It's been a while

Let's see, what has been going on?  Jazz was diagnosed with what is called a musical heart murmur.  I never heard of it, but we can certainly hear her heart beat.  When she gets excited, we can even hear it from across the room.  I do feel better about it since her ultrasound.  That was very interesting to watch.  It seems that there isn't much damage to her heart, but the noise was very frightening before the diagnosis.  According to petmed.com, the definition of her number 6 is

• Grade VI—very loud, audible with stethoscope barely touching the chest; the vibration is also strong enough to be felt through the animal's chest wall

According to the doctor, just because it is loud does not mean that it is any more detrimental to her life span.  Her lifestyle does not have to be adjusted, but we do need to have another ultrasound before she goes under any kind of anesthesia.  We'll have to put her dental off for a few months.  Now the cost of the test?  With the doctor bill and the ultrasound, it was a whopping $535.  Thank goodness we have pet insurance!  Speaking of which.... we have had VPI through all our greyhounds, and it has actually gotten better over the years.  That $535 is actually being covered in full.  It is pricey, but my work has payroll deduction, and as it gets better, I've either broken even or some years (depending on how accident prone the girls are) come out ahead of what the premiums cost.  

They are too cute for words!

Now the other one manages to get herself in trouble on a regular basis.  She has been ok lately, but last night she did eat three legs of a decorative starfish.  I hope they are not poisonous, but so far she seems to be fine.  She certainly likes to eat "things".  Let's see, she has eaten her share of eyeglass cleaning cloths, mail, anything if we accidentally leave the trash open, and my favorite... a baby sock that she wore for a couple of weeks to keep her from slipping on some bandages she had around her foot.  Oh wait, the best part was she regurgitated the sock in one piece at my friend's house while I was away.  Ok, so I'm glad I didn't have to clean up the pukey sock!!

I think I need to post on one of those dog shaming web sites!

Good thing she is cute!