Sunday, September 4, 2011

48 hours later...

Pups and mom have made it through their first 48 hours! Luna is nursing like a champ, and has the appetite to show for it.  One of ours puppies aspirated some  milk into her lungs, but luckily I got her to an emergency animal hospital in time and it's been almost 18 hours and she is improving steadily with their help.  The vets were NOT optimistic at all when I brought her in because she's so young and it's so difficult for them to survive with fluid in their lungs.  I decided to give her 6 hours to show which way she was going to to, and to everyone's surprise she has been getting better.  She is still in an oxygen cage, but she is nursing from bottle and gaining strength.  Her breathing is still a little difficult but the fact that she has survived 18 hours far exceeds any of the staff their and they are much more optimistic. She will stay with them for atleast another 24 hours before evaluating when she's ready to come home.  Fingers crossed everyone, still not out of the woods, but getting closer with every passing hour! She is definitely a fighter and we've decided to name her Phoenix!






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