I went to the vet today! But it wasn't very fun, for me or mom. We went to get a prescription filled for my eye, and while doing so we were told that I have a stage 5 heart murmur that the humane society never told mom about. I also need another medication for my eye, and was down a booster that I should've gotten 4 weeks ago. Let's cover things in pieces: 1. My eye: It's pretty upset right now, my eyelid was inverted toward my eye for a very long time which caused a lot of problems. We don't know how long it's been this way, but we know the humane society fixed it with surgery before I went home. Now it's still having problems with irritation and infection. I'm on an eye cream right now to treat bacterial infections and they had to specially order a viral treatment which I'll get in a couple days. I have to take both medications and then go from there to see how permanently damaged my eye is and see if it needs any further work. 2. My heart: So I have a stage 5 heart murmur. Which is pretty bad. They rate the different stages of murmurs out of 6 which means I'm one step away from the worst. I'm not showing symptoms of heart disease which is really good! But my vet wants to do an ultrasound and/or an x ray to determine how my heart is working and why it's murmur is as bad as it is. We'll have to go from there to determine possible treatments. The vet said I should be going every six months to get my heart checked and make sure nothing is getting worse and that everything is working as best as it can. End result: Mom's pretty upset that the humane society failed to notify her about my murmur. It's pretty noticeable considering it's a stage 5 so she's not sure why they failed to mention anything about it. The ultrasound and x ray are looking to come out at 300$+ and make require further testing or treatments. My eye medications cost 90$ today, plus the booster that the humane society failed to give me. Some people are saying that mom should take me back to the humane society and get a refund. Mom says that I'm hers now no matter what problems I bring to the table. She says she loves me unconditionally and as upset as she is about the horrible communication on the humane society's part, she is taking full responsibility for my care and insists that I get the best care possible for my heart and eye.
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