Update on Chad (new name Bodie). Chad keeps aspirating even his solid food and of course that continues the pneumonia. The vet says to stop the sub q for hydration because we have been doing it for so long 4 weeks. He is still on amp injections twice daily. Yesterday and today are really bad days. I am feeding him little l/d tiny meatballs trying to minimize the food from coming back into the area where it can be aspirated. I feed him every 4 hours. He just turned 7 weeks old. I am concerned he is really in distress and the vets (all 3 of them) keep saying not to get my hopes up. I am going to try a little ped in a bottle. So far to get any fluid in him to stay, I lay him on the curve of my neck so his head is up and support him from underneath yet letting his body stretch down so tummy contents stay down. It is a balancing act. I am totally failing with the Rob dm and the saline spray. How can you get the spray in such tiny little nostrils. I have the smallest spray bottle I could find to put it in and still can not get enough in the nostrils. Tonight at his next feeding, I am going to add the 2 drops of Rob dm to the bottle of l/d mixture and see if he will take it. He hates it so bad. He shakes his little head violently to get it out of his mouth. I know he may not win this battle but I welcome any advice because he has so much fighting spirit and I see it waning a bit right now. I will try any new advice that someone has that helps administer any of these meds. Thanks for all of your support and advice. I appreciate all the prayers as well. |