Update on Noel

He's just sorta hanging on today. No real change. No real movement. No eyes open. Just sleeping.

I gave him a teaspoon of Pedialyte this morning via a syringe. I figured he could use some calories. In an hour, he'll get his second saline shot.

We just watch and wait and see how he does. Sometimes I've noticed that once a beardie is out of a bad situation where he's struggling to survive, their will to live evaporates. Hopefully that's not what is going on here. He fought and fought to stay alive in a cold & stinky place. Now he is warm and clean. I hope he can keep fighting.

Mr Nubs did NOT like his saline injection this morning! HOORAY!

Mr Nubs did NOT like the saline shot today. He squirmed! And thrashed a bit! Yeah! I had to repoke him because he moved away from me and the needle pulled out. First time he's even had any response to being stuck with a needle. 

Look! His eyes are open!

Last day of saline. Tomorrow is Critical Care formula again. Seeing as how last time I force fed him, he cracked my syringe, I don't expect that to be much easier.

I've never been so happy & relieved to see a beardie fight against a needle! Doing a happy dance here. My hope is growing, and I'm thinking he just might make it. 

PHEW! 

"Slighty Dead Looking" is an Improvement over "Mostly Dead Looking"

We're all about baby steps here.... Perhaps tomorrow we'll have "Sorta Dead Looking"??

Keeping a sense of hope for Nubs is HARD! I feel like I'm grasping at straws. I wake up in the middle of the night and have to check to see if he's breathing. I can't help myself. I have poured so much of my heart & soul & wallet into him that I can't fathom him still dying and I can't believe he'd even live. I was hoping for a quicker fix yesterday at the vet, but to no avail. In the end it comes down to me and Nubs and a sssssssssssssllllllllllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwww battle back towards life.

But this little baby step of him looking more beardie like with less sunk-in eyes makes my heart's hope flutter a bit.

And I'm still going to poke him gently to make sure he is breathing.