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Scully passes away

Posted by Blue Sky on Wednesday, December 10, 2008, In : Scully updates 
Late last night, well, early this morning really, Scully let go.
She was ok at her 10pm but by 1am she had gone.
I had a bit of a cry but then realised that she'd gone warm, fed, loved and safe...so she went peacefully.
So many things can go wrong with pinkies..thats why most vets just euthanase them straight away, their little kidneys don't tolerate the changes in diet, brain damage, exposure etc..
It's a bummer..not unexpected but sad.
Just want to thank the Great Spirit for letting me nurse he...
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Scully update

Posted by Blue Sky on Wednesday, December 10, 2008, In : Scully updates 


Well its just past 3.30pm and she's alive still and has had another feed and toilet. She's sure tenacious.
I've rubbed her little body gently with sorbolene so her skin wont dry out or crack..checked her temp..done about as much as I can for now. I am trying to find a smaller teat so I can judge her intake better..the teats I have here are for those critters at least two months older with a higher flow rate...i have to watch it doesn't go down her lungs and ensure I let her take the lead as mu...

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Scully

Posted by Blue Sky on Wednesday, December 10, 2008, In : Scully updates 

11am. She took a teat, only for a few moments but she tried...a hopeful sign.

11.40 am - tried again, and she had a feed! Fantastic!

You know something, in the movie Dr Doolittle I think, there's this freaked out Airedale terrier  who keeps going ' he threw the ball! he threw the ball !!!' in some kind of obsessive compulsive manic high...well thats how I feel right now..running around calling friends and harassing my house mate saying 'she's had a feed she's had a feed'. 

Gawd...the things we ...


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