I am seeing a pattern: on the tough days, we don't blog on time.The last 24 hours were tough for Hannah and one of her babies. Hannah had a lot of nasal discharge again, was reluctant to walk this morning, and the diarrhea returned by this afternoon. But her appetite rallied again by this evening and she seems better all around tonight, so hopefully it was only a temporary set-back.
Six of the puppies gained well today. #4/Mr. Purple, was one of the puppies who lost weight, but he only lost a tiny bit and had a banner day yesterday. Also, I came home and found that he had climbed out of the pool and couldn't get back in-- our very first escapee!-- so he may have missed out on some nursing time today. I feel confident that he is going to be just fine, and we are going to move the puppies out of the pool and into a newspapered pen as soon as they are all walking.
We are pretty worried about the other puppy who lost weight tonight, though. #1/Mr. Green is the puppy who was sleepy yesterday and had flat weight gain. He is the only puppy who has not rebounded from Hannah's illness last weekend, and today he had a big weight drop on top of very little-to-no gain this past week. By tonight he was too weak to nurse, even when it was only he and Hannah, and she and I both tried to help him. He is too weak for a bottle or the saucer, but he did take some milk replacement from a dropper. We will continue to keep a very close eye on him. He is very sleepy and weak, but such a sweet little guy... send out a good thought for him!
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I was worried when I didn't see an update, and I unfortunately noticed the pattern too. (#1 blog fan.) I am sending out positive thoughts for Hannah and Mr. Green.
Whew! This is a real up and down tale of beauty, love, devotion and dedication. I can't wait for tomorrow's installment. Love, Mom
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