Is Pedialyte an electrolyte balancer like Diarsanyl? This is the sort
of thing to always have handy isn't it? I know the vets way of using
intravenous hydration doesn't work, as it just dehydrates quicker if
anything. My vet is good and wouldn't mind trying a silver enema if
he thought it would help, which is another way to go. I think what
you did was excellent with a marvelous result though. GSE is
something I don't have now in the cupboard (discarded when I
discovered EIS) but I think I will get some in again. Plus I will
keep the email just in case. dee
On 21 Jul 2009, at 19:06, Norton, Steve wrote:
We were in a hurry and I can't say that we had put a whole lot of
thought into the process. We did have some backup ideas in case the
oral use of the silver wasn't practical. She was prepared to use an
ultrasonic humidifier to get CS in through the lungs or, as last
resort, give the puppy a CS enema. In retrospect, my wife's idea of
adding Pedialyte to the silver was a great idea, although she didn't
know why. The electrolytes in the Pedialyte speeds up the absorption
of the ionic silver into the body which is what I was looking for..
Using Pedialyte, I would have tried a 3:1 mix of EIS to Pedialyte
and used a small sprayer bottle to lightly coat the mucous membranes
of the mouth periodically. Like Dee suggests in her post.
Personally, I would have doubled the grapefruit seed extract (GSE)
in the mixture.
Don't worry about the silver citrate. It is convenient sometimes as
you can generate a high ppm solution for storage. But I still dilute
it when I use it. In this case I thought it might be better to use
and frankly we thought we didn't have much to lose. The owners could
not possibly pay for vet care and we weren't sure the puppy wasn't
already past saving. We were lucky.
- Steve
