OK well I guess we are just spoiled by our regular vet. They always call for everything. The instructions are easy - no food tonight, no water tomorrow. I'm also assuming if they did NOT have her scheduled they would have called and said "Hey why did we get her bloodwork?" right? I know my vet sent it - my vet (not the tech) personally called me to say everything was OK and that she was faxing it. I love my vet