It is 8:37 PM, and apparently a very busy day at the vets office. Noelle is doing fine, but due to some other situations, not involving her, she will not be starting the acutal treatment phase until tomorrow.
Surprisingly, they retested her for Heartworm, and the test came up negative! Using two other different tests, she was positive for heartworm AND Ehrlichiosis. Her x-rays showed decreased inflammation in her lungs, although her heart is mildly enlarged. The vet is not horribly concerned as to the heart enlargement and feels as though it is heart worm related and not the beginning of heart failure etc. Her more extensive bloodwork was fine, showing that all organs are functioning normally. Her WBC, RBC and platelets were fine as well for a heart worm positive dog. She is not showing signs of being in the chronic stage of ehrlichiosis, so hopefully we caught it early enough.
Because it was so late by the time all tests were preformed and the confusion over the one negative heartworm test sorted out, we decided to wait until morning to start her treatments. All is going well, and while vocally expressing her desire to be out and about, Noelle is doing well.
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