Monday, November 3, 2008
More Sad News
Clark Kent Nelson passed away this morning. I am absolutely devastated!! We brought him home just over a week ago...NOT EVEN TWO WEEKS!! He was sick on the way home, but we thought it was just him being carsick. But he continued to throw up over the weekend, and I got up Monday morning and took him into the vet's office. The vet said he didn't have a fever and didn't appear to be sick, so to just kind of experiment with what food will work best for him. He got a teeny tiny bit better over the next few days, but on Friday he started with a clear discharge coming out of his nose, he felt feverish, and stopped eating. So we were trying to get him through, force feeding him as best we could, and Saturday evening he had a seizure. It completely flipped me out. Brandon went to the OU Nebraska game, and called when he was leaving Norman. I started bawling, and told Brandon there was no way Clark would make it til Monday. So I rushed him into the emergency vet, where the news just kept getting worse. He was completely dehydrated, had low blood sugar (which is what caused his seizure), had bacteria in his intestinal tract, and a mild fever. We had to leave him overnight, and called back a few times on Sunday to check in. He just never got any better, started spiking more of a fever on Sunday evening, still wouldn't eat, and was just completely lethargic. When Brandon talked to the vet late Sunday night the vet told him that if Clark hadn't gotten any better by the morning we needed to consider putting him to sleep. But thankfully we didn't have to make that choice. Brandon got the call this morning while I was in the shower that Clark had died. They're not exactly sure why, they related it to failure to thrive in a human baby. The girl told me when I brought him in Saturday evening he definitely needed a few more weeks with his mama. So now we just have lovely Lois, who is indeed thriving. She's full of spunk and personality, and I am so thankful we have her. And I'm actually thankful Clark died when he did, because the more attached I would've gotten, the worse it would've been.

In order to honor his memory, we will get another chocolate min pin when the breeder has another litter with a chocolate colored one. But as for now, we will raise Lois by herself. Which honestly, she is quite the handful :)
Posted at 4:33 PM by The Nelsons.
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