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FireFish · 02-09-2006, 05:14 PM

My heart goes out to you.

I will keep you both in my prayers.

JWebb · 02-09-2006, 06:32 PM

YT family,
Your outpouring of thoughts and prayers have meant so very much to me. Cricket has hydrocephalus and is on dexamethasone 2x's a day. Dr. Bronstad talked at great length with me when I picked her up today. He did tell me that we would know within the next two weeks if this will help. If this starts to reduce the swelling in the brain then she will have a chance to grow a little more and that she could live a normal life. I don't dare think past the next two weeks. She is in my lap as I write this. She and I will spend alot of time together and I will take whatever time I have with her. Be it two days, two weeks or two years. She has not had any seizures that we know of and she can see, which has the vet encouraged, in fact she is quite alert tonight. I left to go into town and when I came home I could hear her barking in the bedroom as she heard me. It breaks my heart that she can't walk but this hit so fast yesterday and we acted quickly. If you recall she started out acting as if she was sore, yesterday when I picked her up at the vet she could bearly stand. Dr. Bronstad gave her a shot of the med. earlier today and it may be helping some because she is trying to walk a little
tonight. Going to potty is trial and error but we will work that out as well. I take her outside and hold her up several times incase she has to potty. We did tee tee earlier. I can feed her anything since this illiness has nothing to do with diet. Right now she is having chicken, rice with alittle carrots. also, strained chicken baby food. I will worry about the dry food later as I hate to give any kind of wet food but as long as I can get her to eat I will worry about the small stuff later.

If anyone has any experience with this please let me hear your experiences good or bad as I have been made aware of what we are up against. Please know how much better I feel to have someone to talk with about Cricket. My regular vet Dr. Andrews has been so good to me. I have his own private cell phone number and he has talked to me twice today. He will be out of his office until Monday but wanted me to be able to reach him if I needed to. I thought that was pretty nice of him. He told me today that she is the sweetest baby and he sent her to someone that knew alot more about this than he did. Dr. Bronstad is one of the best and I really like him as well.

Thanks once again for holding my hand so to speak, just being able to talk to you helps me. I will keep you informed.

Judy

diva pup · 02-09-2006, 07:38 PM

Judy, I am so sorry to hear this news. My thoughts and prayers are with you and little Cricket. I have seen Dex work wonders on swelling in the brain so I am praying that it helps her.

brittanyBug · 02-09-2006, 07:53 PM

I'll be praying for her

yorkiegirl2 · 02-09-2006, 07:57 PM

I am so sorry to hear your little one is going through this..I hope the dexamethasone works and she can live a normal, happy life...
((((Hugs to both of you)))) Get well soon little Cricket ...Sherry

Jaspermom · 02-09-2006, 08:51 PM

I sure hope your little girl responds to the medication, and lives happily every after! Good luck to you and little Crickett, and please keep us in touch! Hugs to you, Judy!

YorkieShadow · 02-10-2006, 01:40 AM

I will keep her in my prayers.

deb4air · 02-10-2006, 08:10 AM

Judy ..holding myhighest thoughts of love and light for you and your baby cricket , staying in the moment is a place that truely is the most peaceful ..

SandyTXn · 02-10-2006, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carolina yorkie

Cricket is so lucky to have such a special mom as you. I know this is trying for you now, but I pray that the medication will help her. Yorkie hugs and kisses to her from Jolene. I will keep you both in my prayers.

I agree 100%! Hang in there! A BIG Texas hug to you and prayers for little Cricket.
Sandy, Dinkey and Dudley

TFitzpatrick · 02-10-2006, 08:41 AM

My thoughts are with you and Cricket. She is so lucky to have a great mom and I am sure with all the love you have for her she will stay happy no matter what happens. Keep hope!

SoCalyorkiLvr · 02-10-2006, 02:30 PM

I think about Cricket a lot and I hope this works for her.

Thanks for keeping us updated.

JWebb · 02-10-2006, 06:37 PM

Well, Miss Cricket is not eating well today. I can get her to eat small amounts of chicken baby food and she is drinking water some. I am giving her Nutrical 3 times a day and about 1cc of water in addition to the few laps of water she takes 3 times a day.

