Mood:  caffeinated

 I got a call Friday from the volunteer who was bringing Potter to Raleigh. One of her new volunteers had driven down to Columbus County to rescue 11 puppies. Two of the puppies were sick but the volunteer didn’t think much of it. When they got to Raleigh, Shannon opened the back of the truck and said she could smell it immediately…Parvo. She separated the other dogs and called me to come and pick up Potter ASAP! Of course nothing went smoothly. There was a 7 car accident on 40 that had everything backed up. Two hours after leaving the office, I finally got the dog and ran him to the vet’s where we had met up with Lennie. The did some blood work and a fecal then the Vet came in with the news…he tested positive for Parvo. *sigh* The vet told us that treatment would consist of IV fluids and lots of medication to the tune of $1400. Lennie and I were given a minute to discuss what we should do. $1400 is a lot of money and there was no guarantee that he would pull through. Potter got up off the floor and walked over and placed his head on Lennie’s leg and looked at him with those big brown eyes and that is when we decided we had to save him. We were able to take out a loan with this company called Care Credit, so that we can make payments for the treatment. They put Potter in isolation and we were given some time to spend with him. He was such a trooper. The staff there was so nice and believed that the best way for him to get better was to have something to fight for. I hated leaving him there. Saturday we went for another visit. Potter was up and about…tail wagging and trying to give Lennie and I as many puppy kisses as we would allow. He vomited some and had some diarrhea but the vet said he was happy about his progress. Sunday morning we got a call that Potter kept down his food and that they thought we could take him home that night. I don’t think the vet staff wanted to part with him. He is such a sweet dog. Just wants to be with you all the time and loves to be petted and doesn’t have an aggressive bone in his body. He came in to the house and ignored Fenwick but Fenwick was determined that this puppy would know his place. I thought the cat would run and hide but all he wanted to do was fight the dog. He got Potter a couple of times on the nose and got Lennie and me on the leg. This morning was a little better. Fenwick stayed in my room and growled as he watched the dog. I think it is just going to take time. Sorry the picture isn’t great.  I hope to get more soon. He just won’t stand still long enough. LOL  Hope you all had a good weekend.