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chinchillalady
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And I mean the title sarcastically. 
Our past week and a half has not been a good one. Let me start with Emma.
We went in for her one month checkup (can you believe she's already a month old?) and he went through the normal checking of things. She's a healthy weight, almost weighed 11 pounds. Well, when he was checking her heart, he stayed there listening for a while. Immediately I knew something was wrong. He told us she has a heart murmur. He said it was a 2 (out of 6 I think), and while he said it was quiet, he wanted to keep an eye on it. He told us to schedule an appointment with a cardiologist at Children's Hospital as soon as possible. He said she'll grow out of it. Apparently as a child I had a heart murmur, too. Needless to say, after him telling us this I broke down and cried in the room.
She's also been a little fuss pants. She cries, while not a lot, when she does it's piercing. LOL! She has a set of lungs to say the least. She doesn't like car rides all that much, either. I hope both things she overcomes fairly fast.
Now, the other news. One of our chinchillas passed away on Thursday. I went downstairs to give him critical care and found him. I ran upstairs and told my husband (rather, sobbed to him where he couldn't understand) and he went down and confirmed it. So, we're having him cremated and getting him a little urn.
So, there you have it. I hope things get better within the next coming weeks, especially with Emma. Oh, and I'll have new pictures of Gabe and Emma up soon.
Our past week and a half has not been a good one. Let me start with Emma.
We went in for her one month checkup (can you believe she's already a month old?) and he went through the normal checking of things. She's a healthy weight, almost weighed 11 pounds. Well, when he was checking her heart, he stayed there listening for a while. Immediately I knew something was wrong. He told us she has a heart murmur. He said it was a 2 (out of 6 I think), and while he said it was quiet, he wanted to keep an eye on it. He told us to schedule an appointment with a cardiologist at Children's Hospital as soon as possible. He said she'll grow out of it. Apparently as a child I had a heart murmur, too. Needless to say, after him telling us this I broke down and cried in the room.
She's also been a little fuss pants. She cries, while not a lot, when she does it's piercing. LOL! She has a set of lungs to say the least. She doesn't like car rides all that much, either. I hope both things she overcomes fairly fast.
Now, the other news. One of our chinchillas passed away on Thursday. I went downstairs to give him critical care and found him. I ran upstairs and told my husband (rather, sobbed to him where he couldn't understand) and he went down and confirmed it. So, we're having him cremated and getting him a little urn.
So, there you have it. I hope things get better within the next coming weeks, especially with Emma. Oh, and I'll have new pictures of Gabe and Emma up soon.