My main concern is that she hasn't pooped since I brought her home from the hospital yesterday. Of course she fasted on Wed. for the acid bile test and was in the hospital in Dallas until yesterday afternoon. I know she was on IV's since Wed night until yesterday when I picked her up so I don't know if that is to be expected or not. My vet called again today to check on her and he was encouraged that she has had any seizures and is hoping the swelling in her barin is mild. If that is the cast then he is feel a little most assurring that the meds. might help. She is still bright-eyed and has been trying to move some. She is still far from back to normal but I will take anything positive at this point. We had a little talk last night and I promised her we would face this together and we would get better.

JWebb · 02-10-2006, 06:45 PM

Well, Miss Cricket is not eating well today. I can get her to eat small amounts of chicken baby food and she is drinking water some. I am giving her Nutrical 3 times a day and about 1cc of water in addition to the few laps of water she takes 3 times a day. Does that sound like enough water to you? She weighs not quite 2 lbs and I don't want to give her too much water. She drinks it well for me so I am not having to force feeding her it.

My main concern is that she hasn't pooped since I brought her home from the hospital yesterday. Of course she fasted on Wed. for the acid bile test and was in the hospital in Dallas until yesterday afternoon. I know she was on IV's since Wed night until yesterday when I picked her up so I don't know if that is to be expected or not. My vet called again today to check on her and he was encouraged that she hasn't had any seizures and is hoping the swelling in her barin is mild. If that is the case then he is feels a little most encouraged that the meds. might help. She is still bright-eyed and has been trying to move some. She is still far from back to normal but I will take anything positive at this point. We had a little talk last night and I promised her we would face this together and we would get better together. I give her lots of love and kisses but at the same time I let her stay in a quiet place and she sleeps alot too. She slept like a rock last night with me snuggling her.

Thanks for thinking of us.

Judy

shalynn65 · 02-10-2006, 06:55 PM

Judy,
I will be thinking of you and Cricket. With all the love and prayers sent your way she has to recover. It sounds like she is receiving the best care possible. Hope she starts to eat for you. Have a good weekend and hopefully she will start to show imporvements. Hugs to Miss Cricket.

Kate · 02-10-2006, 10:10 PM

I just found this post, and must say that my heart goes out to all of you.

Your lil buddy does sound like a fighter, and I pray she gets through this.

Medicine can do wonders, but it may take time.

Please keep us posted.

kate

02-09-2006, 08:51 PM	#36
Jaspermom Yorkies Rock My World! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,721	Judy, good luck!! I sure hope your little girl responds to the medication, and lives happily every after! Good luck to you and little Crickett, and please keep us in touch! Hugs to you, Judy! __________________ Glad Mom to Jasper, Wosie & Dreama, RIP sweet babies.

02-10-2006, 08:10 AM	#38
deb4air Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: new york Posts: 3,168	Judy ..holding myhighest thoughts of love and light for you and your baby cricket , staying in the moment is a place that truely is the most peaceful .. __________________ Deb and Miss Mini

02-10-2006, 06:37 PM	#42
JWebb Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 33	Update on Cricket Well, Miss Cricket is not eating well today. I can get her to eat small amounts of chicken baby food and she is drinking water some. I am giving her Nutrical 3 times a day and about 1cc of water in addition to the few laps of water she takes 3 times a day. My main concern is that she hasn't pooped since I brought her home from the hospital yesterday. Of course she fasted on Wed. for the acid bile test and was in the hospital in Dallas until yesterday afternoon. I know she was on IV's since Wed night until yesterday when I picked her up so I don't know if that is to be expected or not. My vet called again today to check on her and he was encouraged that she has had any seizures and is hoping the swelling in her barin is mild. If that is the cast then he is feel a little most assurring that the meds. might help. She is still bright-eyed and has been trying to move some. She is still far from back to normal but I will take anything positive at this point. We had a little talk last night and I promised her we would face this together and we would get better.

02-10-2006, 06:45 PM	#43
JWebb Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 33	Update on Cricket Well, Miss Cricket is not eating well today. I can get her to eat small amounts of chicken baby food and she is drinking water some. I am giving her Nutrical 3 times a day and about 1cc of water in addition to the few laps of water she takes 3 times a day. Does that sound like enough water to you? She weighs not quite 2 lbs and I don't want to give her too much water. She drinks it well for me so I am not having to force feeding her it. My main concern is that she hasn't pooped since I brought her home from the hospital yesterday. Of course she fasted on Wed. for the acid bile test and was in the hospital in Dallas until yesterday afternoon. I know she was on IV's since Wed night until yesterday when I picked her up so I don't know if that is to be expected or not. My vet called again today to check on her and he was encouraged that she hasn't had any seizures and is hoping the swelling in her barin is mild. If that is the case then he is feels a little most encouraged that the meds. might help. She is still bright-eyed and has been trying to move some. She is still far from back to normal but I will take anything positive at this point. We had a little talk last night and I promised her we would face this together and we would get better together. I give her lots of love and kisses but at the same time I let her stay in a quiet place and she sleeps alot too. She slept like a rock last night with me snuggling her. Thanks for thinking of us. Judy

