After the Big Snip

The big snip went smoothly. Snipping was done, nails were cut, and Orion got his rabies shot.
Odin also went in for his 3 month heart check up, and he is doing great. The vet suggested two things for his arthritis, when it starts really affecting him (a prescription and the Adequan weekly shots), and she said this winter, when it gets cold and damp, he'll probably get more creaky, but to keep him moving.
She said his heart is still a "Category II" murmur, which is what it has been since the first time she saw him. She said he can wait 6-8 months to come in for another check, unless I can't bear it or he starts to show some of the other heart failure symptoms. She said it has been exactly the same in January, February, April, and May - the other times I panicked and brought him in because he was acting funny. Since everything relates back to Elaine - I am the "bad patient" (except I'm good).
Speaking of being a bad patient, both puppies had swollen eyes last night, like the time Betel's eye got big (early blog photos). I gave them both Benadryl, but Orion's left eye got really gross and puffy. It had red puffy coming out of it. So I called the vet this morning and the tech I spoke with said they could have had an allergic reaction to the eye ointment, but she'd never heard of that happening before, so I left a message with the vet.
I think that's all the news for now.