Well friends, I must say that today has been the most difficult day that I can ever remember having. First let me say that the puppy that was having a lot of congestion is clearing up quite a bit. I would do a series of 3 slings every 15 minutes to try to get that fluid out of her lungs. After doing that 4 times and having puppy go upside down while I tapped on her chest seems to have made a world of a difference. Very little noise can be heard and now she is eating again.
On a different note, mom is now in ICU at the emergency vet. After I did my last post I was working with the congested puppy and seen that mom still was not looking too good. I gave her some nutri-cal since she still had not eaten. Offered her some food which she still declined. Then proceeded to feed babies. Had the 3 with her while I was with the congested baby when I seen her kick, fall over and go stiff. With having Yorkie's before I knew what the cause was.....low blood sugar. I immediately put a finger full of nutri-cal in her mouth while smearing it all over her tongue. I then got a syringe of water to put a little in there to help her absorb some. I started shaking the crap out of her to get her to come around. Her eyes rolled back and her legs went stiff. Got the vet on the phone and immediately had to get her to the closest place which is the most expensive vet hospital there is. Took me 5 minutes to get her there and she was still breathing....lifted her head some but still extremely weak. They immediately took her back and started to work on her. She weighed in at 3.8 lbs. She got an IV and 2 antibiotics and also a bolus of glucose. Blood work was done and she was running 103 temp. Now she is sepsis and has glucose level of 30 which is extremely low. They will be doing a fusion of packed red blood cells and continue the iv and antibiotics. I will be picking her up at 7:30 to transport her to my vet who did stay up and called me while at the emergency vet to go over what was wrong and what they were doing. I just got home and I am totally exhausted. If I could ask, would you please keep her and the puppies in your prayers. They need all that they can get right now.
I would also like to say to those that have dogs.........PLEASE HAVE YOU PET SPAYED OR NEUTERED. This has been the worst experience that someone should have to go through. In less than 24 hours, I have spent a little over $5000.00 on a dog that should have never been breed and it was caused by the owners careless mistake. Please, I beg you to re-think letting your dog breed so you can have cute little puppies.
Thank you everyone for all your support, prayers and thoughts. I know I could not have made it this far without all my friends. HUGS!!! Will post an update when I can. |