Kitten update

last week I named the kittens Louisa, Brigitta and Gretl. I have since learned from the vet that Gretl is a boy so his name is now Hansel. I am pretty sure Louisa is a boy as well, and if I'm correct his name will be Amos. The inspiration for the original names is The Sound of Music. Then I went from Gretl to Hansel because of the childrens story. And from Louisa to Amos because it was Louisa May Alcott's father's name. Now for the sad news. Little Hansel stopped eating about two days ago so I took him to the vet. They took his temp, listened to his chest and fed him with a stomach tube. All this for just $5. Anyway they said he was weak and hungry. They gave me the feeding tube with the instructions to feed him 5-6 ml every four hours. The first feeding on my own was unsuccessful but I managed the next three. At 7 on Sabbath morning when I got up to feed him his front right leg was really swollen. I was afraid I had fed him wrong and that that had caused the swelling, so I didn't feed him then. The vet didn't open til 10 so he was hungry for a long time. I had to go teach SS so Ryan stayed home to take him to the vet as soon as they opened. They fed him and x-rayed him; found that his shoulder was fractured and he had lost 20 grams in 2 days. They said he would need to be fed every two hours and we would have to take him everywhere we went to be sure and keep him fed. Ryan decided to admit him for a couple days. They will call tomorrow to give us an update.
The other two are doing great. Brigitta opened her eyes on Tuesday, she is so pretty.