First check up with Dr. Vic Adoue @ Angel Veterinary Center

Grab some tissues, your gonna need them...
I'm not sure that I told you this or not, Angel Vet Center is the place that the DFW Dachshund Rescue uses for their dogs.
So today we went to see them. First I want to let you know that when Dr. Adoue came in and saw Prissi he said she was no bigger then a flea,,, she was sleeping. He started of saying that pups as small as her usually have some problems of various things. He said that he was going to go over her with a fine tooth comb and that he wanted to see if anything at all was showing. First thing is her poop which I took showed no presence of worms... He saw that you had given her de wormer and her first puppy shot. He then literally checked her from the top of her head to the tip of her tail. He listened to her lungs and her heart for a long time it seemed. He felt her bones from head to toe. He checked her eyes in the light and in the dark. He looked at her teeth and gums and throat. Her weight is 1 pound and 12 ounces. He talked to me and Cheryl in a way that we could understand, and I knew from the moment he walked in that I was going to love him. He is a very sharp looking white man, wears boots and starched clothes. And came in maybe to prepare me for things to possibly be wrong,,,he found nothing, NOTHING!! He told me about the Karo Syrup or honey and the reasons why to use if I need too, which is what you said. He asked me if I saw the momma and I said yes. He wanted to know about her siblings and I said yes we saw them and that she definitely was the runt of them all. That you said her daddy was really little and I told him the momma was of normal size. He really was asking me about how I feed her and when and what. I told him about every 2 to 4 hours and she was pooping and peeing and very much alert and just the perfect puppy.... Well needless to say he concurred.. After his very through exam of Priscilla, he was very, very, very pleased...
By this time I was in tears, it was a mixture of happy and sad, I cried for Prissi and I cried for Penny...
He saw my tears and my roomate said that she thought she saw a tear in his eye as well... The tech that worked with her and Dr. Adoue took her back to cut the razor sharp nails she had and wanted to show her off to everyone,,, and has he took my Prissi I fell to my knees and really cried out for Penny and for Prissi. I didn't tell Dr Adoue about Penny but the tech we told, that us why I was so very emotional, I feel that he probably would tell Dr Adoue but I am not sure. She was give a clean bill of health and will see Dr. Adoue again in 3 weeks to begin her vaccine schedule...
I can not explain to you how very much I appreciate you and Preface. And give Susie some extra treats today from me, tell her that her little runt is doing really good and like I promised her, Prissi will be well taken care of...
When we were leaving there Prissi already was telling everyone that she was hungry, and they all just had a fit over our baby. And all the way home she cried and was telling me all about it too. We got home ate a good bit of food. Went poop and peed and was put to bed and asleep in just a matter of seconds... Dr Adoue as he walked out of the room said "Keep doing what your doing"....
I want to express to you that when I got home and had taken care of Prissi, I went into another flood of loss and grief for my Penny. I took her picture, and her cedar box and pushed them as hard as I could to my heart, I wanted Penny to be so close to me. I felt so guilty all over again. I wailed like I did when she was first gone. It was overwhelming me again. My roomate was outside when all this was going on, she did not know what was going on until she came in my bedroom. Once she did she as well went to wailing just like me. She really hadn't had the chance to hold Penny in her box, and today she did. And just as quick as it hit, it seemed gone, and I heard in my heart the words of God, " Take care of the baby, I will take care of Penny" And just like that I was laughing and so happy about Priscilla's excellent report from Dr. Adoue...
Dr. Adoue and Angel Veterinary Center is literally named that for a reason, and now I know why...
I can't take Penny there now, but I know if I had, she would still be here with me today.. Everything happens for a reason, it just seems that it took Penny's life to get here where I am today...