Hi all! Sorry I haven’t been online for a few days. Son was finishing off a few high school courses on my computer and I’ve just been too beat from all the early mornings I’ve been pulling to get in front of it.

Friday morning we took Mimzy in for his new xrays and exam. The doc looked at the films we brought from the old vet and couldn’t see anything on them that particularly worried her, except for some kind of thickening at the nose. (Don’t even want to speculate what that is.) So we left bun with her and went home to wait the rest of the day for a phone call. I was in one of those moods that a telemarketer would not want to be on the other end of.

When we finally got word the doctor told us she still couldn’t find anything physically wrong with him. There is no bleeding in his sinuses or any pus that would indicate an abscess, his teeth are all in excelletn shape, no spurs and the molars are champion…she even went deep into his nose to get a new culture to send off to the lab. (Last time, the minute she put a swab up there he blew a big old goober right out at her so we didn’t get very far on that one.)

She did say it was always possible he could have a tumor that just hasn’t presented itself sufficiently to detect, but this is unlikely. Otherwise she said he looked good, but was still a little woozy upon waking up afterwards and that we could come get him at about 3 PM.

It had been a long day for her, she was not only sick herself, but I overheard someone call in a dog who’d been hit by a car that was enroute while I was waiting for her to take Mimzy that morning, (it was a nasty weather day with sleet and rain everywhere), and several other ER’s had come in while we were waiting to pick him up. They literally forgot us for about thirty minutes while we were waiting for a tech to bring him out. The hubby has no patience whatsoever and was really peevish by the time we left. I got so nervous that they were taking so long that my cursed imagination was telling me he must’ve suddenly died in the holding pen and they were drawing lots to decide who was going to tell me. (Turns out Dr. was currently in surgery and I guess they had to get her nod before he could be released to us.)

So I have my little sweetie home, even with my husband’s crazy driving he was eating the hay in his carrier and drinking water all the way back to the house. I thoroughly cleaned his pen out while he was away and made sure any trace of cleaner was gone by the time I put him back in. Still…he began sneezing again last night and even today I have heard him go through a few fits.

My vet is going to consult some radiographers online to see if she’s missing anything and we just have to wait the week now to see how the nasal culture comes back. She is hoping we just haven’t found the right antibiotic for the job. I am optimistic as this was the deep nasal, but it’s hard to just sit on my hands while my poor little boy is obviously not 100%. I wish there were more I could do.

Will be sure to let you all know how things go. I hope you all had a pleasant Earth Day and that everyone is well and happy!