Quote Originally Posted by IRescue452 View Post
Good luck. To be honest, if they just did a heartworm test and a fecal, they aren't doing enough. I really wouldn't trust the opinion of a vet who gives me a generic medicine "to clear up all intestinal problems" while I wait. I think with this vet you are going to be running in circles of treatment-recovery-recurrence until something major happens. You don't test for pancreatitis with a fecal test, you don't test for megacolon with a fecal test, you just don't get much from a fecal test besides parasites.
I suppose he didn't feel worried enough to think a blood panel was neccessary at the time. He wanted to rule out anything basic before we did the blood test. Perhaps we should have done that the other way around, but too late now, and I couldn't have afforded the blood panel in the same vet visit. They COULD have taken the cost out of my next paycheck, but I'd really like for that option to be for a worst case scenario.

And now that I think about it I still get a shot of dread form my head to my toes when I think of going through with Chloe what we went through with Rush. The way I'm feeling now, five days won't hurt her one way or another and it will give me time to wrap my head around the fact that something is/could be wrong. I thought I was "over" Rush's passing, but coming to find out that Chloe could also have an on going medical problem just brought everything back up and it's hard. It's psycological and stupid, but its still how I feel.

She's had loose poo again this morning and it was firm all day yesterday...*sigh* I don't know if it was because of the vaccs she got, or what. On the bright side, she is eating now.

Speaking of eating, my mom accidentally purchased the wrong food for her...it is still Lamb and Rice with the same ingredients, but it is a low fat version (more rice than lamb). Same protien content, just half the fat. (Not exactly what the doctor ordered, but I think Chloe'll live.)
I'm feeding her a cup more than what she used to get (three cups a day + a little bit of canned) per the guide on the back of the bag, but should I be worried about anything else?