Friday...

You know those mornings when something doesn't feel quite right?

Friday was one of those mornings.

We did have a short early walk....

but later, Bella was tortured on the grooming table,

and I, Roxy, had a powder puff bath and put on my best

collar...the one with the Ernie and Roxy tag.

We piled into the car and went

to the VET!

Bella went in first, and we found out she had a

high temperature!

(The vet took it 4 times with two thermometers!)

 So that meant she couldn't be vaccinated!

However, she did have blood stolen from her neck,

and was supposed to have a urine sample.

SHE, armed with a bright blue plastic kidney dish,

took Bella outside.

Bella was too nervous to cooperate.

So I, Roxy, after a ruckus trying to get me out of the car and leave Dui in,

had to sniff around to encourage Bella.

It didn't work,

Waiting for my turn on the table.

 So I had to go inside.

Ignoring everything that's happening.

I submitted to all the indignities stoically and had my injections.

We were piled back into the car....SHE had the kidney dish,

and we went to the soccer field just down the road.

Bella performed on the first post....sample collected.

Dui and I were having a great time racing around like maniacs, so we stayed for a little longer.

As we headed back to the car, SHE noticed a man approaching with a dog.  Roxy and Dui were put on leads...the precious kidney dish placed on the grass...and Bella decided it was up to her to protect the pack.  She chased that dog off the field...........twice!

All the time, SHE was holding lunging dogs away from the dish, and yelling for Bella like a banshee!

Finally, the kidney dish was  emptied into the little jar, and we headed back to the vet's to drop it off!

For $302 we discovered that Bella has slightly elevated enzymes in her liver and is on antibiotics for 10 days.

She shows no symptoms of anything, so hopefully, she just has an infection of some sort.  We'll just keep checking.

And , hopefully, she'll get her injections soon.