Thank you, we walked into that room in the middle of the night and she was finally suckling on her own and I just looked at her and said are you the grace.. (for the Grace of God) you are still alive.. it can be done and your baby started out being tube fed where Gracie was dehydrating prior to, which is sometimes harder to get them to bounce back. I will keep watching for updates..then when she could not walk the vet told me he wanted to put her down.. I called another vet at his home.. told him what was going on.. he said bring her to me in the morning.. he and his wife (both vets) had not seen what her legs were doing, but made her a brace.. and she walked.. was potty training outside.. as he did not want her on anything that she might slip on.. Our backyard was fenced in and so we did this..
I will be also cheering you on...hugs to you

Thank you -- I will start looking for one now. Sounds like a great idea.

Debra, I have been following this thread. I am so happy that you were able to pick up this baby and I pray she thrives under your care.

It really sounds like she was sent your way.....good luck and keep us updated :p

Debra
 

Hi Debra:
I have been reading the posts on the little cleft palate Yorkie and am so happy you came through for the little furkid. You are an angel and I wish you and the babe every success and a very long and happy relationship of love and companionship.
Warmest wishes and good luck. :aimeeyork, :)

Just come across this thread and have tears in my eyes as I type. Such wonderful people on this forum. Debra , good luck with this baby, your story touched my heart , you two were brought together and I just know it will work out. Keep us updated on your baby.x

Debra - your post brought tears to my eyes. I believe your hubby sent this little girl to you to help heal your heart. Bless you, bless your hubby and bless Little Miss. I know she is in great hands!!!!

those sound great! Just make sure to ask your vet.
Both vets your baby saw said absolutely nothing in her mouth. I asked if I could just drop in a drop at a time and the vet said 100% no.
so, just have them take a peak and tell you what they think.

baby
 

bless her little heart i hope she finds a home it needs to be someone who really has patience please screen carefully she needs an exceptionally great family

She found a wonderful home with a very special & sweet lady!


Debra, I am keeping your little miracle baby girl and you in my prayers.

great people
 

you know what after being on this site i must say if it ever comes a time that i cant keep a baby or just decide to give up a baby that i cant sell i will post them here for someone to just offer them a good home free of charge because i would know someone from yorkietalk would give them a good home

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miracle is a pretty name also

HOPE is a good name too:) Debra, I know this little girl was sent to you just at the right time and for the right reason. I understand your loss and pain, and I'm sure this baby will help heal your heart. God bless you!

aww glad you were able to get her! and it was so meant to be! your husband sent you a little angel! it was a way for him to show you that he is always around..

Debra, all is good. It will be. That little girl won't be living anywhere except with you!! For a looong time

Omg ! Debra That is wonderful news, so happy for both of u , please keep us posted and we want to see pictures soon :D
God Bless !
manina, miley :aimeeyork, max :aimeeyork

bark@ulater

Just checking in to see how our little precious baby is doing ...I know by now she has taken your heart.. always watching for update.. hugs... anne

I have tears running down my cheeks...I wish you and 'lil miss well. I am a firm believer of things happening for a reason, this was meant to be. My thoughts and prayers are with you on this journey.

sorry to hear about your lost
 

[QUOTE=FlDebra;2698250]Littlepaws took excellent care of this little girl today. I thank her for trusting me with this baby! She trained me on tube feeding and gave lots of advice. This baby girl is very lively for one having such a rough start. In fact, I'm having a time of it typing and holding her on me at the same time. First tube feeding went really well. I only had to restart a couple of times. Almost time for another one!

Haven't got a name just yet -- so far calling her "Little Miss" since we went to Mississippi to get her. My sister (visiting from up north) came with me and held her all the way home.

I have to tell you how special this little baby is to me and why I know this was the right thing to do. I have not told many people here but last September I lost my dear husband after a long battle with cancer. That is why I was absent from the forum so long. His birthday was yesterday -- the same day this little puppy was born. In fact, I was at the cemetary "talking to him" as she was being born. I think she is a precious gift and will do everything to give her the best chance possible.

I will be happy for any advice, success stories, and especially prayers for my new baby girl! I have only just begun to study up on the cleft palate issue and what our options will be down the road. But I will do whatever she needs. I just have a good feeling about this! :)[/QUOT

Sorry to hear about your lose, and now you have someone else that needs a angle to watch over her. We will all keep u both in our prayer, please keep us up to date and pictures update when ever u can and have time.
Try and get some help, I have nerve tube feed a puppy , but I did do
birds and that was so very hard no sleep, I didn't know day from night, I
did it. So please, and see if someone near u can help for a few hours to give u a break.. will keep u in our heart and prayer. And Congrat ! on your furbaby girl.
God bless ! Good Luck

bark@ulater
manina, miley :aimeeyork, max :aimeeyork

Update
 

Our baby girl is still doing well, holding her own. I am getting much better with the tube feeding now. She did not gain any weight today, but did not lose either -- still at 3.8 oz. She is peeing and pooping well at every feeding. She seems strong, sort of swims around on her blanket. I have a stuffed toy in with her that she likes to burrow under to sleep. Keeping her plenty warm and every 2 hr. feedings. I am trying to hold her a lot too, petting her and hopefully giving her a sense of security.

