Ginger and I are finally home. Shew, its so nice to finally be home (we have been gone all week).
I hope I can remember everything b/c I am tired. This may be scatter brained! lol
Got lost in Knoxville b/c there were so many stupid detours b/c of the UT game but I eventually found some tiny side streets to get me to the hospital.
Ginger is doing well and she weighs 2.6lb. Her incision just makes me so sad. Poor thing.
But she is doing really well and I just can't keep her calm and still b/c she wants to run around with the rest of the babies here at home! lol
She is wearing her softee collar from Bo (see pictures). SO adorable!
She is on some pain meds for the next few days, antibiotics for the next few weeks and we are also going to try to wean her off of the Lactulose in a month or so.
As for the Vetri Soft Liver Chews, she is definitely using those instead of the
Denamarin. They said that Denamarin and Denosyl have not been 100% proven to help with liver compromised babies so I am not making a huge gamble if I switch over to the chews (b/c they are basically the same thing). I was told to give her either 1/8 or 1/16 of a chew b/c of her size.
As for splitting Denamarin or Denosyl. You CAN split them. The reason they say NOT to split them is b/c the active ingredient in them is affected by moisture (which is in the air) and so they just say to not split them. However, if you split them and then feed it to your baby immediately, then you are fine. They just put that on there also b/c some people will split their
pills all at once and then just give them as needed (which is a "no no" for these pills and why they are in blister packets instead of just in a pill bottle. So you CAN split them whenever you give them to your baby (in halves or fourths or whatever). All of this information came from the UT pharmacy.
I went ahead and got some more RC kibble ($18 for 6lbs WOOHOO) and canned LD ($2 a can WOOHOO) to stock up!
Well I am exhausted... and I will attach some pictures for you
all.
Robin & Ginger
1st/2nd picture is of Ginger and the med student, Terry
3rd/4th picture is in the car getting ready to head home