+Count Your Blessings+

Dear Fellow Bloggers-

Thank you so much for all your kind words, thoughts and prayers in regards to Aspen.
Yesterday was one H E double Hockey sticks rollercoaster ride for us.




I'll try to keep it short. Our normal vet we took Aspen to, basically scared the living crud outta me and had this whole notion that she probably has a collapsable trachea. Enter freaked out C Mae. It turned into a 400 dollar vet visit on Monday. Yes thats right 400 dollars! All to take 2 X rays and blood work!!!

Well after a few days of trying new steroids, those weren't helping so our reg vet referred us to see a Specialized Surgeon Vet, who's fee just to see any animal wasn't the normal 55 dollars it was 125 dollars!! Oy!!!

Had an appt set for Monday, but come yesterday she just got worse so i called in sick again for the second day in a row to school so I could take her in immediately to this new vet. Mister Wonderful went with me. I was a wreck. We got lucky because at the Vet, she finally started to make the noise in front of someone else other than us two!

They kept Aspen basically ALL afternoon to observe her. 3 o clock rolls around and they call me to come in. GOOD NEWS---it's not a collapsable trachea at all. THANK YOU GOD!!!! I wept all day. I wept dropping her off and leaving her there for hours, I wept on the car ride home, I wept with the sigh of relief of good news.

Then came some anger. I am REALLY frustrated with our suppose to be OH so awesome vet who sent me all the way to a specialist just to figure out that Aspen has an inflamed nasal cavity!!! ARE YOU SERIOUS???? That's it?

The specialized vet was great. we Spent a good few minutes talking about things like does my house have carpet or tile, where does Aspen sleep...etc etc.

Well, this inflammation is pretty much to do A. Weather. B. Allergies. and C. the fact that she has been sleeping under our bed for the last few weeks where there is NO air circulation at all. ARGH. The vet said to put her on some Sudafed decongestant. And lordy lordy wouldn't you know Aspen's fits have ceased. OHHHH eMMMMM GEEEE For real. She is still a little noisy when she breathes but it's only day 2 of her meds and she has already shown a lot of improvement. I moved her crate into our bedroom. I felt like a really mean mommy locking her in....Usually her crate is a place she goes to lay in on her own free will, but when she tried to scoot under the bed after I had stuffed it with pillows so she couldn't get under, I just simply couldn't have that.

Mister Wonderful didn't get home till late. He stayed up till 4 am with her, in the guest room playing on his new I pad and new Desktop Mac. I finally got a little sleep.

I guess I was so angry because the first vet made it out to be something way worse than it really was. Mister Wonderful who is a nurse, had totally said from day one "she just sounds like she has a cold, she sounds like YOU C MAE. "UGH. he's always right!!!!! hahah :)

The count your blessings part comes in because I almost walked away having to pay 2,000 dollars on tests they were going to run on her yesterday to figure out what was wrong..... More crying.

195 was all i paid to see the vet. Thank god. No tests, no nothing. Just simple observation on their behalf and we got this whole thing figured out.

As for changes around here, well there is definitely no more sleeping under the bed for miss Aspen. No sir! I have also told Mister Wonderful I will be the shoe Natzi and no more wearing shoes inside.

I am going to vaccum once a week, and we are getting a Hepa air filter for our bedroom since the Vet recommended it.
 So I leave you with pictures of the furry love of my life, ASPEN.

The day I got her.  April 2006. It Was Love at First Sight.

Doesn't she just melt your heart? I know stole mine!

Her First Bath. What a wet rat!

This magazine had so much helpful tips as a new pom owner. Can you see the difference in Nose color? haha Aspen got jipped in the pigment department.

Her first San Diego Dog beach experience! 

I have never loved something as much as loving my dog.  She is better than a best friend.  

Ending thought....
Good Grief I can only imagine what I will be like when I one day have human kiddos and how I'll react when they get their first cold!