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So sick--Please help!!

Charlie seems to be taking baby-steps forward but it is forward :).
In your first post
He is on prescription invalid food, which my husband has to force-feed him. He will not drink anything, so my husband has to pry his mouth open and use a medical syringe to squirt it down his throat.
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and so today seems a bit better and hopefully tomorrow,too. He has great parents caring for him :flwr:
 
Yes, it does sound like he's made one little step already. We are all willing him to take another,then another.. Wishing you well,and hoping Charlie will soon show signs of improving.
 
Still thinking of you and little Charlie, hope tomorrow brings more hope for you.
 
Andrea & Chris-

I think it is a good sign that Charlie is making improvements and not having any regression. Which doctor are you seeing at DVRC? They are all fabulous and I know will work with you to determine what needs to be done to make Charlie feel better. You are in my thoughts!

-Catharine
 
Just wanted to let you know I am thinking about you, Charlie, and hoping you feel better today! :flwr: Still praying you get diagnosed and get better everyday!:xfngr:
 
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He still just lays there most of the day, though, so we're just not sure what to think. We're praying that Charlie just has a wicked infection that needed more antibiotics and more time to fight it.
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Hi Andrea,
If Charlie is indeed fighting a massive infection that is probably where all his energy is going. If you think about it, the energy he has to do more than sleep, lay around, comes from what is left over from trying to get well. And he's not eating as much as normal I would guess, so this could be why he is so quiet. Sometimes sleep is a very important part of natures cure.

Still thinking of you all and praying for a good recovery.
 
If he is drinking on his own and eating better that already sounds like a significant improvement over where he was. Glad you are working with such good people and hope today has further improvements. :xfngr:
 
Well, we are really hoping that Charlie might be feeling a little better. He's acting very much the same, still mostly sleeping and laying in his crate, but he does seem a bit more alert when he's awake. We tried to get him to walk, and he can, albeit very, very slowly. He doesn't really bend either of his back knees, so he walks like an old, arthritic dog, but the limping seems to be improved.

But the best news of all is that his fever is down! Chris ran him over to the vet on his lunch break, and they took his temp. He's down to less than a degree fever, and it's 2.5 degrees lower than it was on Friday! So we're really, really hoping that this means we're dealing with an infection...we can fight infection! Charlie's specialist is on vacation until tomorrow, but we're trying to find out if any of his tests have come back yet.....come on, Leptospirosis! Like Chris said before, it's really strange to hope that your pet has an awful disease, but if it is Lepto, I feel confident that we'll beat it. The worst part about Lepto is that it's potentially contagious to people, so I'm really paranoid about my kids right now. If the test comes back positive, we might put everyone on antibiotics to be safe...don't know yet.

Thanks again to all for your support through all this. It really is helping!
-Andrea
 
It sounds like good news. I am glad to hear that he isn't worse and even showing improvement. I will be anxious to hear what the tests show tomorrow.
 
So glad to hear his temp is down. Keeping my fingers crossed that he continues with this improvement.
 
Glad to hear he is a little better...please let us know as soon as you get the test results.

Fingers crossed for continued improvement.
 
We will take ANY good news there is..... So hopeful that his improvement will continue, and he will be as good as new... What an ordeal. Will be anxious to hear the latest on your Charlie. Judy
 
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Ah good for Charlie-so nice to hear. Can't beat steady improvement for making your heart sing. :xfngr: it is a bacterial infection and that Charlie is on the right path to recovery. :flwr:
 
Glad to hear hes feeling a bit better, and there has been some obvious improvement. Thats lovely. :xfngr: for the test results.
 
It's good to hear he's improving. :flwr:

I just had a thought. You might want to ask your vet if his diet could be changed in case it is Lepto. The diet could be something that's beneficial to his kidneys (and possibly his liver?) The reason I brought this up is that Lepto can possibly damage organs, so if his diet could be changed now (just in case), it might prevent or lessen any damage. This is definitely something I would do - I apologize for not thinking of this sooner.

Also, if it is Lepto plan on having additional blood tests run in order to guage the effect of the disease on his kidneys, etc.
 
I just read this thread from beginning to end. It is very scary and I am praying for your family and Charlie, as others have said. Your latest posts do give cause for more optimism, so that's great. Hang in there, Charlie!

Do you know if they tested for blastomycosis? I know it can occur in the South and SE U.S. One of my college students' dogs got it last Spring. It comes from the soil, and if your yard has the fungus that causes it, it can be treated with bleach, but her vet told her it was a very laborious process to completely eliminate the fungus. Her story scared me to death, since we live in the same town. Just another thought to maybe mention to the vet if they have not checked for it yet. I assume it is a blood test, but I don't know for sure. I'm not a vet, nor do I play one on TV, but after reading your experiences with Charlie, my student came to mind, so I thought I'd mention it.

Anyway, I'm thinking about you and praying that things are looking up now. You've definitely been through the ringer and Charlie is very lucky to have you!
 
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