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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  Ellie81 posted that her toddler was ill and started running a fever. No mom is going to leave her sick child who could require emergency care to drive 2 hours away until that baby is better, even if the father is there. A fever in a young toddler isn't rare but it is nothing to take your ease over and go off hours away during the illness since fevers spiking very high in young baby's can happen at any time and urgent emergent care often required. What if she got to that shelter and found out her child was in ICU or something and maybe now she's got car trouble out on the road, it starts pouring rain and traffic crawls, she has a wreck or a wreck up ahead slows things down for hours. As as mom, you take no chances with your child and you do not leave them sick - you always worry about the worst and have to be there to be your baby's comforter and caregiver and advocate for them should that fever spike and the little one wind up in the hospital. I wouldn't leave my child or let my husband leave us when our baby was sick and running fever. No way.
Besides, Ellie81 said without the toenail and the dark nose, the ear hair, there were indicators that to her said this wasn't Bengi. She knows her own dog's look and never said with any certainty "That is Bengi" on any thread and she knew his look best. And even if it were Bengi for sure, her baby is sick - could get far sicker -and needs her now. She can still make contact with the new shelter.
When my son was a toddler, he got a cold, ran fever which suddenly dangerously spiked, wouldn't come down and wound up in ICU fighting for his life with mononucleosis and raging out of his head at times his fever went so high. If I'd been out of town when he was taken into the E.R. so very ill, I never would have forgiven myself. Very few children with colds and fever end up like little Danny did but you always have to consider what might happen with a baby running a fever and always, always, always be there for your child. Your child is your heart. |
I think we all want the OP to be reunited with Bengi, and it would be great if this was him...but it is not determined to be him at this time either. I would be ripped to shreds emotionally if I thought it was 'my' Yorkie and my child was ill, but then again, both my children had febrile seizures as toddlers, and my youngest child quit breathing twice during those seizures and required resusitation...so I can understand and respect Ellie's difficult choice.
This is such a difficult time. I'm still clinging to the thought that Bengi will somehow find his way back to his family. {{{Hugs}}}