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Bif the spina bifida chihuahua

Bif was born January 26, 2017. He was born with Spina Bifida and hydrocephalus. He was rescued.
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07/06/2024

Lower arm below Biff's portrait.

02/06/2024

Tattoo

01/06/2024

This is the start of a design for a tattoo for Biff

18/05/2024

So you can know how disgusting Sylvan corners hospital is, Dr. Folgers Biff's primary Dr who made the decision to throw Biff in my car, called me last night! That bitch openly admitted what happened to Biff was wrong and even tried to tell me her office staff made that decision due to their business hours, there was still 2.5 hours he could have stayed on oxygen there and gave Kathy and I time to locate a tank since it became my responsibility in a blink of an eye - I laid into her telling her ultimately she's the licensed veterinarian and was in charge of Biff's CARE and that was gross negligence resulting in his death. That call was so disturbing hearing her openly admit what happen to Biff was wrong, that I couldn't sleep.
That call was calculated and yet her omission just proved her stupidity.

07/05/2024

Little Man is home 🐾

03/05/2024

Biff forever changed my life! I fell in love with him the moment I laid my eyes on him and knew he needed to be a part of my family. Our life together was definitely a journey. I knew as long as he was willing to fight , I was there to fight for him. I always said quality over quantity with him. I knew there obviously would come a time we would have to say goodbye. I just always imagined it being peaceful and loving not a screaming road rage environment.

Biff and I were glued together 24/7 for 7 years. He knew how to communicate his needs and I knew exactly what he needed. He may have been a physical mess, but he was highly intelligent. He adapted to every environment I took him into.

I know I gave him the best life I could. There wasn't anything or amount of money that would ever stop me from providing what he needed.

Biff gave me so much joy and love. His night time hugs were priceless. His bossy behavior left me laughing most nights. Biff's love carried me through some very difficult times in my life over the last 7 years. He gave me purpose, the drive to do my best and he definitely taught me to be a better person.

My life is now forever changed by a small little man. I now have to learn to navigate life without him.

Biff will always be apart of me and I will always be known as his mom.

He fought the fight even when the odds were against him.

I love you Biff and miss you more than words could ever express. You're my little hero.

03/05/2024

I filed a formal complaint against Sylvan Corner for negligence.. I know this won't bring my boy back to me but in honor of him if this prevents what happened to him from happening to another baby under their care, then it's worth it. They need to put their patients health and safety first. If they are going to do major surgeries they need to have a plan in place for those patients that need further care beyond their business hours since that's all they care about along with the necessary basic life support equipment. They had two weeks ahead of the surgery to either prep me for the possibility or suggest having the surgery at a more sustainable hospital for him.
I can't imagine Biff was their first but if I can help it, he'll be thier last.

01/05/2024

Sylvan Corner had the fu***ng nerve to call me today, they got an ear full ! You cost me my boy with thier gross negligence, call Atlantic to try to cover your ass cuz on behalf of my boy, you have NOT heard the last from me! PERIOD!

Biff did not pass due to complications from the surgery. PERIOD! You made me watch him die because he needed oxygen..how dare you do surgeries where you're not equipped to safely get an animal to the proper facility, you were worried about your office closing at 5 there was still 2.5 hours he could of had to try to get through the anesthesia on top of which you took a liver biopsy without even asking me holding him under anesthesia longer than necessary and then charging me, plus too fu***ng worried about getting paid after you took him off the 02 f**k you. f**k you!

30/04/2024

I thank each and everyone of you for your support of Biff over the years. I see a ton of responses that I have not read yet , in time, I'm sorry.

30/04/2024

Biff will be picked up today and travel to Gilroy and returned to me in two to three weeks - hate that it'll take that long before he's home but that's the company that Atlantic works with.

29/04/2024

Biff passed away

29/04/2024

Does anyone know of an ambulance that transported animals with oxygen?

29/04/2024

Biff made it out of surgery. He's in ICU but doing pretty well. Our biggest challenge next two days will be his hydrocephalus due to the anesthesia. His abdominal wall because of the steroids is going to have a very hard time healing anticipating 4 plus weeks.

Surgeon was not able to give him a shot for pain like he thought he would be able to that would last 3 days due to his Cushing's disease would make it or him more susceptible to infections.

The biggest battle is going to be infection. He needs to be on tons of padding and kept spotless which truthfully I always try to keep him clean..

This week is going to be rough.

Pi**ed at myself I forgot to leave the door from the garage open leading inside the house. I'll figure it out

29/04/2024

Biff's blood work came back, he's cleared for surgery . Surgeon said his surgery will be about an hour.. It's scheduled for 9 , Biff should go into recovery around 1030 my guess . I'll update when I know he's in recovery.

27/04/2024

I am officially off work until the 6th . This weekend is preparing for not being able to leave my house! Trying to think of everything I could possible need. Tire was important. I couldn't imagine needing to run little man to the hospital and have a flat.. Next, shopping, stocking up on his chicken and food for me . Tomorrow, cleaning house/ Jeep.

My stomach is in my throat. Tomorrow we should get all his blood work results to determine how stable he is for surgery on Monday. . His surgery will be first thing in the morning Monday- makes me so emotional. Trying to stay positive however, I am fu***ng terrified.

