The two miracle babies are doing fine. Of course I was worried until this morning. They were either losing weight or staying the same weight and, even though I know that is normal for newborns, because they were sooooo small, I worried, big time. Anyway, this morning they had both gained tenths of an ounce. Cake is 2.5 oz and Squirt got back to her birth weight of 2.2 oz. Thank heavens. That being said, Kathleen and I are still staying up all night long hooking them on to the nipples, etc. It is paying off!!!! Thank goodness.
The babies, when they were born, had ribs that were quite visible. I knew they were doing better when the ribs started disappearing. That happened before the weight went up, so I knew they were improving. It is still worrisome watching these babies and it will carry on for a bit. They aren't out of the woods yet, not by any means. We'll be up many nights to come, but, of course, it is worth it.
I figure that these two babies, being held and handled as much as they are being held, etc., are going to be the sweetest things in the world.
Today we start the neurological stimulation exercises, days 3 to 16. This includes the smell stimulation. Watch out! Smart puppies being raised!
For now, the blog will continue some other day, from the hopeful curmudgeon
Saturday, April 30, 2016
Friday, April 29, 2016
Zinger's new puppies
Well, Zinger did have puppies. April 27th. She was bred to Bravo, a beautifully made boy in Toledo, Ohio and the progesterone levels said that the babies would be due April 25th. My reconing was April 26. Those days came and went and I was worried. I wasn't worried because she was "late," but because Zinger's girth kept getting smaller over the last one to two weeks. I was afraid that she was resorbing puppies, some or all. I took her in for an x-ray on the 26th and there were pictures of two or three puppies and a bunch of "stuff" that the vet could not identify. Hmmmmmm. Next morning, there was black, wet stuff on one of her bedding blankets. Muconium, so, where was the puppy/!!!! On the floor, a tiny, black thing. Sad. A mostly resorbed puppy. Two more came out over the next hour and I decided to take her in to the vet as she was NOT having contractions that I could feel and I could not feel kicking babies. Had only felt one baby kick one time during this entire pregnancy. Not good.
The cesarian section showed lots of "stuff" in her uterus, BUT, two live babies, both girls. They each weighed 2.2 ounces when we got them home, we being myself and Chris Harrington who had come out to see babies be born. Instead she went through this ordeal with me and has steadfastly held on and is helping put and keep these babies on the nipples day and night. They still haven't achieved a weight over their birth weight, but are maintaining. Amazingly tiny baby girls, one has a white spot on her chest that looks like a crab, so she is Crabcakes, Cake for short and the other has a spouting whale as her white spot, so she is Squirt. They are beautiful, but TINY and lots of work.
Kathleen and Kate arrived last night and will spend the weekend and help me keep them eating. Chris must go home this morning. We'll miss her, but she may come back to see babies be born when Pip has her litter, IF her breeding took. One can never tell.
This disaster and miracle, that we even have two alive, means that many people on my list will either have to wait for a puppy from Pip or onward down the line, or find a puppy somewhere else and the ones to whom I have spoken so far are crushed, but understand. Nature rules.
We will never know why this happened. Nature doesn't always tell us those things. Sad but true.
Hugs to all on the list, to Chris for all her help, to Kathleen and Kate for their help and to luck that we have two sweet, TINY girls so save.
More later,
The ever hopeful curmudgeon, Charlotte
The cesarian section showed lots of "stuff" in her uterus, BUT, two live babies, both girls. They each weighed 2.2 ounces when we got them home, we being myself and Chris Harrington who had come out to see babies be born. Instead she went through this ordeal with me and has steadfastly held on and is helping put and keep these babies on the nipples day and night. They still haven't achieved a weight over their birth weight, but are maintaining. Amazingly tiny baby girls, one has a white spot on her chest that looks like a crab, so she is Crabcakes, Cake for short and the other has a spouting whale as her white spot, so she is Squirt. They are beautiful, but TINY and lots of work.
Kathleen and Kate arrived last night and will spend the weekend and help me keep them eating. Chris must go home this morning. We'll miss her, but she may come back to see babies be born when Pip has her litter, IF her breeding took. One can never tell.
This disaster and miracle, that we even have two alive, means that many people on my list will either have to wait for a puppy from Pip or onward down the line, or find a puppy somewhere else and the ones to whom I have spoken so far are crushed, but understand. Nature rules.
We will never know why this happened. Nature doesn't always tell us those things. Sad but true.
Hugs to all on the list, to Chris for all her help, to Kathleen and Kate for their help and to luck that we have two sweet, TINY girls so save.
More later,
The ever hopeful curmudgeon, Charlotte
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