Brownie and Angel are the son-mother doggies rescued from North Port in Klang where Winnie Low’s father feeds 20 odd stray dogs, left abandoned on a barren piece of land.
Winnie sent Angel for spaying under our sponsorship and Brownie was found to be too young to be neutered. So, he was vaccinated instead.
Three days after the vaccination, Brownie collapsed. He soon had bloody diarrhoea.
Brownie was rushed to the vet’s and was diagnosed with parvo virus. His blood count was incredibly low and his chances of survival was almost nil.
I blogged for help, and that’s when two readers alerted me to RetroMAD1 and gave me the contact of the scientist who co-developed the drug.
That very morning, we got the drug from a vet who is using it, and Brownie was immediately started on the drug. There was simply no time to lose at all. The drug was used together with the conventional treatment, ie. antibiotics and drips.
Brownie showed remarkable recovery, and after four days, was fit enough to be discharged.
The vets attributed the recovery to either the antibiotics or the vaccination. But we strongly believe that RetroMAD1 definitely helped and had worked complementary to the conventional treatment.
A possible theory from the vets is that Brownie already had the parvo virus in him, but soon after being weaned off mother’s milk, he lost the immunity, and the virus reared its ugly head. Another possibility is that the stress of vaccination could have lowered Brownie’s immunity and that allowed the virus to attack the body. But the vaccination kicked in by producing antibodies and this saved Brownie’s life.
Since then, we have had another case where a vet had a litter of 5 puppies and 4 had died of parvo virus. The vet requested RetroMAD1 for the last surviving puppy and the puppy survived.
Anyway, here’s Brownie today….
Brownie has come a long way since his days of living on that piece of barren land with his mum, Angel. Winnie and her family has now adopted Brownie and Angel. Today’s neutering is sponsored by Winnie and her friends.
Winnie has asked if it would be possible to arrange for the spay-neuter of the many other dogs whom her father feeds on that barren piece of land. I’ve made the arrangements, but the vet would require a room (under shelter), water, proper lighting and fan for ventilation. Winnie says that place does not have such facilities.
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