Raja - sitting in the back area

Today morning he (Raja) was despondent and did not touch any food. He was still lying there with the Mother, on the dhobi's table. (It had rained at night, but they did not look too wet.) So i took him to the hospital. Had a talk with the Scottish friend who has got several dogs through parvo-virus. Finally my turn came, 103 fever, but no telling what else it could be as yet. So they gave him anti-biotics, fever medicine and a saline drip. I am to take him again tomorrow, if the fever has reduced then they will give some medicines i can give at home. I could feed him in 2 hours.

So we have put him in a large flat bucket with newspapers in the little space behind my room. I've been lying here since then looking at him asleep. At 3:30 he lapped up some milk. Later i got him some dog biscuits which he has had. He has not yet passed anything, i need to check his stool so i can report. Just a short while back he was in a chewy mood, and chewed the newspapers and the thread on my wrist. Now he's taking another snooze, looking at me now and then. I feel so much more relaxed since he is here, and i don't have to worry about him being run over. But he can't stay in this little space forever, he has to get out soon, or else he will have no place and his Mother will not recognize him.

But it is good to know that parvo-virus has a reasonable recovery if treated. My Scottish friend (Debbie) said that the dog just needs to be given a basket with newspapers to sleep in, and brought 2x a day for IV fluids. Within 2-3 days you know if he is getting better or not. Pups are easy to cure, adults are difficult.

As i write, he is getting a little restless in the bucket and moving his head around. Since the light is on inside, he can see me.