The doc said I don't know what you are doing but keep doing it lol. There are
little helmets you can buy online to help protect their skull. They even have
pink ones. I swear I am a handicap magnet. I have an autistic son, a 3 legged
whippet, one chi with a liver shunt and then this little ball of dysfunction lol
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On Oct 7, 2011, at 8:15 AM, Pam Dean <[email protected]> wrote:
> Awww..so many problems for such a wee thing..My Bino is also a tiny and a
> failure to thrive. And I took him knowing he might not survive. But he is
> now six years old and going strong. Amazing what care and the power of love
> will do. He didn't make 2 lbs until he was way over 6 months. But he did
> not have the health challenges your little one has. His molera never did
> close so I am very careful with his little apple head lol.
> Just hang in there with your little one and enjoy him day to day and not
> worry about what might happen. Miracles do happen.
>
> Pam
>
> From: Crystal Thirion <[email protected]>
> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2011 10:50 PM
> Subject: [Chihuahuas] Snookie
>
>
> Well my little 5 month old chihuahua, Snookie woke up this morning and
> wouldn't eat or drink anything. Usually she eats like a horse. All she wanted
> to do was lay down and she was shivering. So I took her to the vet. He said
> he didn't know how she was even alive. He confirmed that she does have
> hydrocephalus and her skull is not developed. He said her bottom jaw also
> didn't develop. She's way under size and weight, she's 1.8 pounds and her
> teeth haven't come in except molars. He also said she has a hole in her heart
> but wasn't sure how undeveloped it was. Her lungs are good tho. So she was
> running a fever of 103.4 and he said it could be just an infection of some
> sort or it could be the heart or hydrocephalus starting to
> cause problems. He put her on antibiotics and said to give her pedialyte but
> not to expect much because she wasn't going to be alive much longer probably.
> He said you could spend $20,000 and she still might not make it. So I gave
> her the meds and pedialyte and took a nap with her. As soon as we woke up she
> was wanting to eat and drink and play. She is definitely a miracle baby. My
> little freak of nature lol
>
> Crystal
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