Open Question: Pomeranian puppy, valve in heart didn’t shrink?
My sister took her puppy to the vet today, and he said at 6 months, the valve in her heart should have shrank. He said because it didn’t, it is causing heart murmurs. He freaked my sister out, and he told her the dog could drop dead at any given second. I’m just wondering, has anyone else had this sort of problem? I personally think her puppy is going to be fine. She is a very very tiny dog, so I think that has something to do with it. Any comments? Thanks so much in advance!
By the way, her puppy is about 8 months old.
Well Becky, I feel very offended by your answer. I wasn’t asking for you to tell me the vet was right or wrong. I was asking if anyone had any similar experience. That was kind of rude, my sister isn’t a baby, I just wanted some opinions so thanks for your negativity.

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:09:06 GMT
Open Question: Can someone help me end this story ? =)?
Okay so this is what i have so far..and i can only write likke a half page more double spaced..soo i want the end to be like an outside country uses the chips to their advantage and so they control the people and they poison the water & food supply..so likke the nation is weakend by famine & disease..thus making the nation more vounerable..i already have my last sentence but i don’t have the last paragraph lol..hellllllllp =)
Tucker was drenched in sweat, his heart acted as a metronome, it ticked a quick rhythm. The rest of his body followed that rhythm; his legs moved like lighting, his arms swung swiftly, both steady like the rapid beating of his heart. Adrenaline pulsated throughout Tucker?s body; he felt so alive, so invigorated, he loved to steal. So far is actions were hardly of any consequence to him jail time didn?t bother him. He ran with great haste, no one could stop him, he was a runaway train. But the tracks stopped, waiting for him at the end of the rails was a officer police, ready with a gun and hand to de-rail him. There was nowhere to go, Tucker had to surrender. The callous police officer read Tucker his rights, then shoved him in the car. Tucker didn?t really care though, he was used to this by now.
The officer brought Tucker to the court house to be assigned his punishment, but this time it was different. The officer told Tucker to wait outside, confused by this, Tucker quietly sat down on the wooden bench. The police officer promptly returned with a stack of papers in hand, he briefly explained to Tucker that because this is his third offence, he was now sentenced to the ?Chip Correction Treatment?. A computer chip will be inserted into his brain, this chip will take control of the decision making aspect of his life. Tucker would then be placed back into the world with a new job, a CIA agent. Criminals like Tucker are assigned jobs like this so that they steer clear of the general public. Those who once hurt the nation are now bettering it. Convicts who had the choice to be good, were now forced to be good, they had purpose now. They would be fixed and controlled, this system worked rather well in society, law abiding citizens carried on a peaceful life, while criminals served them.
The police officer drove Tucker to the COCO building, Center Of Corrective Operations. Tucker hesitantly stepped out of the police car, the officer forcefully tugged Tucker?s arm and dragged him into the building. Tucker was flabbergasted, he never thought COCO really existed, he believed it was a mere rumor, a tall tale to frighten children. The police officer brought Tucker to the waiting room, filled to the brim with other convicts, waiting to be corrected. Tucker slowly walked in; the men in the room devoured him with their vicious eyes, they stared without restraint, their eyes speculated and judged. Tucker didn?t notice though, he was enraptured by thoughts of confusion and fear, he couldn?t believe that this was happening. Tucker waited for hours, he saw many men walk into the room across the hall labeled ?OPERATION ROOM?, but he never saw them come out. The men who once had such ravenous eyes now had dull, vacuous eyes.
?NEXT?, shouted the monotone and lifeless voice. The announcement awakened Tucker from his trance. He quickly put on a stolid guise and proceeded to the operation room. He laid on the cold, vacant operating table, two surgeons strapped him down. Another surgeon secured the gas mask onto Tucker?s face, then turned the tank?s gauge. With great reluctance, Tucker?s eyes closed.
Tucker woke up in a white room, disoriented and befuddled. He looked around, the room was desolate and lonely. Tucker sat in the bed for a while, dazed and confused, suddenly a man dressed in a white lab coat strolled in the room. He explained to Tucker what happened and how life will be now. Work, then home, home then work. Once finished, the man quickly left and signaled the attendant. Ten minutes later, the attendant came and escorted Tucker out of the building to the bus that was waiting outside, filled with others.
The bus screeched as it came to its stop, everyone on the bus exited and walked into the building, CIA was written in large, bold letters on the side of the mammoth building. Tucker entered the building, and began his work. After his nine hour shift was over, he walked out side and got on the bus that awaited his arrival. This cycle lasted for months, but Tucker hardly noticed. His entire perception of life changed, in fact, Tucker didn?t live, he appeared to be alive, but Tucker was dead.
okay so here’s the last couple of sentences i want to use..
*The war was quick & almost painless. It was like a shot of sionide, it quickly circulated through the vains of the nations already weakend body. America, which once controlled its convicts became a prisoner of it own creations.*
okay so those are the last sentences i want to use..ohh & i think i forgot to mention that this is a dystopian story and i’m not really supposed to focus on the characters, but i am supposed to focus on the negative effects of this extrapolation (the extrapolation is “what if conventional jails were no longer used but replaced with other means of punishment)
kay i would really really appreciate if someone could help me, ty ;D

