Wednesday, June 25, 2008

What I thought would be a simple visit...

ended up being a financial nightmare (OK, when doesn't it at the vet.) Maybe it isn't all that bad, but for one really really really brief moment, I thought I should have taught summer school.

The Doctor looked at Hermione's ears found she had a fox tail in each ear. She not only had that ouchy paw, but discovered she has a heart murmur. (At present, I have passed on the murmur part.)

As the visit progressed, the vet tech took her back to get her fecal as well as her ears done. The vet came out and said Hermione had enough of her and would not let her take out the other fox tail. They had to sedate her. I was a mess to I went to a friend's home to help her with computer stuff.

After 30 to 40 minutes, I got a call telling me that Hermione was really out and they needed to give her something to wake up. I asked if I could just carry her out and watch her at home wake up. Of course that was a no go. I left my friend's and headed home.

I arrived, had a small heart attack as well as a slight stoke, as I paid the bill. I got her meds. Hermione came out looking like she celebrated not only St Patty's Day but Cinco De Mayo and New Year's all at once. She was also wearing a small pink wrap around her left paw and the vet tech gave us a cone thing for her head. She wobbled here and there. I had to pick her up and put her in the truck.

I cried. I felt so bad she was in this situation. She looked at me groggily in the truck. She insisted that she walk to the house. I put her on the sofa. She wobbled here and there finally settling down. She is fading in and out. I am close by, of course I am worried. She is still out of it so the cone isn't going on.



We had to follow up on Monday at 850 am. More then...