Yes - Parvo!

[Guest guest]

Yep! I didn't make a mistake, I meant parvo. It is sometimes called Fifth

Disease, and kids get it most often. I have it very seriously - the range

considered to be " normal " in the human is from 0 - 0.8 and mine is 24 - yes,

twenty-four!!!! IT has infested my body and I am now on heavy duty treatment

for 6 months. I have read different things, but some things say it canNOT be

transferred from dog to human or vice versa, some things say it absolutely

can. My dr. told me it could be passed. My puppy got it 2 years ago 2 days

before his scheduled immunization shots. She had to spend a week in

Intensive Care with an IV and everything, over a thousand bucks - but she

made it. I asked the dr. if I could have gotten it from her. He told me that

my blood count was SO high that I had to have had it for quite some time, so

most likely I GAVE IT TO HER! And, yes, everyone's reaction here is

precisely the same reaction I had while sitting in the office being told I

have PARVO - a dog's disease - inside my body!!!!!

I just thank God that I have a diagnosis with a treatment plan and I hope to

be better in a couple of months. I asked the pharmacist if it was really

rare and he told me more people have it than I would think, but drs very

rarely test for it.

[Guest guest]

How interesting. My kids had fifth disease, but I didnt know it was

the parvo virus. They seemed to get over it with a pretty easy

treatment. But then my kids had everything including hands, foot and

mouth disease. That one, put one of the kids in the hospital for

dehydration.

Anne Hansen

1/26/04

>

> Yep! I didn't make a mistake, I meant parvo. It is sometimes called

Fifth

> Disease, and kids get it most often. I have it very seriously - the

range

> considered to be " normal " in the human is from 0 - 0.8 and mine is

24 - yes,

> twenty-four!!!! IT has infested my body and I am now on heavy duty

treatment

> for 6 months. I have read different things, but some things say it

canNOT be

> transferred from dog to human or vice versa, some things say it

absolutely

> can. My dr. told me it could be passed. My puppy got it 2 years ago

2 days

> before his scheduled immunization shots. She had to spend a week in

> Intensive Care with an IV and everything, over a thousand bucks -

but she

> made it. I asked the dr. if I could have gotten it from her. He

told me that

> my blood count was SO high that I had to have had it for quite some

time, so

> most likely I GAVE IT TO HER! And, yes, everyone's reaction here is

> precisely the same reaction I had while sitting in the office being

told I

> have PARVO - a dog's disease - inside my body!!!!!

> I just thank God that I have a diagnosis with a treatment plan and

I hope to

> be better in a couple of months. I asked the pharmacist if it was

really

> rare and he told me more people have it than I would think, but drs

very

> rarely test for it.

>