Feb 17, 2022
Eugene was only one month outdated when he was surrendered to the APA! Parvo Pet ICU preventing for his life.
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Lucy Fernandez spends her Fridays volunteering within the parvo ward when she shouldn’t be working with the Constructive Options to Shelter Give up (P.A.S.S.) program. One Friday, Eugene got here “in dangerous form.” Not like a standard, shiny, energetic pet, Eugene was torpid. “After they’re torpid like that,” Lucy stated, “it’s dangerous information.”
Lucy was holding Eugene whereas the Parvo employees administered fluids and proper earlier than her eyes, Eugene stopped respiration. His head went limp and “he died in my palms.” Parvo and clinic employees jumped into motion to place a line in Eugene’s neck and do every part doable to carry him again to life. “It appeared like an hour,” Lucy stated. “However it was only some minutes.”
Miraculously, Eugene began respiration once more. “I simply bawled,” Lucy stated. “He wasn’t even named when all of that occurred.”
After a number of days of remedy and worrying in regards to the squishy pup, Eugene began consuming once more. Parvovirus might be prevented altogether with correct vaccination in younger puppies. However with out proactive care, parvovirus is extraordinarily contagious and plenty of shelters don’t have the house or sources to quarantine and deal with sufferers. At APA!, we take pleasure in our 88.5% parvo pet survival charge!
“What we do shouldn’t be good,” she stated. “However it’s a miracle.”
Eugene has been discharged from the Parvo ICU and is in a loving foster residence the place he’ll keep till he’s accessible for adoption. With out your assist of our lifesaving applications just like the Parvo Pet ICU, we by no means would’ve been capable of deal with the 1,087 parvo puppies in 2021.
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