Everyone here has been awesome!!! I honestly feel that if we would not have had the love, support and prayers from our new friends here we would not be here today.
Just fed babies. Was losing weight at first but now maintaining it. Lot was my fault but now seem to be doing well. Once a person understands that pups get 1 ml for every ounce. LOL Pups are back to bed with full tummy's and fast asleep. Which brings me back to my next issue. I need to see if anyone can recommend someone very trustworthy and experienced to help feed babies when I have to go to work. I work 3 nights on Fri, Sat, and Sun from 12a-12p I will possibly cut some of my hours but need to find a someone as a backup in case I can't get anyone to take care of them while I work. My mom and husband who have been my lifeline help when the can but also work so can't help out on those days. Sunday, they both may be able to but so far have not got that set up. Please let me know. I hate having to move them out to be taken care of but I have to pay off this huge debt that keeps growing by the minute.
As for Mom, over the last 2 hours she has been given 10ml of water, 5ml of nutri-cal, and 4 ml of a/d mixed with warm water all by syringe. Will not go to food or water yet on own. Does get up and walk around some. Will go pee and that looks great. No stool yet. No vomiting. Alert. Eyes clear, temp 101.4. Weight 3.4 at ER Vet. A drop but since not eating it was expected. Hope it starts to go up back to a healthier weight. So far so good!!! 40 more hours to go!!!!
So, back to story.
Dr came out caring my baby wrapped in 2 huge heated towels. My first reaction was she is dead and I started shaking. He quickly reassured me that she is alive and she poked her head out of the towel and this beautiful little girl was alive, alert and wonderful looking. Of course I was bawling. I got to sit and hold her for the next 4 hours while we waited to see what she was going to do. Got the clear that we could go home but was also sent with transfer papers back to the ER Vet with surgery info in case she needs to go back and spend the night there. So far with her doing so great, she may be able to just stay here and recover but they are holding a bed for her just in case.
Let me just say that I have had 2 wonderful places that have helped me through all of this and these 2 vets will be forever in my heart. They have gone above and beyond what any normal vet would have done. My vet is letting me pay out what we owe and the ER Vet has been reducing my bills as best he can but as we all know 24 hour hospitals are expensive to begin with. Have already talked to my vet several times today giving him updates. We are now BFF's. LOL
So far all is good, no problems seen yet and hope the next 40 hours are all uphill. Thank you again for all the prayers. Keep fingers crossed that we continue to improve. Hard to believe that it has only been 3 days since this started. Seems like I have been living a nightmare for weeks. |