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Originally Posted by Lori-M  I am just now able to log on to YT for an update on my Khloe. When we get rain, I lose my internet connection and we have had non stop rain here keeping me from internet use. 
Khloe is still with us though she seems no better to me. The vet had me pick her up yesterday much to my dismay and I am caring for her round the clock. She has to have 40ml of water which is about 14 syringes full and 70ml of a soft critical care food through a syringe. Basically I am not sleeping because it takes about one hour to get the food and water into her. She really really doesn't want to take it but I'm not going to give up. She tries to stand up but falls over and through the night last night she was wimpering and so I just got up and held her close to me. I'm giving her everything I can possibly can and seems she isn't imroving. Today I took her back to the vet and he drained the swelling off of her head a bit with a needle and then gave her a long lasting steroid shot along with 10cc of subcutaneous fluids. We do a recheck on Tuesday and if there isn't MAJOR improvements, I will ask him to put her out of her misery. The amount of weight she has lost since Tuesday is astounding and I would guess her to weigh about 12 oz. She is almost 14 weeks old and this can't be a good thing. I want to see a sign that she is not suffering and then I will continue to do whatever it takes to help her make it. The worst part of all is the not knowing what she is feeling. That is the part that is haunting me and causing me so much stress. I will again update here daily given that I have an internet connection. Khloe still needs as many prayers as possible and I could use some too. Thank you to all of you kind hearted members here. |
This is just terrible the position you are in with Khloe. I cannot stand to see a dog suffer at all. It is the worst! It must be grinding you to a nub - the worry and fatigue of trying to nurse this baby through a terrible head injury while having another sick dog. I would get a neuro consult and ask the specialist if this baby has any hope of living a normal dogs life and what to do if there is real hope and if she's in bad pain, etc. That going into the vet and having fluid drained off her brain and then back home doesn't sound right. I'd think she needs to be in sterile conditions afterward - once she has a puncture needle wound inside her cranial cavity - not just be allowed to come home. I'd go to whatever nearest city that has a neuro and get some help with her. You need to know what a specialist thinks. I'm sure praying for you and those babies. Try to rest when you can.