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:45:41 GMT

Open Question: can you get a heart murmur from scarlet fever,even if you haven’t had rheumatic fever?
i went to my dentist the other day and they had asked if i had a murmur from having strep throat.i went and saw my dr and she had said in fact i do have a murmur it was a 1 on the 1-6 scale.im going for an echocardiogram this week but are a little scared i might have heart damage..she mentioned rheumatic fever but i asked my mother and she said she had no knowledge of it,only the strep which was treated.she didnt even know that i have had a murmur.can this just be harmless or could have the scarlet fever caused any damage to my heart.ill know in a few days im just a little worried about it.

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:56:52 GMT
Open Question: What to do from here?
This is a long story and please no rude answers.
When I was 9 my dad was murdered and my 4 year old brother watched it happen. 3 years later the guy is sentenced to 12 years in prison. My grandma whom I don’t even think of as family tried to take me from my mom. She failed as to I did not and do not want to be apart of her life nor do I want her to be apart of mine. She also tried to take my brother he is now 8. She succeded in getting visitation rights and now he practicaly lives with her. His mom is never really around. We are step brother and sister. My supposed grandmother showed my at the time 7 year old brother the bloody clothes our father died in, she kept them for crying out loud!! Then at night when he’s asleep she goes in and shaves his legs!!
The court case for her to get me was a year after my fathers death and it lasted a year.
From there the next big event was a hurricane, life was great all bad things were forgotten. Mom had a good job and we had a nice house. I had friends and was me. Then a hurrican hit. We had to evacuate and we stayed evacuated for months, I mean months lkong enogh to spend plenty of time in about 5 diffrent states in many many diffrent one room hotels with my mentaly abusive tv hogging stepdad. Whom btw is no longer my stepdad. Finally we got back and had many problems finding a new place it took about another month or two before we really settled down.
There were some minor problems from here and our next big problem.
My family has a long line of kidney disease and my grandpa has it he had to retire from his job and him and my grandma spent all of his retierment money on buying a car and a house to settle down in. Then another hurricane hit this time destroying my home, before it hit my mom, my new stepdad and I moved because he was in the military. Well now my grandparents had nothing and I was in some place and I had never permantley left my home the only place I had ever known. To some hell hole in my opinion. My teacher told me I needed help and I was constantly bullied for being emo/scene. I joined choir and that is pretty much my stone step music.
When I was little my mom and my dad had divorced.
My grandma had my dad put in a nut house when it shld have been her. He got out recently afterwards since there was nothing wrong with him.
My brothers were taken from me and my mom from my other grandma when I was a baby.
My nanny was prty much murdered.
My bf the only stand I had in this life that wasn’t family just broke my heart because he fell in love with some1 else.
Now my 13th birthday is coming up in a few weeks and I literally have no friends not a single one that isn’t my mom or dog to share it with.
Thanksgiving is coming up and we know no1 to share it with.
Christmas is coming soon and we know no1 to share it with.
I have big dreams and I can’t go for them because I am stuck here.
I don’t want to wait till 17 to fight for them.
I can’t do them if I am here.
Well, any ideas.

