*happy for you and Snookie* *Ann * On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Crystal Thirion <cthir...@att.net> wrote:
> ** > > > 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 > > . > > >
