.
    Blood tests clear and she is continuing to improve.
    Still in isolation and still not watered or fed but on drip and will be all night.
    If she continues to improve (and if she doesn't they are talking of operating) then she MAY be home Tuesday.
    If she was a well or bigger puppy then they would be happy with her current levels but as she is so small and been so poorly they want them to be higher before they let her home.
    Keep everything crossed please.
  • suki1964
    suki1964 Posts: 14,313 Forumite
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    Fingers toes ankles and just about everything crossed here
    Good Luck wee one
  • ~Chameleon~
    ~Chameleon~ Posts: 11,956 Forumite
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    sophieschoice wrote: »
    Awaiting 3pm update but so far puppy on drip as potassium and something else (?) was very low.
    Probably caused as a result of all the fluids she lost both ends.
    Unless a miracle occurs she won't be home tonight and if the gastro enteritis has caused a bowel problem (does small bowel going into big bowel sound right?) then they will have to operate.
    I will find out how to post pics of the little beauty so you can see her.

    This sounds very much like a case of an intussusception where one portion of the bowel slides into the other, much like the pieces of a telescope. It certainly does cause severe vomiting and diarrhoea. It's treatable so fingers crossed the pup will feel much better after the op :)
    “You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you can never please all of the people all of the time.”
  • hethmar
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    Thanks for the update, Ive been thinking about her all day. Please god she gets through this - your friend will certainly feel a strong bond with her after this awful start. xx
  • greenhill
    greenhill Posts: 188 Forumite
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    Great news. Everything crossed here x
  • jetta_wales
    jetta_wales Posts: 2,168 Forumite
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    How's little one today? Hope she's still improving. Does she have a name yet?
    "Life is what you make of it, whoever got anywhere without some passion and ambition?
  • chris_n_tj
    chris_n_tj Posts: 2,659 Forumite
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    jetta_wales wrote: »
    How's little one today? Hope she's still improving. Does she have a name yet?


    Just nipped in to ask the same. I really do hope for some good news today xx
    RIP TJ. You my be gone, but never forgotten. Always in our hearts xxx
    He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog.
    You are his life, his love, his leader.
    He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart.
    You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.
  • hethmar
    hethmar Posts: 10,678 Forumite
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    Ditto me xx
  • suki1964
    suki1964 Posts: 14,313 Forumite
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    Been checking in and out all day.
  • sophieschoice
    sophieschoice Posts: 903 Forumite
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    I have just got in from work but friend texted me a bit earlier.
    Puppy taken off the drip today and has been eating!
    She has to phone the clinic at teatime and they will let her know whether she can come home this evening.
    Fingers crossed!
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