Vet visit

Phoebe's appointment at 11:45 to have her electrolytes checked did not go well at all.

They could not get her veins to share some blood.
The vet tried THREE different legs and then went and got a tech who has had luck with Phoebe in the past and she tried her jugular vein.

It was awful.

After that even failed the vet said "We give up!"

The vet said that since Phoebe's appetite and energy level is good right now that she is not too worried about her electrolytes.

We did find out when looking at her chart from her last visit (when she got her second injection) that the person who gave her the injection gave her too much. It was the same dose that she got in January and the vet had wanted to lower the dose for February. This explains Phoebe's constant excessive thirst and peeing. I was wondering why it was still so bad! I had expected it to be a bit better with a lower dose, but it turns out she didn't get the lower dose!

I don't know who it was that gave her the second injection. Mom was the one who brought Phoebe in for me 'cuz I had to work and it's not Mom's job to know the dosage stuff. I guess I assumed it was written in her chart that they were supposed to lower it when she went in on Feb. 18th.

She is due for her third injection on March 17th (SABRINA'S 10TH BIRTHDAY!) and I will make sure I am the one able to take her in and remind them that it's supposed to be a lower dose this time.

Oh well.

It's not that big a deal. She's in otherwise very good health, the extra meds are just making her so darn thirsty. I've got plenty of diapers to help us out until we get this dosage thing figured out.

The vet told me that since she is doing so well I don't have to bring her back until she's due for the shot. So that is very good news. :o)

Hopefully that day her veins will be willing to share some blood!

Well, it's time for nap number 3, so I'm gonna go!