11/04/2024

Date is officially set for Biff 4/29 - ugh

09/04/2024

I just had a long and lengthy conversation with a surgeon who is well-versed in Biff's condition. He really took his time explaining everything to me answer all my question in depth and upon reviewing Biff's ultrasound feels Biff has a really good chance of having a great recovery with him taking extra steps to ensure it. If I medically treat this and it becomes obstructed or ruptures it goes from a 2% to a 30 to 40% chance of mortality. He said that there are no case studies that show medically treating will control the outcome and without monthly ultrasounds to watch it blood panels would not give me any indication where he's at.

Ugh now my position has changed.

09/04/2024

Since there doesn't seem to be a sense of urgency from the doctors office with regards to surgery I'll assume that yes we detected an issue with his gallbladder and based on communication with someone about it and my own research I've decided to do all the medical treatment with medication instead of any surgery. I feel and it's the opinion of someone in the field he should do pretty well with the meds and have better odds of survival. This has been weighing heavy on me since this was dumped on me Friday night but now my decision is final.

🙏 Pray it's the right one.

07/04/2024

Biffs 3 new meds arrived and are officially on board. He had zero negative reactions to any of them, thank God! This will make giving them to him so easy and non-traumatic. Yahoo makes Mom's heart happy.

I was notified at 630 last night and meds on board in less than 24 hours, not bad!

06/04/2024

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Biff will be going on 3 new meds . One to treat the gallbladder , another antibiotic for infections and one to protect his liver.

1. Ursodiol is for the gallbladder.

2. Amoxicillin is in case there is an infection there causing the issue.

3.SAME is to protect the liver

Still waiting for the opportunity to speak with a surgeon.

06/04/2024

Thank you everyone for your love and support for Biff..

I'll speak with a specialist hopefully today or Monday about the situation and go from there.

I think I drank a little too much wine last night lol

Researching based on normal healthy fur babies there's a 20-50% mortality within 3 days of the surgery..( if they make it off the table) With Biff obviously that would be higher.

You can treat the sludge with antibiotics and medication and there are dogs that do well with it. Of course, there's risk. The gallbladder could rupture and become septic . The fact that Biff is on steroids make this really tricky and the same with surgery for infection and healing.

My decision to do this ultrasound was to determine why he was having ongoing bladder infections. We didn't find anything to cause that but this ultrasound did find an underdeveloped testicle hidden but is not problematic.

The discovery of his gallbladder was a shock and puts us in a bad position..

I haven't made any formal decisions yet, but I am leaning towards medical treatment. My reasoning has nothing to do about the financials it's about not wanting him to pass on a table without me at his side or suffering after the surgery and not survive.. He could pass and would be critical for the first 3 days after. If he survived that , it'll take 14 days for the surgical site to heal. ( Steroids could greatly impact this) Where they make the incision is exactly where I handled him therefore making picking him up almost impossible but I would figure that out.

My position has always been quality over quantity with Biff.

I am NOT ready to give up this fight! I just need to gather all the information to make the best informed decisions that's in his best interest.

I was completely devastated hearing this news last night but now I'm in save my baby boy mode with a slight hangover or maybe I'm still buzzed. Lol

06/04/2024

Just received the worst news about Biff from his ultrasound. Is gallbladder is bad.. Surgically is such a high risk and still a very high chance after he wouldn't survive..if we only medically treat it, it could rupture at any time.

02/04/2024

Saturday I noticed Biff's left front elbow was swollen and we had a late Tech appointment to get his nails trimmed so I tried to get in to his Dr. but she was booked. I scheduled her next appointment on the 12th for his elbow and urine culture and May 2nd for his ultrasound. Today I received a call they had an opening for his elbow today and Thursday for his ultrasound so I jumped on both. ( Saved me Emergency cost!)

His Dr. examed his elbow, Drew some fluid out and checked for bacteria. She didn't see anything so her thoughts are it's joint fluid. It may or may not go away so I just need to add more padding and keep an eye on it - bahaha dude sleeps on two blankets but I'll surround his legs more .

Ultrasound is this Thursday. We are looking to see if we missed a testicle. His voice tells me we didn't but we shall see but for any masses too. Lmao 🤣

He will sill do his urine culture on the 12th.

This guy , endless .

09/03/2024

Crate broken down and washed/ sanitized ( grateful it's machine washable) ( supports Lysol) stroller even though I just washed that bed , it's washed again lol stroller has been Lysol all inside and wiped down ( not much more I can do there) all of his thermoses are always washed in the dishwasher after each use. Can't think of anything else. It's only 9 am and I've done 6 loads of laundry and still going. Lmao

09/03/2024

Mr. has another infection again!

Biff doctor called tonight we spoke for a long time. Gonna try this antibiotic again for the next 30 days and culture again..
I may go ahead and do another ultrasound after this course of antibiotics to see if anything changed that shows up from the last one we did . We can't seem to figure this out. I mean, I keep him clean. I am not sure there is more I can do there for potential exposure then I do. I check him all night long! If he's wet I clean him and change his towels. I don't even get 4 hours of uninterrupted sleep a night as it is! - he's at my side 24/7 never unattended - ever! Ugh.

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