Caesar the fighter | Distemper strike 11th March 2012

It's a brand new day. Kirbie has gone. We move on. We are so delighted to ...AGAIN.... get Caesar out of that horrible place.

Kirbie's body was cremated. All settled nicely.

Such a happy day but got shocked when the vet mentioned "beware of distemper symptoms" . So????????

I never experience Parvo...nor Distemper. For me, just the word Distemper is already scary enough for me to keep the vet talking. i've been hearing cases like that..."distemper". I don't know how is it like. but i know it's dangerous...and definitely not a good word to mention!

Why did the vet mention distemper? i remember that she said she saw teeth grinding when Caesar eats. She said just A LITTLE! "i can't confirm it's a distemper, so far he looks ok. but teeth grinding is one of the symptoms. thats all i can say".

Since the vet said that she can't confirm. i brought Caesar home. He was given i/d food. Since he just survived Parvo. He cannot eat much. He's given 25ml each meal. If he gets diarrhea, have to reduce the food intake. That day we - rescuer and i bring Caesar back to my house. Just when we place him down, he start twitching his head. Like ....seizure! We were both so shock standing there don't know what to do. We convinced ourselves that it's a car sick thing ( Caesar have bad car sick )

On day 29... he's ticking twice. i look for so many distemper article online. Most were saying nasal discharge..which i didn't find it on Caesar. At night, when food was given...he doesn't eat. Then he reacts again....head twitching..ticking...seizure...whatever term u name it...! right after it happen he would much up the food very quickly. He's sticking to me. Every where i go he follows. He's tired i guess...he likes it when i cuddle him or place him on my lap for him to sleep. He was only the size of a mini Pincher. or even smaller than that.

On Day 30...He twitches badly...my dad got shock by his ticking and shouted from downstair...asking me to bring him to vet right away. right after he ticks...he gets hyper saliva...again i bring this little one to vet...right after i set him down he shakes his head badly. The vet saw and did the distemper test right away. he was tested mild positive for distemper....

Again...i look for infos online. And calling vets from different clinic seems to be my every day job now. Most of them...ask me to put him to sleep... Even the vet we're consulting. She also suggest us to put him down. We're so sad. We can't take him in -we have our own dogs and we can't bare losing him. (Distemper is a highly contagious virus that can spread through airbone)

immediately i contacted every one in my list in facebook. spread news to my family and friends. Try to find a house without dogs. And i did. thanks so much to Cannie for helping out. (to be continue....)

Yi
17 May 2012