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ranant12 · 06-10-2008, 02:57 PM

You all know about the tragedy we experienced Sunday evening when we lost Coco.

Well this morning my daughter found one of Diva's babies (the smallest one) lifeless laying on its back with milk running out of it's mouth. Diva had alerted her by barking a weird high pitched bark. I grabbed the puppy and realized it was not breathing at all. I didn't know if it had chocked, was hypoglycemic, or if she had layed on it. All I knew is that I was not going to lose another yorkie!! I did CPR, suctioned like crazy and rubbed caro syrup on the roof of it's mouth. After what seemed like forever (really only 5 minutes maybe) he started trying to gasp for air again. I kept working on him and had my daughter drive us to the vet. By the time we got there, he was breathing and squirming around. The vet looked him over and said his lungs were clear and his heart was now beating good. He did administer a steriod shot and a vitamin shot just to give him a little boost. He could not find anything wrong with him and told me that whatever had happened I had done the right thing to bring him back.

Now he is doing good. He is nursing well with a strong suck and is pink and looks like nothing ever happened. I am now on 24 hour monitoring with those 2 little stinkers.

All I can say is that this morning was close call that i never want to deal with again. I think my heart has had all it can take.

06-10-2008, 02:57 PM	#1
ranant12 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2008 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 225	I almost lost a puppy today! You all know about the tragedy we experienced Sunday evening when we lost Coco. Well this morning my daughter found one of Diva's babies (the smallest one) lifeless laying on its back with milk running out of it's mouth. Diva had alerted her by barking a weird high pitched bark. I grabbed the puppy and realized it was not breathing at all. I didn't know if it had chocked, was hypoglycemic, or if she had layed on it. All I knew is that I was not going to lose another yorkie!! I did CPR, suctioned like crazy and rubbed caro syrup on the roof of it's mouth. After what seemed like forever (really only 5 minutes maybe) he started trying to gasp for air again. I kept working on him and had my daughter drive us to the vet. By the time we got there, he was breathing and squirming around. The vet looked him over and said his lungs were clear and his heart was now beating good. He did administer a steriod shot and a vitamin shot just to give him a little boost. He could not find anything wrong with him and told me that whatever had happened I had done the right thing to bring him back. Now he is doing good. He is nursing well with a strong suck and is pink and looks like nothing ever happened. I am now on 24 hour monitoring with those 2 little stinkers. All I can say is that this morning was close call that i never want to deal with again. I think my heart has had all it can take.