02-10-2006, 06:55 PM	#44
shalynn65 Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 277	Judy, I will be thinking of you and Cricket. With all the love and prayers sent your way she has to recover. It sounds like she is receiving the best care possible. Hope she starts to eat for you. Have a good weekend and hopefully she will start to show imporvements. Hugs to Miss Cricket. __________________ Sheryl & Jeter & Sky Jeter on Dogster http://www.dogster.com/?221907

02-09-2006, 05:14 PM	#31
FireFish Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 425	My heart goes out to you. I will keep you both in my prayers.

02-09-2006, 06:32 PM	#32
JWebb Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 33	YT family, Your outpouring of thoughts and prayers have meant so very much to me. Cricket has hydrocephalus and is on dexamethasone 2x's a day. Dr. Bronstad talked at great length with me when I picked her up today. He did tell me that we would know within the next two weeks if this will help. If this starts to reduce the swelling in the brain then she will have a chance to grow a little more and that she could live a normal life. I don't dare think past the next two weeks. She is in my lap as I write this. She and I will spend alot of time together and I will take whatever time I have with her. Be it two days, two weeks or two years. She has not had any seizures that we know of and she can see, which has the vet encouraged, in fact she is quite alert tonight. I left to go into town and when I came home I could hear her barking in the bedroom as she heard me. It breaks my heart that she can't walk but this hit so fast yesterday and we acted quickly. If you recall she started out acting as if she was sore, yesterday when I picked her up at the vet she could bearly stand. Dr. Bronstad gave her a shot of the med. earlier today and it may be helping some because she is trying to walk a little tonight. Going to potty is trial and error but we will work that out as well. I take her outside and hold her up several times incase she has to potty. We did tee tee earlier. I can feed her anything since this illiness has nothing to do with diet. Right now she is having chicken, rice with alittle carrots. also, strained chicken baby food. I will worry about the dry food later as I hate to give any kind of wet food but as long as I can get her to eat I will worry about the small stuff later. If anyone has any experience with this please let me hear your experiences good or bad as I have been made aware of what we are up against. Please know how much better I feel to have someone to talk with about Cricket. My regular vet Dr. Andrews has been so good to me. I have his own private cell phone number and he has talked to me twice today. He will be out of his office until Monday but wanted me to be able to reach him if I needed to. I thought that was pretty nice of him. He told me today that she is the sweetest baby and he sent her to someone that knew alot more about this than he did. Dr. Bronstad is one of the best and I really like him as well. Thanks once again for holding my hand so to speak, just being able to talk to you helps me. I will keep you informed. Judy

02-09-2006, 07:38 PM	#33
diva pup BANNED! Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,139	Judy, I am so sorry to hear this news. My thoughts and prayers are with you and little Cricket. I have seen Dex work wonders on swelling in the brain so I am praying that it helps her.

02-09-2006, 07:53 PM	#34
brittanyBug YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 335	I'll be praying for her

02-09-2006, 07:57 PM	#35
yorkiegirl2 YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Missouri Posts: 2,394	I am so sorry to hear your little one is going through this..I hope the dexamethasone works and she can live a normal, happy life... ((((Hugs to both of you)))) Get well soon little Cricket ...Sherry

02-10-2006, 01:40 AM	#37
YorkieShadow BANNED! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: USA Posts: 9,999	I will keep her in my prayers.

02-10-2006, 08:41 AM	#40
TFitzpatrick Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Carlisle, PA Posts: 26	My thoughts are with you and Cricket. She is so lucky to have a great mom and I am sure with all the love you have for her she will stay happy no matter what happens. Keep hope!

02-10-2006, 02:30 PM	#41
SoCalyorkiLvr BANNED! Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,246	I think about Cricket a lot and I hope this works for her. Thanks for keeping us updated.

02-10-2006, 10:10 PM	#45
Kate YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State Posts: 853	I just found this post, and must say that my heart goes out to all of you. Your lil buddy does sound like a fighter, and I pray she gets through this. Medicine can do wonders, but it may take time. Please keep us posted. kate __________________ 7/14/02- 1/16/15 RIP Sadie