I just got off the phone with the vet. All is going well. Noelle, received her treatment this morning and is responding well. She is coming out of the sedation now, and nothing unexpected. She'll get her next treatment tomorrow morning, and come home tomorrow night.
So far so good. The next few weeks will be rough from what I understand. She'll feel rather punky for the first few weeks, and be sore from the injections. As the heartworms die off, she'll develop a nasty cough. The hard part will be keeping her quiet when she starts to feel better, and wants to be more active. The heartworms will still be in her heart, dead and slowly being absorbed/expelled by her system, but still there. If her heart rate goes up to high she runs the risk of expelling too many in her bloodstream at one time. That will be the hard time.
Keep your fingers crossed for my Collie girl. She is doing beautifully, and hopefully before long, she'll be able to run and play again. She so loves to socialize!
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