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Old 10-09-2018, 02:26 PM   #7
Jenna AK
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Hi WM. Yes, she's had multiple urinalyses and blood tests were just done at her last dental which was within the last few months. All comes back clear. Her appetite is unstoppable, thank goodness. And although she's thin (about 5 lbs) she's not losing weight so that's all good.


I've asked about the dryness test so we'll be doing that the next time they check her pressure, hopefully in the next few days. I got a bit worried about her yesterday because she'd had a weird twitch in her right eyebrow that seemed a bit too persistent to be a foreign body (her eyes do water and have a clear goo in them but that usually is caused by her drops being administered or fur in her eyes) but it went away fairly quickly. I took video of it to show the vet. Then last night after her drops she was really floppy (even after sleeping all day) and her heartbeat was slow and sounded like it was skipping a beat so I had the vet listen to her heart today. He felt is was a normal rhythm, due to how the heart slows down when they breathe. Jenna knew where she was despite not being able to see, having poor hearing and a diminished sense of smell, and she was nervous so I know her heart was probably pounding a bit, but he also said nothing about a murmur, so I was relieved at that. She's seemed a bit more active earlier in the day but a few hours after her eyedrops she's a lump again, so I'm attributing the fatigue to possibly the drops are lowering her blood pressure overall? She's normally a nervous little thing and usually burning herself out with her separation anxiety, but she still doesn't normally sleep this much. I've had the last two days off work so maybe she's more relaxed?


I was a little worried too after we first began the drops that her left eye (the one being treated with the timolol and dorzol) seemed like it was bigger than the other, but they seem about the same size now. I think that's just my paranoia because I'm so afraid of her eventually needing ennucleation. I really hope it never has to come to that.


She also scratches at her face, particularly under/to the side of her eyes and her mouth on both sides a lot. I'm not certain what is causing this and will address that with her vets when we next see them.
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