My COOZIE is home!!

My sweet little girl is FINALLY home from doggie hospital!! She 'bout ripped the nurses arm off getting to me....sorry =) She stunk oh so badly, but that was seriously the least of my worries!

She got a bath when we got home and was back to her normal, playing/biting the water self!!



Diesel was sooo glad to see her too.....it was quiet the reunion. This is currently what they are doing (which is pretty normal here at the Light house!)







Anywho....we are GLAD SHE'S HOME! Parvo ain't got nothin on her!! =)

Coozie update

This morning when I called to check on Coozie, they told me that she was such a trooper last night! (I think it's because she knows that I couldn't handle it without her). They took the IV out of her last night to rest, then hooked her back up this morning. She was doing sooo much better and that if everything continued on schedule she could POSSIBLY come home tomorrow!!! (they did follow that with "but please remember dogs with parvo are known to have ups and downs and no one can be sure of her outcome yet"....I didn't realy listen to that...I heard the first part and I'm NOT crying anymore!!!) They also told me that she chewed through her first IV this morning so she MUST be feeling better!!! =) (I'm sure they will charge me for that one too)

I went, again, after school to see my sweet little girl, and she no longer looked beat up!! She was trying to sit up in that awful little cage and she was waggin' her tail for me!! Still saying "please oh please get me outta here and I'll NEVER shred another piece of paper!". I wanted so badly to take her home then...but I know it's best that she stays.

After the nurse disinfected me, she said "and YOU look better yourself today too...no tears today!" haha.

Parvo is a B**** =(

Well....today is a VERY sad day. My sweet Coozie has come down with Parvo. We have NO IDEA where she got it....but that she does in fact have it. Royce took her in today (because I had to be at stupid work) and they admitted her IMMEDIATELY. They gave her an abundant round of shots and hooked her up to an IV. Since she has had some vaccinations in her system her chances of survival ARE good, but they didn't want me to get my hopes up completely =(

After work I rushed to Stephenville to go see her. I've cried all day mind you and they took me back to the back, out the back door and into the "quarantined" area.... where I cried again. When I walk inside the "doggie prison" and saw that she is in a cage that is clearly not big enough for a great dane....I cried some more. =( With all the shots they had given her, they had warned me, she would NOT look good. That was a COMPLETE understatement. She litterally looked like someone had punched her in her face (both eyes were completely swollen). I said "hi Coozie woozie" and she managed to give me a little, teeny-weeny tail wag...which made me cry....again. She lifted up her head as if she was saying "Get me outta here...I'm sorry for whatever I did" and then slammed it back down. And again...I cried. The nurse told me that everytime she threw up, they would have to give her another shot (an expensive shot that is). They would be keeping her on an IV for the next 3 days to see how she's doing. She has to go 24 hours on water and keep in down, then 24 more hours on food and keep it down. DEAR LORD, PLEASE SAVE MY COOZIE. I hate that she has to sleep in that awful place by her self, with no pillow or blanket or toy. =(

I'll keep you updated....but until then...most likely...I'll cry =(

I had to go home and disinfect EVERYTHING. I mopped the entire house with bleach water, bleached the food and water bowls and cleaned all the beddings and toys. My house now smells like a sterile hospital! But it will hopefully be PARVO free....we hope!