George is sick

George woke us up about 2:30 Monday morning throwing up and with severe diarrhea. I have never seen a dog throw up so much or have such terrible diarrhea. We called our vet on Monday as soon as she was open and she had us bring George right in. His little paws were soaked from sweating and he was very limp. I thought we were going to lose him. The vet ran tests and blood work and everything came back negative. She kept him and put him on an IV. Tuesday, she started him on small amounts of canned ID and he is holding that down. Tuesday evening she let us take him home with medication and a strict diet of four small meals a day of canned ID. The vet tested him for all sorts of things and all we can figure out is he ate something in the yard, possibly a mushroom. He is doing better today, but he is so hungry being on such a restrictive diet. He is like a Hoover vacuum picking up all sorts of things in the yard. I almost think I need to put a muzzle on him when he goes out to keep him from eating everything he sees. He eats everything from sticks, leaves, bugs, bunny poo, etc.

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Comment by Laurie on July 24, 2008 at 4:28pm: My vet was concerned that he had parvo even though he was vaccinated against it. She said that sometimes young puppies, don't develop enough immunity against parvo. When she told me that, I cried, because I know how serious parvo can be. I was so very very glad when he tested negative for it. Thank you for all of your get well wishes. I have been reading them to George while he sits on my lap at the computer.

Comment by Anne on July 23, 2008 at 11:47pm: So sorry to hear about Georgie but glad he is doing better. It must have been very scary. All the best for a speedy recovery.

Comment by Sylvia & Timmy on July 23, 2008 at 8:32pm: Wow, that was scary. I'm glad Georgie's on the mend and recovering. I hate it when they get sick! Timmy is sending healing vibes from Fortuna, ~~~~~~~~~~

Comment by Gizmo on July 23, 2008 at 7:24pm: ...Get well soon George..Hope you'll be feeling Frisky again soon.

Comment by Epinephrine "Epi" and Carly too! on July 23, 2008 at 5:55pm: our thoughts our with you , poor bat eared bunny butt dog, :(, glad he's feling better, out here in BFE our nearest vet is 45 min to an hr drive, im always worried i wont get epi to a doc in time. I may or maynot have google mapped the closest for high speed driving reasons. get better george
!!!!

Comment by Jenni & Dave Fields on July 23, 2008 at 5:43pm: poor george! Glad to hear he's on the mend. Its so scary when they get sick.

Comment by Sam Tsang on July 23, 2008 at 4:09pm: Glad to hear he's okay, keep us updated, I wonder what happened.

Comment by Sarah C. on July 23, 2008 at 3:59pm: Oh my goodness... That sounds so scary. I'm glad he's alright!

Comment by Katie on July 23, 2008 at 3:54pm: Hi Laurie. I am so sorry to hear about George. You must have been so frightened. I hope he feels better soon. A muzzle may not be a bad idea for the time being.