Over the weekend Oscar's condition improved by leaps and bounds! He was eating on his own, albeit very little, so he's still weak. He was not vomiting already and he was just recovering.
Yesterday the hubs and I went down to visit him. He still seemed very lethargic. On Saturday, the vet told us that his glucose level was low, at about 3.8. Normal puppies' glucose levels are usually above 8? On Sunday, his glucose level was at 2.8. The vet told us they would put glucose into his drip.
So we visited him on Sunday, the vet informed us that his poop has started to take shape. He is no longer having diarrhea although he did vomit but probably because the force feeding took a toll on him. He is eating on his own but still too little. However, the vet was optimistic that if they could raise his glucose level then he would be on the road to recovery.
The vet told us that the hospital has been opened since 1989 and Oscar is the first 2-mth old puppy to have survived Parvo. They've had dogs survived Parvo before, but none at such a young age. :)
The vet called me just now (Monday morning) and told me that Oscar's glucose has climbed up to 14. :)))
Looking forward to discharging him later this week...but he will be very weak and tired for a while to come so we will hopefully be able to nurse him back to the playful boy he was. :)
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