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:21:57 GMT

Open Question: how much money should go towards research for heart disease?

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:11:59 GMT
Open Question: Where is the enjambment and caesura in the poem “Porphyria’s Lover” by Robert Browning?
The rain set early in tonight,
The sullen wind was soon awake,
It tore the elm-tops down for spite,
And did its worst to vex the lake:
I listened with heart fit to break.
When glided in Porphyria; straight
She shut the cold out and the storm,
And kneeled and made the cheerless grate
Blaze up, and all the cottage warm;
Which done, she rose, and from her form
Withdrew the dripping cloak and shawl,
And laid her soiled gloves by, untied
Her hat and let her damp hair fall,
And, last, she sat down by my side
And called me. When no voice replied,
She put my arm about her waist,
And made her smooth white shoulder bare,
And all her yellow hair displaced,
And, stooping, made my cheek lie there,
And spread, o?er all, her yellow hair,
Murmuring how she loved me- she
Too weak, for all her heart?s endeavor,
To set its struggling passion free
From pride, and vainer ties dissever,
And give herself to me forever.
But passion sometimes would prevail,
Nor could tonight?s gay feast restrain
A sudden thought of one so pale
For love of her and all in vain:
So, she was come through wind and rain.
Be sure I looked up at her eyes
Happy and proud: at last I knew
Porphyria worshiped me: surprise
Made my heart swell and still it grew
While I debated what to do.
That moment she was mine, mine, fair,
Perfectly pure and good: I found
A thing to do, and all her hair
In one long yellow string I wound
Three times around her little throat around,
And strangled her. No pain felt she;
I am quite sure she felt no pain.
As a shut bud that holds a bee,
I warily opened her lids: again
Laughed the blue eyes without a stain.
And I untightened next the tress
About her neck; her cheek once more
Blushed bright beneath my burning kiss:
I propped her head up as before,
Only, this time my shoulder bore
Her head, which droops upon it still:
The smiling rosy little head,
So glad it his its utmost will,
That all it scorned at once is fled,
And I, its love, am gained instead!
Porphyria?s love: she guessed not how
Her darling one wish would be heard.
And thus we sit together now,
And all night long we have not stirred,
And yet God has not said a word!
Can you highlight the following poetic techniques:
Enjambment
Caesura
Thanks, would help a lot!

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:38:29 GMT

Open Question: How would Jesus compare to a very smart philanthropist?
Lets say someone was born today and grew up to invent methods to end world hunger, cured many diseases just for the benefit of mankind, and became a role model for millions.
If this person were real than his or her actions would accede the good Jesus did in his life and he had the power of God. So how would they compare? Two people, one with a good heart and the unlimited power of God and the other with a good heart and only his own mind and hands, but the latter did more.
Is Jesus still superior just because of his connection with God and not because of his actions?
Is the smart philanthropist superior since his actions did more good for the world than Jesus and if so would that warrant his own religion despite him not making any claims to be divine?
*Atheists*
You can answer so long as you suspend disbelief and imagine a hypothetical universe where there is a God and Jesus did preform miracles.
ALL ANSWERS APPRECIATED!
Ryan T., your answer is completely useless. You make a statement with no reasoning. How does that answer my question?
I mean to say, I would like some reasoning behind your guys’ answers.
OK, I think I’m going to change this question a little and ask it again. I won’t delete this one though.

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:04:23 GMT

Open Question: My dog has a heart murmur with bloated belly?
Hi, I have a dog, (Chiwawa) had him for over 8 years, he has been coughing hard so we took him to the vet, they took xrays and determined it was a heart murmur and also said his heart was very big. She told us he may have heart disease, so she gave us laxis or something like that to get rid of the fluid he was developing in his stomach.
Now after 2 weeks , he is bloated while the rest of his body is skinny. He doesnt run , bark, or groul anymore at all, seems like he is depressed or just too weak to do anything.
I am very sad about this, I am very very close to him and I feel sad when I just look at him.
If he is going to die soon, what are the stages that usually occur in dog with heart murmur and heart diseases, I just want to prepare my self at least I would know how far long is he.

