Originally Posted by JaLaYorkieGirl (Post 1657089)

Well it is a bit of a long story....She came down with a severe bout of gastroenteritis (non-hemorrhagic thank god) from overeating (too much fat intake) on the Friday before she whelped...I spent the whole day in the clinic with her on my lap hooked up to IV's...she was becoming dehydrate, hypoglycemic, and hypoglycemic from vomiting, diarrhea, not eating and the puppies taking everything she did have! From there we drove her to the emergency clinic (1.5 hrs away), I was up all night calling to see how she was (as were her two vets) and then we were able to pick her up at 9 am the next morning...took her from there to a gal that focuses mostly on reproduction (Dr. Lori Hunt) and she thought Espe may deliver early because of the stress on her body from being sick and hospitalized...

We took her home and she slept almost non-stop for 2 days then she went into labor Monday morning bright and early! The placentas were not detaching even though she was in labor, she she then required a c-section...I was so afraid we were going to lose her as she was weak from being sick in the first place. It was horrible experience.

Since I am a tech...our vet sent her home with her IV in and I gave her fluids every 3o minutes, injectable pain meds, boiled chicken, antibiotics and calsorb around the clock...and hand raised pups! I never stopped moving Christmas Eve...Espe would not even lay with them...she would literally try to run from them...but something clicked on Christmas afternoon and she decided they were hers and she wanted them! <whew>, so I was up for a couple more nights constantly checking them and doing some feedings for her...now she is super mom and fabulous with them! Thank goodness!