Sully seems to feel slightly better. The IV fluids seemed to help out a lot. He is on a diet entirely made up of the high calorie past. I am taking him on slow walks around the block, but he is becoming increasingly weak and dejected. When I came home today from a short errand, he was lying in the corner and wouldn't get up.
He is not wagging his tail anymore, and stumbles a little when he walks. I am going to give him 300 CCs of fluid through the IV, and 2 1/2 tea spoons of the high calorie paste (He weighs 68 lbs). He still urinates, but has not defecated since the onset of the paralysis. The vet says this should not cause alarm as of yet, due to the extremely limited size of his diet.
When he does get short periods of sleep, I can see his whiskers twitching occasionally. I take this as a sign that his body is fighting the paralysis. You have to look for small rays of hope.
How to give a dog IV fluids
He is not wagging his tail anymore, and stumbles a little when he walks. I am going to give him 300 CCs of fluid through the IV, and 2 1/2 tea spoons of the high calorie paste (He weighs 68 lbs). He still urinates, but has not defecated since the onset of the paralysis. The vet says this should not cause alarm as of yet, due to the extremely limited size of his diet.
When he does get short periods of sleep, I can see his whiskers twitching occasionally. I take this as a sign that his body is fighting the paralysis. You have to look for small rays of hope.
How to give a dog IV fluids
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