I"M SO UPSET! PLEASE HELP ME! It's 3 AM here and I just got back from taking BItsy to the hospital. I don't know if you all remember me or not, but Bitsy and my male yorkie Bentley had a litter of pups about two weeks ago. Bitsy was staggering and could hardly walk and panting really really hard and her mouth was pouring with salavia and I think she was having seizures. She looked like she would die at any moment and I am still shaking from it. Turns out she has eclampsia. I had to leave her at the hospital but thank God she was looking better by the time I had to leave her. I've never been to this emergency clinic before and just recently switched Bitsy to a new vet that I'm not yet sure of and haven't built up a trust with them yet. The emergency clinic said I'll have to take the pups (6) away from Mom and hand feed them. From the little bit I know about eclampsia I know this is crutial for Bitsy's health but at the same time it absolutely breaks my heart. Bitsy is not going to understand where and why her babies are gone. They said not to let her see them at all for a couple weeks because it would be stressful for her, but she's going to freak out when she comes back home tomorrow and goes to that bassinete where her puppies are. I don't know how I'm going to do this. She is not going to understand and my heart is just torn to pieces at the thought of it. I thought I was going to lose Bitsy tonight. It was one of the most helpless feelings I've ever had. We had trouble finding the the emergency hospital, a car was driving on the wrong side of the median and we almost hit it head on, and I got into a terrible arguement with my husband who is very unsympathetic in a crisis situation. I am just in pieces. I know it's late and most people won't read this til morning. I'm going to try and go back to bed and sleep a little cause I'll have to feed the pups a bottle soon. Please, any of you experienced breeders who have dealt with this before tell me what to do. The vet said to give Bitsy tums for calcium. Is that better than goats milk and cottage cheese? All I know is what I found out when I typed in eclampsia and there were only a couple threads and it didn't go into detail. I have never had puppies before nor have I ever loved a dog so much and i want to do what is best for both. For those who don't know, I didn't plan on breeding my two yorkies nor do I ever plan to breed again. My ignorance is how it happened. Any advice is welcome and I know there are some educated breeders on here. I don't mean to sound ugly but I don't trust everything a vet says. I'll check back in a few hours. It felt good just to let it all out. Thanks for listening. |