[MntSnowBabies]

Well today (Friday) went from bad to worse. It all started by me getting a call that a person my family knows was flight for lifed to grand juntion this morning, she fell and hit her head in a parking lot. On top of that I had a bad feeling that something was not right with my girl. To make a long story short, I brought my girl with my to pick up my son. I didnt want to leave her home alone as she was on day 64 from her first tie. I'm glad that I did bring her. She started out with a temperture drop last night, but it was back to normal this morning. She wasn't acting to unlike her self, except she was being protective of her bed. So I wasn't too concerned at that point about her being in labor. She went in hard labor at 5:15pm (no symptoms of the begining of stage 1 labor that I could really notice), I rushed her to the after hours vet, got there in 20 minutes. She started to push out the sack 10 minutes from the office and five minutes before we got there she had burst the sac (unknown to me at the time, I was still driving to the clinic). Once we were situated in the room for her to finish her labor I notice her contractions but there was no sac. Ran and got the er vet on duty (he didn't check her when she came in, he later apologized and said he should have), the puppy was breech and there was a blue foot coming out. He rushed my girl to do a c-section. She came out great! Her little one had to have CPR done on it, it had no heart beat and wasn't breathing. It came back to life (a miracle!) after drowing for 20 minutes. It was a little girl, she lived for about 3 hours and then died after having respitory arrest. I'm glad that I followed my gut and didn't try to whelp her at home. I could have lost both of them if I had. We are all home, my girl is doing well with some pain from the surgery, my kids are fast asleep in bed, and the little girl I called Miracle will be buried tomorrow. I'm gonna go to bed with my girl (sleeping on the floor by her) and I pray that the rest of the litters in October have a safe whelp. My prayers are with you all.