In October 2011, I was browsing Facebook, there is a community page where everyone post's things for sale, you comment on it if you want to buy it, you meet up, etc, someone posted a cute Jack Russel, Lab puppy, my ears glimmered with joy, I begged my dad, my mom wanted him to, my dad said no but my mom and I went and got him anyway, you could tell my dad was en lighted by little Opie, he kept saying he didn't want him, but when we woke up everyday, Opie was cuddling with my dad, and my dad loved him with a passion.
It frustrated us all with potty training, but we taught him, he was potty trained by December, then this whole month he started going to the bathroom in the house, we didn't know what the hell he was thinking. We take him for walks daily, he was very healthy, It was the dog of my dreams. I loved him, the past week or so he hasn't been pooping solid, always a different color diarrhea, he started puking often as well, we thought it was because we switched him to adult food without mixing puppy food and adult food first, we were wrong, today at school was a half day and It's a 30 minute drive for me to get there, no other schools in my area wanted me, so I thought it was pointless to waste time to go to a half day when all we're doing is going to watch a movie, my mom said I could stay home, I slept in and I was enjoying it so much, woken up around 10 AM eastern time, my mom said "You need to get up" I said why? she said "because we're taking Opie to the vet and you might never see him again." and she busted out in tears and walked away, as I was yelling why while I was getting out of bed, I got a shirt on and looked where he was laying, his ears tucked back he was looking at me sadly, about 5 feet away from him on our tile kitchen floor was blood everywhere, at first we thought he puked it up, it was blackish red, but then soon found out that it was from his anus, I sat in a chair shaking and crying didn't know what the fuck to do, I laid with him after my 18 year old brother was laying with him balling his eyes out, my Nana that is down form Florida for a month or so said they're leaving soon so say good bye, I told them I was going and I wasn't taking no for an answer, they said alright, in my moms truck I laid back there with him as you could tell he was scared, he was so skinny, he hadn't eaten for 2 days and threw up and shit all the time, I wanted to just die, we got to the vets and after blood tests and a swap for Parvo testing, we waited anxiously as the test results finished, the Parvo test came back positive, Parvo is a common intestine disease dogs get from like smelling other dogs poop and stuff, and they can get it other ways, it like eats the intestine lines so that blood gets threw the digestive system, and all the bacteria from the digestive system gets into the blood stream, its very serious.
The blood test's came back, Dogs normal white blood cell's count is usually between 3,000-5,000, Little Opies white cell blood count is at 1,700. He's super weak and barely can walk or move.
My mom, me, and my Nana had a long conversation on what we should do, we cannot afford much, but right now they're keeping him 24 hours to see if the medicine and stuff helps his white blood cells out, because white blood cells are what fights the bacteria and what not, this already is costing us about $1,000, we hope he gets better by the time we check in and call at 5 PM eastern time.
He's my dog and as I write this I'm crying. I can't stop crying.
I will include a few pictures now. These pictures were just taken off my phone at the vets office.
Parvo is contagious just not to humans, as we speak, my Nana and mom are bleaching all our blankets, washing our close, pillow cases, everything.
We just need a little help with the cost, it'd be super helpful for you to donate, My dad is a Pipe-fitter and makes decent money but not enough, my mom is a waitress as Pizza hut, so no help there, If you want to donate please pm me or let me know on aim, thanks for reading everyone, If you do believe in god, keep Opie in your prayers please!
It frustrated us all with potty training, but we taught him, he was potty trained by December, then this whole month he started going to the bathroom in the house, we didn't know what the hell he was thinking. We take him for walks daily, he was very healthy, It was the dog of my dreams. I loved him, the past week or so he hasn't been pooping solid, always a different color diarrhea, he started puking often as well, we thought it was because we switched him to adult food without mixing puppy food and adult food first, we were wrong, today at school was a half day and It's a 30 minute drive for me to get there, no other schools in my area wanted me, so I thought it was pointless to waste time to go to a half day when all we're doing is going to watch a movie, my mom said I could stay home, I slept in and I was enjoying it so much, woken up around 10 AM eastern time, my mom said "You need to get up" I said why? she said "because we're taking Opie to the vet and you might never see him again." and she busted out in tears and walked away, as I was yelling why while I was getting out of bed, I got a shirt on and looked where he was laying, his ears tucked back he was looking at me sadly, about 5 feet away from him on our tile kitchen floor was blood everywhere, at first we thought he puked it up, it was blackish red, but then soon found out that it was from his anus, I sat in a chair shaking and crying didn't know what the fuck to do, I laid with him after my 18 year old brother was laying with him balling his eyes out, my Nana that is down form Florida for a month or so said they're leaving soon so say good bye, I told them I was going and I wasn't taking no for an answer, they said alright, in my moms truck I laid back there with him as you could tell he was scared, he was so skinny, he hadn't eaten for 2 days and threw up and shit all the time, I wanted to just die, we got to the vets and after blood tests and a swap for Parvo testing, we waited anxiously as the test results finished, the Parvo test came back positive, Parvo is a common intestine disease dogs get from like smelling other dogs poop and stuff, and they can get it other ways, it like eats the intestine lines so that blood gets threw the digestive system, and all the bacteria from the digestive system gets into the blood stream, its very serious.
The blood test's came back, Dogs normal white blood cell's count is usually between 3,000-5,000, Little Opies white cell blood count is at 1,700. He's super weak and barely can walk or move.
My mom, me, and my Nana had a long conversation on what we should do, we cannot afford much, but right now they're keeping him 24 hours to see if the medicine and stuff helps his white blood cells out, because white blood cells are what fights the bacteria and what not, this already is costing us about $1,000, we hope he gets better by the time we check in and call at 5 PM eastern time.
He's my dog and as I write this I'm crying. I can't stop crying.
I will include a few pictures now. These pictures were just taken off my phone at the vets office.
Parvo is contagious just not to humans, as we speak, my Nana and mom are bleaching all our blankets, washing our close, pillow cases, everything.
We just need a little help with the cost, it'd be super helpful for you to donate, My dad is a Pipe-fitter and makes decent money but not enough, my mom is a waitress as Pizza hut, so no help there, If you want to donate please pm me or let me know on aim, thanks for reading everyone, If you do believe in god, keep Opie in your prayers please!