I saw her cleft today -- it scares me a bit. It was supposed to be a pin hole? Looks like the whole roof of her mouth is opened up, right down the middle. That is probably why the vets said nothing in her mouth. Her little nose is pink instead of black. Is that something that goes with the cleft palate?

Getting tired and will probably go try to catch a nap. I have an hour before next feeding.

I am so sorry to hear about your husband.

I raised a cleft pallet baby and she will be 3 yrs old in a couple days!!! Her cleft is in her soft pallat. I did not have her corrected. After a ton of research I decided against it.

If you ever have any questions....I will be happy to help :)

Also, this website realy helped me alot...really got me inspired to fight.....

Cleft Palate Information

I didn't have anyone to help me and its actually how I found YT..if you look at my join date...it was when my Cleft Chi was born...july 2006.

Check out the link....it even shows pics and have instructions on feeding.

I'm pretty good with screening people. I checked by talking with her and by checking her out online :)

I know the baby is in good hands.

When I took her to the vet the day you came, he told me her cleft was bigger than I had been told. I was already in shock over what had just happened to her.. I was told by her breeder that the cleft was very small nothing to worry about.. It was when the vet I took her to saw her cleft that he gave me her odds as 1 in 3. He did say however that he has seen much worse and he felt that she truly did have a chance to pull through..

On her feedings, do you think 1/2 cc water 2cc milk and 1cc flush would be better? She needs to gain.

Do you plan to take her to the vet tomorrow?

Oh, the pigment in her nose will come as she gets older. It will get a molted look and turn all black by the time she is about 8 weeks old.

Your doing a great job with her!

The size of the cleft did take me by surprise because you had told me it was a pin hole. But it doesn't matter, we will beat those odds! :) She seems very strong and moves alot.

I have already increased to 2 cc of formula at each feeding and will gradually increase to 3 cc a feeding by tomorrow. I think that is what she should be getting IAW the formula for figuring amounts I wrote to you about (25-35 milliliters of formula for every 100 grams ). As she grows I will adjust. That kept my lsat bunch at a nice gaining pace and their little bellies round. I am also going to hold off on the tail docking. Will probably just let her keep it. I have always had mixed feelings about that anyway. Now I have an excuse to let it stay.

That is strange about the nose. I do not remember any of my pups going through a pink nose stage. I guess I am not remembering the first few days. I saw on YTCA they are black by the 1 week mark. I also did not remember them being that small. I thought she was smaller than my last litter, but then when I weighed her I was surprised -- she was 3.8 oz! I had 2 that were 2.5 oz and 1 that was 3 oz. So, my memory is definately slanted by whatever I see last! LOL!

Breny -- thanks so much for your offer of help and the link. I will go there when I am done posting this. I have read a couple of sites and see many do opt out of the surgery. I guess I will just have to see how much this is going to affect her. It seems very large.

I usually do not do things impulsively like this. But I just felt like I had to offer to take her. In the middle of the night, I may think "What am I thinking?" but then I look at her tiny little body moving around and look at my two Yorkies and think that she too can grow to be like them with a little extra care. So, that keeps me going. I am motivated by the success stories here too!

I may be checking in if questions come up, whch I am sure they will!

--Thanks again,

Debra,
I was going by what her breeder told me and I was very suprised when the vet said something else.
I took Lil Miss to save her. I knew if I came here someone would want that baby girl and would try to help her.

They were taking her to the vet that morning and it wasn't for a check up.
I guess they tried to make light of it and I do feel that was wrong.

I tried to be really up front and I feel terrible I didn't know the whole story.

Prayers
 

Debra, it seems as if this little one was totally meant to be yours. I believe that God gives us these little ones right when we need them most. Sometimes we think they need us when all along it's us that needs them. A year ago this June, I had to put my little dachshund Annabelle to sleep due to numerous back problems. God bless me at that time with my first yorkie, LuLu and I have been ever so blessed. Since then, I have added my little boy, "Big Papi" who weighs all of 3 1/2 pounds. So......consider this little angel a gift from God and your hubby. I will be praying that everything goes well. Blessings to you!:aimeeyork

Best wishes and I pray she will thrive under your loving care... I hope to see pics of her soon... God Bless!

What a wonderful story:)Sending Prayers your way:hands::hands::hands::hands:
God Bless You and Little Miss:love-hug3:goodluck: