On the 12/3/2012

After we were informed that the X-ray was ready, we walked to the place of the procedure. As it was a small room, we stood outside. I saw a black and white lateral recumbency X-ray image on the screen attached to the machine and I turned to the vet and say 'Wow, that's fast!'. After she explained that it's faster because they are using a more advance digital electronic X-ray machine. Then, our focus is back on the screen.

The first X-ray done at another clinic was not clear. And I was still trying to figure it out after comparing some images that I've searched on google. Nope, it was not clear.

This was then I felt so touched and I had a surge of emotions. This time, I knew exactly what to look out for. There is calcification already and they were very obvious. I counted, and verified with the vet. My mum was still unsure that time, but the vet told her how many she has. I looked back at Summer. She was still calm, with the very gentle Vet technician holding her.

I requested a hard copy film for the X-ray, but since they said it's now digital, we had a copy of her image on the CD-Rom. The consultation fee is 30SGD+15SGD (because they told us that the consultation was too long) 70SGD for a medium X-Ray Scan. It was expensive, but worth it because it's now very clear. The X-ray was very necessary because we needed that to be prepared of how many to expect. We took the X-ray at Animal practice at Upper Serangoon.

I fished out my Animal health and diseases 2 and Animal anatomy and physiology study guide and browsed through the chapter on basic radiography and parturition respectively again. It now makes better sense.

We are lucky to have neighbors who had experience with this before as they delivered their own single Maltese puppy. We are glad to have some help there and now everybody's on standby.

I just gave them carrots. Healthy high carotene chewing snack.

So proud, really proud.