More: My patient, Annie Oakley, came to our veterinary clinic through a rescue suffering from parvo (a deadly GI virus). After 3 weeks of ICU treatment, she was able to be discharged and still in need of a home. After watching her little fighting spirit never give up, my fiancé and I knew she was coming home. We needed her as much as she needed us. Flash forward, she now spends most of her days playing with her duck toys in the back yard or swimming in the lake.