Rest in Peace, little dude.

Rest in Peace, little dude.  Unfortunately, he did not make it.  🙁  And yeah, I'm sure this time.  🙁

Despite following all of the directions I could find, I was having a really difficult time getting him to eat.  I thought it was me, but after Googling some photos, I am not so sure.  He kept his tongue pressed against the roof of his mouth, and never closed it.  I even tried to gently press his mouth closed, but there was resistance.  That does not appear to be normal.

Also, (on the other side of him) he had a cut in his armpit.  I cleaned it last night when I found it (didn't see it right away since it was in a fold), but it didn't look too bad.  Now, he's got a large bruised area and his left arm is swollen.  This did not appear until after he died, though.  I have no idea why it wasn't apparent at first, but I'm starting to think that he could have had internal injuries that I wasn't aware of.

I was really hoping he would make it through the night... I'd talked to a couple of rehabbers, and Laurel was going to take him to one in Madison for me if he'd lived.

This just sucks.  But I guess I can't help them all.  🙁