Okay, they did an echo cardiogram and it didn't show CHF, but apparently she has a murmur and the walls of the heart are a little thick? When the head vet came out to tell me, I asked about the crackle because that is why I thought I was there, and he said that he was told that there was a murmur...I told him I was very confused. The cute one never said murmur, he said crackle and admitted to reading the wrong chart (our chihuahua has a heart murmur). So he did xrays for free to check on that (it was the least he could do after all the $ I have spent there in the last few months, not to mention years with all the pets that we have!). They heard a little something so they changed the antibiotic she was on to Clavamox.

He also said we should keep an eye on her blood pressure, at which point I reminded him that we just did on January 30. He looked at her eye and said it looked fine.

I questioned the urinalysis on Dec. 10 and he said the blood was probably from the way they got the urine.

So, all in all, if I can believe they know what they are doing, she is doing well.

After we got back, I made a fire and put the big dog bed on the floor in front of it (Lee was sleeping on another one next to me, the poor little girl was so pooped!). I laid down on the dog bed and woke up to her licking my face and rolling on her side like she used to for kisses and belly farts. I think if I didn't have to work and could stay home with her, she would feel much better.

I asked for and got a copy of the echo. Tomorrow I am going to try to scan it to a JPEG and upload it. It may or may not work...if not what do you want me to post?

I felt good asking pertinent questions today and I think my vet was a little surprised!

LOL!