{"id":40152,"date":"2013-08-10T02:34:06","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T23:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arsofia.com\/?p=40152"},"modified":"2013-12-04T16:13:38","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T14:13:38","slug":"baby-zeus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arsofia.com\/en\/baby-zeus\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Zeus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meet Zeus \u2013 the sweetest and kindest puppy. Besides all his fine qualities, visible to the naked eye, he has one hidden shortcoming. It is called mega-esophagus \u2013 a dilated gullet. This (in his case) is an inherited, untreatable condition that prevents food and water from reaching the stomach. They are regurgitated back through the mouth, before they have done their job \u2013 to feed and satisfy thirst.<\/p>\n

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For this reason Zeus must eat small amounts of blended food, at least 4 times a day. Not just as a baby. Forever. He has a special chair that keeps him upright whilst fed and 20 minutes after that. Since his gullet cannot make the \u201cdelivery\u201d itself \u2013 we have to let gravity do the work instead.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s pretty much the same situation with the water, only the chair doesn\u2019t help \u2013 it still climbs back up and leaves the stomach. So, we make him a jelly water that protects him from the thirst. The worst part is that, no matter what is done, the threat of getting food into his lungs will always be hanging above him. And that is the reason Zeus cannot be left alone \u2013 he needs to have his person always, to help if help is needed.<\/p>\n