Her name was Mandy and she was a toy apricot poodle. Poodles are mother's absolute favorite; and by favorite I mean Bea and myself excepted.
Mandy's dad brought her in because he said "I was sitting on the couch petting her, and her heart felt funny to me; like it was racing. I just need to make sure that nothing's wrong." The comment garnered an unwitnessed eye roll from Vocal Vonnie; that was until she started to look at the panicked poodle herself.
"Well, I admit that I thought this man was crazy when he called, but that's the weirdest feeling heartbeat I've ever felt" Vonnie admitted. "The dog acts like nothing's wrong, though" she added.
Mother spent some time examining the fluffy apricot girl. As she took the tubes out of her ears she said "Well, you're right. Her heart is definitely not normal. She has a very loud heart murmur and the sensation you can feel over her ribs is what we call a 'thrill'. A thrill means that the blood flowing through her heart is flowing so turbulently that it's making everything vibrate. It's a pretty uncommon sign and, by itself, it doesn't tell us what's wrong. We'll need to run some tests to know more." mother advised.
Mandy had to stay for some black and white pictures, and then for the goo covered probe treatment by my dad. All the while Mandy had no idea why she was even at the hospital. "I'm fine. Where is my dad?" she panted. My parents were busy for the next few hours working on the bright screen machine. By the afternoon they had their answers and were talking to Mandy's dad: "We took x-rays and ultrasound images of her heart and sent them to a cardiologist. The good news is that her heart murmur is not causing her heart any trouble right now. The bad news is that the murmur is from a bad valve in her heart and the reason the vibration showed up all of a sudden is likely because a cord holding the valve in place, ruptured. So far her heart is not having a problem, but we except her to start having trouble soon. The first signs will be coughing, lack of energy or not wanting to eat. At that point we'll want to see her back and start heart medication" my parents advised.
"I told you that I was fine!" Mandy panting, eagerly wagging her tail while facing the door. "Time to go, Dad". As soon as she got the signal, Mandy pranced out the door. I could hear her heart sloshing all the way into the parking lot. Mother said Mandy gave new meaning to the term "heart felt good-bye".
Mandy's dad brought her in because he said "I was sitting on the couch petting her, and her heart felt funny to me; like it was racing. I just need to make sure that nothing's wrong." The comment garnered an unwitnessed eye roll from Vocal Vonnie; that was until she started to look at the panicked poodle herself.
"Well, I admit that I thought this man was crazy when he called, but that's the weirdest feeling heartbeat I've ever felt" Vonnie admitted. "The dog acts like nothing's wrong, though" she added.
Mother spent some time examining the fluffy apricot girl. As she took the tubes out of her ears she said "Well, you're right. Her heart is definitely not normal. She has a very loud heart murmur and the sensation you can feel over her ribs is what we call a 'thrill'. A thrill means that the blood flowing through her heart is flowing so turbulently that it's making everything vibrate. It's a pretty uncommon sign and, by itself, it doesn't tell us what's wrong. We'll need to run some tests to know more." mother advised.
Mandy had to stay for some black and white pictures, and then for the goo covered probe treatment by my dad. All the while Mandy had no idea why she was even at the hospital. "I'm fine. Where is my dad?" she panted. My parents were busy for the next few hours working on the bright screen machine. By the afternoon they had their answers and were talking to Mandy's dad: "We took x-rays and ultrasound images of her heart and sent them to a cardiologist. The good news is that her heart murmur is not causing her heart any trouble right now. The bad news is that the murmur is from a bad valve in her heart and the reason the vibration showed up all of a sudden is likely because a cord holding the valve in place, ruptured. So far her heart is not having a problem, but we except her to start having trouble soon. The first signs will be coughing, lack of energy or not wanting to eat. At that point we'll want to see her back and start heart medication" my parents advised.
"I told you that I was fine!" Mandy panting, eagerly wagging her tail while facing the door. "Time to go, Dad". As soon as she got the signal, Mandy pranced out the door. I could hear her heart sloshing all the way into the parking lot. Mother said Mandy gave new meaning to the term "heart felt good-bye".
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