What a Day!

Yesterday was the day for Molly's echocardiogram.  The nearest ultrasound facility is in Brevard, which is about and hour and a half away.  We actually left about 2 hours ahead of the appointment, to allow for traffic and the never-ending road construction that is between here and there.

Pet ultrasounds are pretty much the same as for people.  Just lie still and let the tech, in this case the veterinarian, get the pictures.  Sounds simple enough.  It's the "lie still" part that was the problem.  It took three people - Al, me, and the vet tech - to hold Molly still enough to get some reasonably clear pictures!

The results were encouraging, and in fact, I'm feeling a lot better about Molly's health than I was a few days ago.  Her heart measures a little larger than "normal", but blood flow is normal and the heart appears to be working properly.  Based on those findings, and the fact that Molly is very energetic, rather than lethargic, and shows no aversion or effect from physical activity (as evidenced by the way she was running around the doctor's office!!), Dr. Julie does not recommend any heart medications at this time.  That's much better news than the scenario outlined by our veterinarian last week!

We still don't know why her blood count is so high.  But right now I'm just thankful that things aren't as bad as they appeared to be a few days ago.

We stopped in Asheville for a bite to eat before we headed home.  Throughout the afternoon and into the evening, Al's Blackberry was chirping away.  In addition to Molly and her stress, there were "issues" that needed to be dealt with and the stress that comes with that.  We stopped by Walmart and I ran in to pick up a couple of things.......Al was still on the phone!

By the time we got back to Burnsville, we were all exhausted!  We made one more stop, this time at Hardee's.  What a day it was......but at least I got a milkshake at the end of it!!