Friday, November 05, 2010
Restitution
I need to let all of you know that the vet and the clinic which made a mistake with Raven's section have refunded me all the cost of the two days' emergency calls. That happened immediately. Today, I received restitution for the lost puppies and a hand written note from the surgeon offering sincere apologies for the errors made during Raven's section. Mistakes happen but, for me, taking ownership of those mistakes and hopefully, learning from them so it doesn't happen to anyone else helps me move on. I am grateful for that.
Mastitis
Raven has developed mastitis, an infection of her milk glands. Fortunately, I know her so well that I was able to get her to the vet right away when I saw she was not well. She developed this in less than 3 hours so it came on very quickly. However, that doesn't lessen the pain she was in. Dr. McKay happened to still be in the office and got antibiotics into her and a pain medication. I brought her home, carried her in and she laid on her side to let the pups suckle. This morning, the affected teat is still really swollen but she is back nursing like normal. As you can see, the pups are doing fine.
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
1 WEEK OLD
Here they are at one week doing their second favorite thing. From upper left clockwise-- a wavy male. then Molly, a wavy girl. Bottom right is a curly boy. Next a wavy girl and the one in the middle is our curly girl.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Day 4
They sleep, eat, crawl and make noises---- but they are still darned cute! All appear to be healthy and gaining weight.
