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irvin927 · 04-14-2008, 04:01 PM

My female yorkie almost died on friday. Here's the story, i took my mom to a doctor's visit on friday afternoon which was a hot day in S.F. We came back around 4pm and i took Bebe a male yorkie and Jayjay (shar pei) for a shower while koko was still in the house nursing 3 new born puppies (1 week old). After i'm done, i went back up to my room for some gamming, 30 mins laster i went downstairs my mom told me Koko is shaking, she might be cold so my mom put her back in the crate with the puppies.

Here's the scary part.

As i open the crate, the puppies were drinking milk from Koko as Koko tries to come out of the crate she felt number of times before making her way out. She was also panting and shaking. I though she was dehydrated due to the hot weather, so i gave her some water. koko didn't want to drink and she try to walk but could barely walk straight. She was panting all the time with both her ears up. So i quicky did a temp check on her and she was 102.5 the first time and 102 the 2nd time. I check her heart rate which was super fast so i think it's time to take her to the vet.
On my way to the ER, Koko was on my lap and she was panting and shaking non stop and my sleeve was wet from her panting. I keep on saying, please Koko hang in there, we are almost there, we all love you, stay with us. Finally got to the ER and the vet took her in, but didn't allow me to go in with her. I though i would never see her again. I went out to have a stressful smoke. Minutes later, the nurse came out and said Koko is having a 106 degree fever and asked if it is okay for them to draw her blood and put IVs in her. I said do whatever you have to do to save her life.
One hour later, her fever went down to 102 and she was in stable condition and would need to stay overnight for monitoring purpose. The vet talk to me and told me it was some kind of lack of calcuim because Koko just had puppies a week ago and the puppies suck her dry. Therefore, Koko was low on calcium and her mussles,heart maulfunction, which made her panic and went into a fever. She said i was lucky that i got her in time, if Koko's fever went to 107 degrees for 10 mins, she would be brain fry/dead.
After a night at the ER, i took Koko out the next day and she looks perfect. The vet instructed me not to let Koko nurse the puppies anymore but to supplement the puppies with bottle puppy milk.

Long story short, now Koko seems to be fine, but i'm in deep trouble because i have to feed the puppies every 3-4 hours and make them pee/poo. That's not the major problem, becasue Koko is such a good mom, she run around crys, barks, and begs me to let her be with the babies. I know Koko will die if i let her do that, so i try to take her out as much as possible to get away from the puppies.

Finally, the Bill.
The bill for the ER cost $700, that is sooooo rip off. It's kinda BS beacuse it's more expensive than a human. Anyways, i think i would consider insurance for her in the future.

04-14-2008, 04:01 PM	#1
irvin927 Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: USA Posts: 28	KoKo almost Died My female yorkie almost died on friday. Here's the story, i took my mom to a doctor's visit on friday afternoon which was a hot day in S.F. We came back around 4pm and i took Bebe a male yorkie and Jayjay (shar pei) for a shower while koko was still in the house nursing 3 new born puppies (1 week old). After i'm done, i went back up to my room for some gamming, 30 mins laster i went downstairs my mom told me Koko is shaking, she might be cold so my mom put her back in the crate with the puppies. Here's the scary part. As i open the crate, the puppies were drinking milk from Koko as Koko tries to come out of the crate she felt number of times before making her way out. She was also panting and shaking. I though she was dehydrated due to the hot weather, so i gave her some water. koko didn't want to drink and she try to walk but could barely walk straight. She was panting all the time with both her ears up. So i quicky did a temp check on her and she was 102.5 the first time and 102 the 2nd time. I check her heart rate which was super fast so i think it's time to take her to the vet. On my way to the ER, Koko was on my lap and she was panting and shaking non stop and my sleeve was wet from her panting. I keep on saying, please Koko hang in there, we are almost there, we all love you, stay with us. Finally got to the ER and the vet took her in, but didn't allow me to go in with her. I though i would never see her again. I went out to have a stressful smoke. Minutes later, the nurse came out and said Koko is having a 106 degree fever and asked if it is okay for them to draw her blood and put IVs in her. I said do whatever you have to do to save her life. One hour later, her fever went down to 102 and she was in stable condition and would need to stay overnight for monitoring purpose. The vet talk to me and told me it was some kind of lack of calcuim because Koko just had puppies a week ago and the puppies suck her dry. Therefore, Koko was low on calcium and her mussles,heart maulfunction, which made her panic and went into a fever. She said i was lucky that i got her in time, if Koko's fever went to 107 degrees for 10 mins, she would be brain fry/dead. After a night at the ER, i took Koko out the next day and she looks perfect. The vet instructed me not to let Koko nurse the puppies anymore but to supplement the puppies with bottle puppy milk. Long story short, now Koko seems to be fine, but i'm in deep trouble because i have to feed the puppies every 3-4 hours and make them pee/poo. That's not the major problem, becasue Koko is such a good mom, she run around crys, barks, and begs me to let her be with the babies. I know Koko will die if i let her do that, so i try to take her out as much as possible to get away from the puppies. Finally, the Bill. The bill for the ER cost $700, that is sooooo rip off. It's kinda BS beacuse it's more expensive than a human. Anyways, i think i would consider insurance for her in the future.