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01-28-2010, 03:31 PM | #121 |
Donating YT 4000 Club Member | hey Tammy just checking on LIVI today.. how is she doing, hope she is better. hugs, Carmen in nj |
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01-28-2010, 04:31 PM | #122 |
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| Oh Tammy, I am so sorry! I am just reading all of this thread, and at the end to hear that she is back home with you is great!!! Sending BIG HUGS and well wishes for you and Livi and babies. Hope everything is going ok today
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01-28-2010, 04:36 PM | #123 |
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| Back on YT tonight here, I no update from Tammy on how Livi it today, huh?
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01-28-2010, 05:31 PM | #124 |
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| Checking to see if there are any updates on Livi - I hope she is better and on her way to recovery. I also hope the pups are doing good.
__________________ ~Lori ~ Mom to fur babies Jack, Izzy & Jada & their kitty siblings, Mr. Poops, Milo, Pearl & barn kitty Nanny. |
01-28-2010, 06:05 PM | #125 |
Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Alabama
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| Still no update? |
01-28-2010, 06:33 PM | #126 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: With My Beautiful Fur Babies!
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| Thank you all for caring about my Livi!! It has been one of the longest days of my life...that or I am just so EXHAUSTED that it just feels this way. Either way, I am BEYOND.....seriously BEYOND tired!!! I think I posted yesterday that they wanted Livi back at the clinic again this morning. My husband took her at 7am and we didn't get to pick her up until 4:30 tonight. We had to call to see why we hadn't heard from them....well, my husband spoke with a tech this morning and she said that they were doing another eval. at 1pm and she would call. So by 3:45 and no call, we called to see what was wrong. The tech wouldn't give Geoff any answers like she usually would, just that the vet wanted to specially speak with us. So you have to know where our thoughts went to. We waited for the vet to finish up a surgery to call us back. He explained to my husband that Livi has some problems going on with her uterus. This goes back to that retained placenta. It could still be okay, but at this point, it is not shrinking like it should be. If this continues and doesn't start to show signs of improvement (which I do not even know what those signs would be ), then she will have to be spayed immediately. Spaying is not the problem....we had already decided that we would do this....but we don't want to RIGHT not because she will lose her milk. I literally spent my whole entire day feeding the puppies. No joke....by the time I fed the last puppy, it was time to start all over with the first puppy. I have one that doens't like the bottle so he takes a long time. Even though two of them were doing well with the bottle, they were not gaining AT ALL. Soooo, I was getting nowhere really fast!! I can tell you the positive side to the day, though...Livi's milk came in and her puppies and fat and happy. The vet said that their nursing should help with her uterus...hopefully. The most important thing at this point is getting Livi to eat. She has not been and wouldn't for them at the clinic either...they had to force her to. If she doesn't eat well for us tonight, then she has to go back to the vet in the morning. He told my husband that tonight and tomorrow are pivotal for Livi and that HAVE to get her to eat!!! I think they feel that her lack of eating is due to her uterus problems...I don't know. So, if things do not change in that area, I believe that they will quickly move forward with the spaying. Please keep Livi in your thoughts. She is home and hanging out with her babies. When they brought her out to us, she was sooooooo excited that she tried to jump from the tech's arms into mine. She went on and on about how cute and sweet Livi is and how she and the other tech were carrying her around in a pouch throughout the day. Anyway, they told us that she HAD to eat...doesn't matter what it is...ANYTHING...SHE HAS TO EAT!! So when we got back into the van, I offered her a graham cracker, thinking that she would turn her head...nope, she ate it! Then, when we got home, she ate one fourth of a chicken breast for me and 2 and a half serving of whelping pupping. Then, and hour and a half later, she took another 2 servings of the pudding. I am going to stay up all night (again) to make sure that I am atleast offering her something to eat....she won't eat anything without us physically holding or handing it to her. I'm tired, but I don't mind...it has to be done. Livi didn't sign onf ro any of this, it't not her fault. When the tech told us how much we owed, Geoff smiled and kind of gulped ()...but all I could think to say as I was holding Livi was, "That's what you get for breeding me, Mommy and Daddy." I have attached a picture of Livi after she came home yesterday and one from today. Too funny that the tech purposely matched the bandage to her hair clip today. Hair clip to the side, tired, sick, nursing the babies and yet, she still looks like a doll...*sigh*....wish it worked that way for me. Tammy Last edited by TammyJM; 01-28-2010 at 06:37 PM. |
01-28-2010, 06:35 PM | #127 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: With My Beautiful Fur Babies!
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| Oh my gosh...I wrote a book!! Sorry about that! Also, please excuse the typos. |
01-28-2010, 06:36 PM | #128 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Taft, TN, US
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| So sorry to hear about Livi and her pups. I know you are very busy taking care of the babies and your baby. Best wishes for her recovery and the well being of the pups. Wish someone here lived close to you so some of us could help you out. |
01-28-2010, 06:40 PM | #129 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member | Oh my, look at her sweet little face! I'm glad to hear she's eating some for you. Between her eating and nursing her puppies hopefully her uterus will start to shrink. I know nursing should help her uterus contract to it's normal size, it does with humans.
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01-28-2010, 06:43 PM | #130 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Connecticut
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| Oh geeze what an ordeal! It can and will only get better for you, Livi, the puppies and everyone! I'm so glad you checked back in, I was wondering how things were. You are doing a great job and I admire your tremendous strength and courage during this whole mess. So glad that you are able to get Livi to eat . . sometimes they can be sooo darn stubborn! I bet she just wanted to be home . . . Please take care and try to rest some yourself!
__________________ Deb, Mommy to: Brody & Rhianna Belle |
01-28-2010, 06:44 PM | #131 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kentucky
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| Keeping you all in our prayers and thoughts. I am so glad to hear from you, was really worried about you all!! Try and get some rest!!! Livi is such a beauty, even after all she has been through!
__________________ Jennifer, Proud mom to Micah, Candy, Nikki, Gizmo, and Crickett (gone but NEVER forgotten) |
01-28-2010, 06:44 PM | #132 |
Donating YT 11K Club Member | OMG just seeing this now. I am glad Livi is back home with you! That is so scary! I hope she feels better..will keep her in my prayers. Hugs to you!
__________________ Primrose, Teddy..RIP, Livie..RIP, And can never forget my duo Sophie and London, Run in Peace <3 |
01-28-2010, 06:58 PM | #133 |
♥Max & Lily♥ Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Orlando, FL, US
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| Awww...poor honey! Great job getting her to eat. Hopefully the puppies will continue to feed during the night and help her uterus shrink down. Watching for an update tomorrow! Try to have a good night.
__________________ My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet. ~Edith Wharton Lesley, Maximilian & Lily Rae |
01-28-2010, 07:02 PM | #134 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Taft, TN, US
Posts: 603
| Oh thanks for updating and posting the pictures. She is such a doll baby. My heart is really going out to you. I know how much you love her and how hard this is on you. I hope you are able to get a little rest tonight. |
01-28-2010, 07:12 PM | #135 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: With My Beautiful Fur Babies!
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| Livi just ate my dinner! I was eating a little bit of roasted turkey...thought, hmmmmm wonder if Livi would like this. Well, she does! It's so nice to see her eating!!! |
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