With you all the way, Sharlene!
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With you all the way, Sharlene!
Thinking of you and Molly, Sharlene.
I'll check back later.
PAWS UP
You and sweet Molly are in my thoughts and prayers, wishing you both the best of luck today.
Love and hugs, Lori
Right back at you, your here for all us too.
Paws up Molly
I'm here too Sharlene, thinking about you guys. All the best today. Paws up Molly!
Hugs from me, Jasper and Shelby xo
I'm here waiting with the others too!
Still not singing, "We Are Family" Sharlene. ;)I am quite partial to "Soft Puppy, Warm Puppy" though. That's a possibility. :D
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Originally Posted by molly muffin
Well, they did an ACTH test today, so I had to leave her for two hours because as you know, here in Canada they draw at 1 hour after the injection and again at 2 hours after the injection.
They also did a UPC today (I think, it was on the agenda anyhow) and of course the Blood Pressure.
So, BP - not good. She was at 180 - 190 - 210. The medication is obviously not controlling the BP as we had hoped and as it seemed to be 2 weeks ago. I'm guessing that the UPC might be high too, causing the BP to go up. We'll know more once the labs are back.
I didn't get to speak to the IMS today after all, as instead she'll call me when the labs are back in. I had left mollys leash in the car, and gone up to the desk and said I wanted to pay before they brought molly out, but they didn't have the invoice yet. They were going to add that to the system as soon as the last blood draw was done. Anyway, the lab tech brings her out, tells me the BP readings, and said the IMS will call me when the labs are back, and they are hoping those come back tomorrow afternoon. I walked out without even paying, my mind was in turmoil, thinking crap, that means she has retinal bleeds again too and of course a million other things like what the heck, is the kidneys worse than we thought or what. (we were thinking we'd caught this very early)
Anyway, I drove home, then called them to give them my visa and apologize profusely for leaving without paying. They were fine of course, I mean I'm there pretty regularly. LOL They'll email the invoice and also mail me a copy with the visa slip. So, nice but man the bill was way more than I expected. This has been a rough month financially with Molly that is for sure. We'll have to go back again to I bet with the BP up there like it is. I really have to call my vet and get her to call the other vet and see if they will do BP readings for us. Then acclimate molly to that vet setting. I need to order the MP food, but am waiting till the results come back from todays draw. Hopefully they were able to get it. I didn't know it was on the agenda and let molly pee before I took her into the vets office.
I think today, I'm just very rattled with things and not my normal cool collected self at all. I feel like swearing and kicking something.
Thanks for hanging in with me gang
Sharlene and molly muffin
Well dang, I am so sorry about the blood pressure because I know that is a great worry to you. But maybe just the stress of being at the vet drove it higher than it is normally (my blood pressure always goes up at the doctor's office :o).
I sure hope you get the rest of the results tomorrow so you don't have to wonder and fret over the weekend. I will keep checking back, and am so glad to hear that Molly is otherwise her spunky diva self!
Marianne
Sharlene, when did they take the blood pressure? Before or after the acth test?
With Zoe, the IMS would take it on the day of her acth test and it would be higher, the ophthalmologist knew how to calm Zoe down and the first reading would be high because they would force Zoe to lay on her side so then he would tell the techs to wait, he would stroke her head and then have techs measure with different legs and it would be lower. I remember someone on the forum said their dog freaked out as well when made to lay down on her side so her vet took Bp while pup was standing.
I think as well, Zoe always sensed my anxiety anticipating the acth test- she feed off me while at the eye doctor I was usually calmer because he had a good bedside manner.
just throwing stuff out there:o:o:o:o:o