Bimmer is almost eight months old and weighs just under two pounds. He's VERY small.
If you look at my posts in this forum around January and February, you'll see how much of a struggle he went through in the first months of his life. At one point he had been on several medications for weeks and didn't eat for four days in a row. After feeding him liquified food through a syringe during this time, I felt like it was selfish of me to put him through all of that and decided that I'd let him go in peace since that seemed to be the road we were on. Against my previous vet's advice, I took him off all of his medication and stayed up an entire night with him waiting for the inevitable. Eventually I fell asleep and woke up the next morning and he was still with us. By the end of that day, he had done a complete 180 degree shift in his condition and began eating his food again. By the third day, he was as active as he had ever been and his sugar level wasn't dropping every hour. He's been fine ever since... it was the medications that were keeping him from eating which meant low blood sugar which led to some really dark places for a while. Heck, I don't even know where that trusty tube of Nutrical is anymore... we haven't used it in months.
Needless to say, I was VERY worried all this week and especially this morning. I'm leaving the office early this afternoon to go pick him up and be with him... he'll expect me there and we both know the drill.
I should also mention, he's nearly 100% potty trained on pee pads now (at 8 months!) He's a tough little guy, but he's got the smarts to match.
I'll keep you updated... |