Update on Minnie,
The family we gave her to did not take care of her. She got very sick and was vomiting all the food she ate and she got very weak. So I drove up to them to see how she was doing on Wednesday to find her almost dead!
She had went from 2.4 lbs to 1.7 pounds losing almost half of her body weight. She was only skin and bones her rib cage and back bone was protruding out of her. She was laying on the floor practically lifeless!
Her new family only had her for 1 month and I could not believe what happened to her. I even told them that I had her on an insurance health plan in case she ever got sick so they would not have to incur any major expenses. They claimed her health started deteriorated 3 days before I went up there. I asked them how come they didn't notice she lost so much weight and they said didn't realize she was losing weight. I am really pissed off at how irresponsible they were.
We immediately rushed her to the emergency room for treatment. My wife was crying the whole trip to the emergency room as we had to drive 30 minutes to get to it. I forced Minnie to eat some Nutri-cal along the trip to the hospital. They ran many tests (blood work, X-rays, etc) then put her on an IV and gave her antibiotics. She stood in the hospital overnight on a IV for 2 days. We took her home last night and she began eating some low-fat soft food the doctor gave us. The doctor gave us antibiotics for home use as well. She had an infection inside her but I did not understand where, the doctor said it was going away.
I thought our insurance would cover the bill, but it only cover 10% the total bill that ended up being $1,600.00 out of our pocket.
However, on a good note, she is doing much better now but is still very thin. I just weighed her now and she weighs 32.35 ounces from 1.7 lbs, so she gained .3 lbs since Wednesday. We are going to keep her.
Ruben