Wiggly Piglet and Bouncy Tigger's Playpen

I took MeiMei in for check up again last Friday. She’s been wheezing at night and coughing more than usual. She was scheduled to see her vet at 9AM but shortly before we were getting ready to head out, I got a voicemail from the animal hospital stating the vet called in sick and they need to reschedule. I called back and was able to schedule an appoitnment for the same day in the afternoon with a different vet. I took MeiMei in after Ted got home from work. The vet  checked her temperature, listened to her heart & lung, checked her ears & teeth, and also felt her belly and her joints. I was told the only way to see what’s causing the wheezing and excess coughing is to get an x-ray again. The radiology technician took MeiMei to the back (I didn’t want to follow them since she gets more upset and want to come back to me when I’m in the room). They came back shortly and while we waited for the x-ray result, Meimei had her anal glands expressed by another technician (smelly!). The verdict – excess fluid in her lung and need to up her Lasix dose for the next few days to see if it gets better. If not, then need to give her Tussigon (doggie cough suppressant). I think I could have prescribed this regimen to MeiMei without shelling out couple hundred dollars to see the vet and getting an x-ray. I’d prefer her usual vet much better – She didn’t even show me the x-rays!