“Baby it’s Cold Outside”

We're always told to use caution in this extreme cold: LISTEN! When exposed to extreme cold, the danger of frostbite is real; cover up or better yet,  DON'T GO OUT! If you must go out, use some common sense-sit in the car while pumping gas to avoid the wind, minimize alcohol, wear mittens instead of...

Congestive heart failure-in a dog?

I've been gone a while, so I'll be brief. I had a post all ready to go when: BAM! I went to the ER for stomach pain. "No worries, I'll be here a few hours and they'll say: 'go home and take some tums.'" Mega tests, 6 days and a medical nightmare later, I came...

“And the beat goes on…”

We rarely think about our hearts, but minute after minute, day after day, year after year... you get the picture: our hearts rarely miss a beat. Unless we are athletes who monitor our heart rate or our heart is 'broken' in romance, we usually don't give it a second thought. That we aren't aware of...