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:07:18 GMT

Open Question: Could i get a doctors advised?
I am 19 years old and having chest pain they only last about a minute and the pain goes from my chest, to my arms, shoulders and also my back and i went to the Doctor and they found out i had a Heart murmur and a leaky heart valve but they said it should not cause my chest pains. Instead of finding out what is wrong with me they are going to start testing out medication on me starting with heart purn medication which i do not want.
I was reading up on chest pain and everything i feel it symptoms of Angina. I feel like i get this great pressure in my chest that builds up until it finaly realises which cause me a great deal of pain and other time out of no where i just get the pain and like i said above it just is like a sharp aching pain

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:38:43 GMT

Open Question: prophecies: The identity of the Antichrist revealed?
FROM THE MOUNTAIN PROPHECIES
BOOK TWELVE
CHAPTER FOURTY-EIGHT
BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA IS THE ANTICHRIST
Coming out of Africa, through the European Illuminati, a subject of the Queen of England, backed by the Vatican, empowered through the Israeli Mossad, Communist/Marxist groomed!
WAKE UP, OH YOU PEOPLE! THE HOUR OF GREAT JUDGEMENT IS UPON THIS NATION; AND UPON THE WHOLE WORLD!
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
MESSAGES FROM OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN
FIRST MESSAGE FROM OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN
November 15, 2008
My Blessed Child, I am your Father Yahweh, yea Jehovah, Most High God! My Little One, hearken unto Me! Listen and write as I say, that all may be the wiser! For, a time of great trouble is upon the whole world! A time when nation shall rise up against nation, families against families, a time wherein one?s greatest enemies may be in his own household! A time of great want, of famine, of global wars, pestilences, and diseases as never seen before! A time when very powerful families of great evil shall stand up against one another, with one out to destroy the other! A time when Satan does, indeed devour his own tail, that his head may be crowned! Oh, yes, you have seen such a thing, such an artwork with Satan devouring his own tail, and at the same time that he devours his own tail, a crown is put upon his head.
Now, My Little One, take note! Look through these glasses and through these new lenses, which I now put on your eyes; and tell Me what you see!
?My Father, I see black boots, like those of Hitler, shiny and new, but large, long and wide! And, for now, I only see the boots.?
?But, look upward, My Child, what do you see??
?My Father, I see that the boots belong to Barack Hussein Obama! And, also, my Father, I see that he is dressed as a Nazi! He is wearing a Nazi uniform and over his heart and on his left pocket is a Nazi emblem! He wears a green beret and on the left side of this beret, but near the middle of his forehead is another Nazi emblem. He carries a baton; and emblazoned on the end of it is also a Nazi emblem. Oh, my Father, this is not good!?
?Yes, my Child, through his calm demeanor, through his use of clever words, he has deceived the whole world! But, do not be deceived, My Little One! Now, when I change the lenses in these glasses, what do you see??
?My Father, I see a bright candle! It is indeed very bright; and I can neither see past it or around it.?
?No, you cannot, My Child, not now. But, as I put a shade on this candle, what do you see??
?My Father, I see, of course, that the candle is dim, very dim, so dim that I no longer see it, but only see a very faint light; and where the candle was, I now see Barack Obama! And, I see, as well, that he has no light, but is full of many lying demons and seducing spirits, and out of his mouth come many blasphemous things! His every word is full of darkness and his teeth are like black posts. His countenance is also no longer that of Barack Obama, but that of a beastly image, who stands tall in the faint light! And, the appearance of this beast is vague to me; therefore, I am left without words to explain what I see; for I have never seen anything like it. His fingernails are long and curled! His toenails are long and curled and he paces up and down in the oval office, something like a caged animal! Oh, my Father, tell me about what I see.?
?My Little One, all of the world shall wonder after what they perceive to be the light of the world! Nations shall wonder after a false light and nations shall heap praises upon a false light! And, many shall wonder after this light! Many shall thereby be deceived and shall fall and worship this false light, giving great honor to what is false! For, many are now longing for someone to come and to rescue them from the forces of great evil! They want a Saviour, but do not wish to bend a knee to the real Saviour, who is Jesus, My Son. For, they love the world and what is in it; and the Real Light of the World, they refuse! For, they do not wish to repent, but to continue on in their wicked ways! Therefore, they shall honor a false light and they shall call him the light of the world! And, many shall fall at his feet and shall worship him, when he is no man, but a beast, who appears to be a man!
And, through this very one, many, many shall fall the whole world over! And, many shall be deceived! For, they are looking for a man to rescue them from the evils of the world! And, this one shall rise and he will begin then to devour parts of Satan?s Kingdom, to devour Satan?s own tail, all in order that he may be crowned king of this world! For, when he is king of the world, Satan will indeed be king, if only for a short while.
Therefore, what you see now, with this man, who is not even yet inaugurated, is a great push to uproot long-held, Bush-Rockefeller-Clinton power bases in America, thereby removing their power from this nation, so that it falls more readily into the h

