I've been so busy at work I haven't had time to post anything at all. So Oscar was discharged from the hospital on the 10th day of hospitalisation. He recovered from Parvo but due to a weak immune system, contracted Pneumonia. The vet gave us the green light to bring him home though but we had to feed him medicine and nebulize him 4 times a day.
He was really weak when he first got home. He wasn't playful, was constantly lying down but he had an appetite which was really good. His poop took shape in the hospital but when he reached home he went back to having this really gooey diarrhea that was a puddle, with an ultra pungent smell (characteristic of Parvo). In addition, he had a lot of phlegm in his lungs that he couldn't cough out so we had to nebulize him to thin his phlegm so it passes out as mucus from his nose.
Now he seems to have fully recovered from Parvo and Pneumonia but he has some form of skin infection on his leg. The hair on his left hind leg is all gone (because he kept licking and biting his leg probably because it was itchy). When we brought him home from the hospital he could hardly walk and his left hind leg swelled to twice the size of his right leg. The vet said it could be due to inflammation from the IV drip. True enough the swelling went down after a few days and he began to walk instead of hop. Now he's running and jumping about every single day.
We made him wear a collar so he couldn't get at the infected spots on his legs. A little hair has started to grow back. We are due to bring him back to the vet tomorrow for a check up. Think the vet would most likely clear him of both Parvo and Pneumonia but the skin infection maybe not. He isn't too happy with the collar, but it stops him from chewing our toes and fingers off so that's probably a good thing.
He just turned 3 months old 2 days ago and we are just so glad that he managed to survive Parvo though the odds were stacked really high against him. :) Thank God for being so merciful. The vet mentioned Parvo would stunt the puppy's growth and also, the vet gave 2 really strong antibiotics that are not really good for puppies under 8 months old. When I asked the vet about it she said they (the vets in the hospital) discussed and they would rather not let Oscar die than to worry about the consequences of the strong antibiotics. Anyways, Oscar has grown larger hahaha much to my parents-in-law's dismay. They would rather he stayed the cute little fluffy thing he was.
Medication given were:
- Ranitidine
- Baytril
- Doxycycline Syrup
- Banebac (probiotics, some form of yogurt for the Parvo)
- Tamiflu
Now he has
- Neoderm for the skin
Also, I would strongly recommend Companion Animal Surgery at Boon Teck Road for good vets! Look for either Dr Nicholas Woo, Dr Eleanor or Dr Arman. All 3 of them attended to Oscar at one time or another and we were extremely impressed with their professionalism and the great care given to Oscar.
Now he's finally enjoying his puppyhood, except for the collar, but that hasn't stopped him from jumping all over the place and biting everything he could get his teeth on. :)
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