Little Wonder's Big Fight

We were contacted late Wednesday (July 2nd) night by an emergency clinic about a relinquished 12 week old pug puppy in critical condition. Her blood glucose and body temperature were very low, she was emaciated and had an infected wound on her rear leg. The puppy had suffered an accidental injury a couple weeks before and had a dislocated hip. The bandage originally placed on her hind leg had worn through the skin and through her achilles tendon.

She was dehydrated, vomiting and had diarrhea. Fortunately she was negative for parvo. She has been on multiple medications and on IV fluids receiving dextrose to combat low blood sugar. She had a feeding tube placed since she was refusing to eat. Our update yesterday from the EC was somewhat encouraging as they reported she started to eat some and was maintaining a normal body temperature. They are hoping to wean her off the dextrose if she continues eating on her own. The status of her rear leg is unknown at this time. We don't know if we will be able to save her leg or not but the focus right now is keeping her alive and getting her stable enough to leave the EC.

We have named her Wonder because she truly is one! Please help contribute to her ongoing care.