Sabrina had seemed much stronger and better today. Both she and Hank seemed to be eating better and were so playful and energetic. Then tonight, completely unexpectedly, we found her looking despondent again. We knew right away that her blood sugar was low again, so we gave her syringe feedings and syrup and wrapped her in warm bedding on a heating pad. We also gave her a bolus of subcutaneous fluids. But by 1:00 AM it was obvious that she was crashing so I rushed her to the Emergency Animal Hospital (tucked in my bra & zipped-up in my sweatshirt to keep her tiny body warm in the cold night air).
At the EAH they grabbed her from me and checked her blood sugar. It was too low to register. Her body temp was a little low at 99.5 (but she had been laying on the heating pad). They started an IV and began giving her fluids and glucose. She will have to stay the rest of the night in the hospital and then be collected early in the morning to move to her regular vet hospital, Compassion Animal Hospital.
Tonight's bill will run close to $400 for these 4 hours. This is the REALLY hard part of rescue, making these super difficult decisions, knowing when it is time to let a suffering puppy go and when it is appropriate to give her a little longer to fight. Too bad these moments always seem to come in the middle of the night!
Keep your paws crossed for Sabrina.. that she will have the strength to get through this.
I will post an update tomorrow.
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Hopefully Sabrina will pull through she looks like a very strong willed girl. I will try and help out as much as i can with her vet bills so that she can be treated.
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