stresses again!

First off let me start by saying that Hope is doing well, I truly believe that she is well on her way to a long, happy and healthy life.

Last night we had an emergency vet visit with Jimmy. Started in the afternoon, he was screaming very loud (which is usual) but was so persistent, went to look at him and found hope sucking on his boy parts, moved her away and got him settled. Fed him at 4:30 and he ate well. Put him back to bed, only for him to start screaming again, knowing that Jimmy is a crier and Hope was not with him, I let him go for a min or 2. When he didn't settle I picked him up and gave him a snuggle. About 5:30 he started to vomit, even though I had been snuggling he he got himself into such a state that his tummy was upset....I decided to take him outside to get some fresh air and hoping that maybe a change of secenery would help him settle. We walked to Mary's (3 houses away) and spoke with her. While were talking he is still screaming and vomiting. Mary called another rescue person who gave us ideas. Shortly after that is when things started to get really scary, he was still vomiting and now looked like he had some breathing issues. He would take a breath, stumble and stagger and fall over slightly. Shortly after this started he got quiet, too quiet. Mary called the vet, while we waited for her to call back, we both thought he was dying, just his breathing, the staggering, stumbling etc and he would leave his mouth open....I was really scared. If he was going to die, than ok, I couldn't prevent it, no matter how much I wanted to , it was out of my control. Watching him die was just horrible and if he couldn't breath right, it would have been death by suffocation which would be painful and a terrible way to go. Mary talked to vet, while I sat there helpless and crying watching, wondering if that last breath would be his last. Mary took him to the vet, I had the other 2 so I couldn't leave them.

I watched and the longer Mary was gone the more I worried, but the more I thought he was still alive, I mean if he had passed she would have come right home right.....they left about 7:30....I checked out my window for her car every few mins....at 10pm I started to do the feedings.....about 10:25, the dog hears someone...it's Mary...in my drievway......and WITH an ALIVE Jimmy. He was alive and doing so much better. They gave him an a/b which he will take 2x a day. Instructions were to handle him as little as possible, do the basic care and feeding but no stimulation, keep him warm and hydrated. He also had some o2 there as well since his stats were low, he had an incredibly high heart rate (240 I think Mary said). We talked, I got him settled and went to bed. Knowing that with his lungs he would wake me when he needed me...got up at 1, everyone was fine....fed at 1:30.....slept til 5:50am....It is now 2pm and Jimmy is still doing well. Very little crying today and certainly not like it was, had I known him a little better I would have known that was a pain cry that he had been doing since Friday not an "i want attention cry". I feel horrible that I just thought he was colicky from the cows milk, but am so grateful that we were at Mary's when the worst of it all happpened, I sat there and cried and she was so calm. So thats Jimmy's update.

As I said Hope is doing well, she is sucking on her own now at all feeds, but she is also sucking things that she shouldn't...like Jimmy's penis. Poor wee guy was so swollen yesterday. I don't know how to stop her from doing it and have considered making kitty diapers from some old fleece blankets just to keep him covered so she has no access. I gave her a modified pacifier to see if that helped but who wants to suck on latex....Problem was solved last night since Jimmy was at the vets and than in his hown "crib" . But this morning, Hope and Sabrina were sucking on each other...I went and got 3 rubbermaid containers, put in some memory foam, covered that with a blanket and now all 3 live alone...this makes me sad as they need each other but they don't need lifetime debilitating health issues from being sucked on, so for a week or so they will live alone in their beds, with a stuffed animal. Next week I will try to put them together again but right now it doesn't work.

Sabrina is doing well, she has been issueless since she got here except for her bloated belly, which remains bloated but not as much.

Their weights are :

Jimmy - 240G a small gain, but given yesterday's events I didn't even expect a gain at all, so I will take my 5G and be happy.

Hope - 246G a 25G gain for her, which she needs badly.

Sabrina - 226G a 10g gain for her which is a typical or expected daily gain.