I don't understand what happened.. The pup was doing so great. We had taken it to the vet last Tuesday and she was fine. She weighed 9 ounces... she had gained 8 ounces since birth. She was nursing and starting to roam around in her bed. All of the sudden last night, after her feeding, she started choking....she seemed to get over that. About 1am, Missy woke me up. Her pup was crying...I got up and held her.. she was lifeless... I stayed up with her and Missy all night. The baby would not nurse.
I took her to the animal hospital this morning and the vet said her blood sugar was low...and her lungs seemed congested. They gave her oxygen and dextrose...and suggested keeping her...but I wanted to bring her home. They said that should be ok as long as I watched her., Well,,,of course I am going to watch her! I guess I felt like I could monitor her as well as they. Mistake.. maybe.. After 4 hours..she still seemed lethargic. I felt like I was doing all I could do and it wasn't helping. She was warm...and I had feed her twice in the 4 hours we had been home. I called the vet..then took her back. She is there now and they are giving her an IV and antibiotics. The vet said she has a bacterial infection. She also said that it could be that when she was choking she could have sucked some of her formula into her lungs. Does that makes sense to any of you??
Please keep this little pup in your prayers..
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