At Fri, 02 Feb 2001, jenny low wrote:
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>Hello everyone,
>
>I really need you to pray for me and my family. We have 2 Pomeranians, Abby
>and Samson. Abby had two puppies Dec 27. Actually she went into labor and
>never would deliver. We took her to the vet and they gave her 2 shots of
>oxytocin, like pitocin but a natural of it. She started delivering the first
>puppy and it was breach. The doc pulled the puppy out. The second was
>actually delivered the next day by c-section and was already dead. Today,
>our 5 week old puppy was crying alot. He has not started running around the
>house like most puppies his age do. I had wondered if something was wrong.
>Then when I was emailing you earlier today, Brittany brought the puppy to me
>and asked me what was on his face. It looked like he had maybe gotten into
>something and it made him sick. He has been crying alot lately too. But when
>anyone would pick him up, he would stop crying. Tonight he was crying alot.
>When I would rub him or move him around he would stop. I finally noticed he
>had poop on his bottom and went to wash it off. There was some really hard
>poop sticking out of his behind. I pulled it out. I figured he had really
>been constipated and his tummy was hurting. I had been holding him all night
>because I knew he wasn't feeling well. He kept snuggling up under my arm.
>Then he was laying on his back moving his little paws like he was paddling a
>bike. At about 10:00 I looked at him and couldn't see him breathing. I asked
>Ted if he was breathing. He wasn't. He died in my arms. Now thinking about
>it, I believe he had a complete bowel obstruction. That is probably what he
>threw up. I feel horrible. I feel like I should of known what that was since
>I hear about them all over this message board. It's just I have never had a
>complete bowel obstruction. I started bawling and then had to go tell my
>kids that our baby had died. We have been crying for the last 1 1/2 hours.
>Please pray for us. It just makes me sick. We were planning on keeping him
>since we paid the vet the price of a new puppy just to get him here. I was
>extremely attached because he was my little baby. The kids were too. I
>called my mom and dad and they both were crying when I told them. This is
>why I hate having pets. When they die it's like a family member dying. ANd
>it hurts worse because he was just a little baby. And I know he suffered
>because I know what killed him. I know God will help us get through this
>too. It just is really painful. And with the week I have had.....