PUPPIES

2/13
Here are the "kids". Today is a very good day. Keep the prayers and happy thoughts coming!! We continue to work very closely, on a daily (hourly) basis, with Dr. Andrew, to make sure they have the best medical care possible.

We have very bad news today. Our little RED girl is very, very sick. Please keep the puppy prayers coming. We need them desperately.

Our little Red girl is so very sick. We brought her in to see Dr. Mabley today and, as he says, he's bringing out the "Big Guns" (medications) for her. Once again, he entrusted us with an IV pump, and Robin, head tech at Arbor, and dear friend, inserted her catheter and prepped her, so we're able to care
for her at home.

Friday AM
No improvement. We're continuing with the IV, fluids, and antibiotics.

Friday Evening
Our precious Red baby girl lost her battle today. Her tiny body just couldn't fight anymore, even with all the medications.

In an effort to further define and get to the bottom of the problem, Dr. Mabley has sent tissue samples for analysis and evaluation to a diagnostic laboratory. If we can find the cause of the problem, we’ll have a chance to save these mistreated, neglected, abused babies in the future. Who knows, maybe it will even help to save our two little girls, although, at this time, they are healthy. Actually, they both just ran past me going about 40 MPH!!! Dr. Mabley, was kind enough to let us keep the IV pump for the weekend, just in case. Please think good thoughts and say a prayer for our girls..

Saturday AM

The last few days here at LDR have been extremely difficult and very very sad. This morning, we received this in our email. This is from Robin, head tech at Arbor, and after going through this with us, every bit of the way, and doing everything in her power to help save these girls, Robin is deeply involved.

Hey Suz -

I thought you might be waking up to one of those "why am I doing this?" kind of mornings, so I thought I'd share a little story with you.

Once upon a time, there were two little scraggly, hungry and misused little brown dogs living in a very sad town. They were best friends even though they hadn't ever met each other. Then one day a very kind and wonderful couple took them in and made them well and fed them and loved them and found them a forever home where they could be together. Everyday is wonderful for them now. Why even today, although it looked like rain, they got bundled up and went to the dog park to visit all their other dog and people friends. Later, it got a little rainy so they went home and got hot showers with really good smelling shampoo from bath and body works. Then they got another surprise because their new mom had warm soft terrycloth bathrobes (with hoods) for them to wear while they dried. And scrambled eggs for breakfast. All because of a kind and wonderful couple who took them in.

Love Robin and the Naughties.
And here are Robin's Little Naughties

Robin adopted her first little girl from LDR , Betty, in 2002, and Fiona in 2004 Some of you may remember Fiona. We found her in a high kill shelter, just about to pop.

WE got into trouble with the delivery, so as we always do, we ran over to Arbor. Robin assisted Dr. Mabley in a C-section, delivering 3 healthy babies. Robin was in love from that point on.
Thanks, Robin. You're always there for us.

Blue and Pink Saturday Morning Update
Our little Pink girl has an upper respiratory infection, possible Kennel Cough, but nothing to be worried about yet. Antibiotics and nebulizing should help that. Our Blue girl is healthy as can be. The two of them have been running through the house, helping me with chores. You can only imagine how helpful they are!!!! It's so wonderful having 2 playful puppies, ripping around.
Keep those happy thoughts going.

Saturday Evening
Whatever "IT" is, our little Blue girl now has it. We are devastated and not feeling encouraged that she'll make it. She's now a very sick little girl. I look into her beautiful brown eyes, and I just know what her future holds. This is heartbreaking.........
Sunday Morning
We're a bit encouraged this morning. She's not vomiting, so we haven't hooked her up to the IV. We were able to get her meds down. Although much slower than yesterday at this time, she loved her snuggling session this morning, wagged her tail, and gave me sweet, sloppy, puppy kisses.
Sunday Afternoon

She's holding her own this afternoon. Still no vomiting. We're giving her subcutaneous fluids three times a day and our little Pink girl is being nebulized three times a day. We're in contact with Dr. Andrew in case of any
change.

Monday AM
This AM, she's not doing well. She rallied for a bit last night...was even eating a tad. But, as with the other two have done, she's taken a turn for the worse. IV goes in. We'll keep you posted.
Noon
We're fresh out of miracles today, but we're hoping that the "Puppy Fairy" drops in and sprinkles some healthy puppy dust. We sure could use it. This has become a very, very sad household. But, rest assured, these puppies know they're very loved. We spent most of the night holding and snuggling them.
We're hoping we get the results from the pathologist today. Maybe they'll be something there that will help us save these little birds.
Monday Evening
No good news tonight on our Blue Bird. We're keeping her hydrated, medicated, and praying that her tiny, fragile body can fight this. Once again, it's not looking good.
Unfortunately, we didn't get the results from the lab today. Hopefully, tomorrow, but it may be too late. :-((
Our Pink Girl is happy, playful, eating, and although she has Kennel Cough, she hasn't noticed. Let's pray it stays that way. She misses her sister terribly and knows that something is wrong. She's doing everything she can to get to her. It's very very sad, as everything seems to be these days. :-((

Tuesday AM

She made it through the night, but her prognosis is extremely poor. At this point, all we can do is offer supportive care and pray that her system can fight it.
Our Pink girl continues to thrive.

Tuesday PM
She's alive. She's kissing my face. :-(( Today, Robin gave her a plasma transfusion to try to boost her immune system. Dr. Mabley and Dr. Andrew are working on her meds. She has the most incredible medical care. She's at home with an IV (thank you Dr. Mabley). The results came back and showed Parvo and a very bad bacterial infection, but NO DISTEMPER!!! Tonight, she's very sick. Please say a prayer for her. She's so very young to fight this virus.

3:30 AM
She's alive and although some pretty ugly things have come out of her body, her eyes look bright. As long as we can put more into her body than what is coming out, we're ahead of the game. Her IV is giving her huge amounts of fluids and we're not giving up for a second. We'll go in to Arbor today and she'll have one more plasma transfusion. This has proteins and antibodies in it, that her body doesn't have, to fight the virus.
Robin told her last night, that with all this "Stuff" she's getting, she'll need to save Timmy from the well or save someone from a burning building. She certainly should be destined for big things!!!

Today our BlueBird had her second plasma transfusion. There's no improvement, but she's not much worse, which is good.
Now, we wait...

9 AM
Not as much vomiting and diarrhea as the night before. She's very quiet this AM. It's medication time that's difficult because her system is so tiny and doesn't handle it well. It's probably too soon to say that we're optimistic, but we need a bit of optimism in this house right now, so we're saying "WE'RE OPTIMISTIC" .

Morning meds were tolerated a little better today. Everything stayed down. no interest in food or water. It's now been 4 days since she's had anything to eat or drink.