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:47:44 GMT
Voting Question: i am having some strange heart symptoms?
well basicly i do suffer from heart palpatations but i heard that thoose are very very common however i believe there are types of them however this has only happened once but i woke up to a 6 to 10 beat palpatation basicly all my palpations feel like my heart is over exspanding when beating also ive had few instances to where it was a sudden thud like a realy hard thud in the chest then back to normal these scare the hell out of me my mother has them and shes 48 and in amazing health so that calms my nerves , also i have problems other than the palpatations theses are anxitey attacks i already know it but , i used to drink alot
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:52:30 GMT

Open Question: Question About Death…Please MANY Answers!!!!?
a man who is like my grandfather lives with me and my family. He is 80 yrs old and has parkingsons disease. he had a couple heart attacks & was brought to the hospital, in the hospital the medicine they were giving him for his heart caused a stroke. so he is now home on comfort care & hospice is involved. at the hospital the doctors said he would probubly only last about 2 weeks, well its been about 2 months.
he has gotten skinny due to his lack of eating & drinking, he hasnt been very hungry or thirsty & when he says he is, we give him a whole plate of food but he doesnt eat very much of it. And, he like says he see’s people and he talks to them, mostly people that are already dead. if its not that, he confuses TV with reality. or saying crazy things. sometimes he thinks he is on a ship (he is a marine vet). he acts like he is going crazy. and i dont know what to say to him anymore when he acts this way.
he sleeps a lot.
he always wants to do something though he cant move or walk
he doesnt eat
he see’s people that are already dead.
he acts as if he has gone crazy.
i know they say that these are signs of dying but this has gone on for over a month. i dont want him to die by any means but i also do not want him to suffer. he is not on any medicine for his parkinsons or diabetes or anything.
he is on pain medicine for comfort.
i just wanted to know your thoughts…..or how long this could go on?
please help, i’d really appriciate it!
i have already asked this question but i would like to hear more answers…..
we are with him all the time
letting him know its ok & we love him
he gets comunion once a week
we let him know we are there and he is not alone…
please answer, let me know of your personal experience….

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:50:19 GMT
Open Question: Why is my boyfriend avoiding seeing a doctor?
He has the opportunity to see a doctor yet he says he will then doesn’t. He told me a while back one doctor he saw when he was in high school told him he had a heart murmur then later that year he said another doctor confirmed he didn’t have one at all. I just want him to get checked, I worry about him, I love him so much, I want him to be around for a long time
Why does he tell me he will get checked but just to comfort me at the time and then he ends up not doing like he said?
no, he doesn’t have any std’s I’m sure of that.

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:48:05 GMT

Voting Question: heart problems help please?
okay everytime i eat something my heart starts to hurt from a varies of 5-20 minutes but it only happens after i eat ramon noodles, hamburger helper or mcdonalds stuff like that any suggestions?
is it a heart attack?
heart burn?
or palpatation?
and is it because of my period because this is the time of the month when i get it every month
and im only 16 years of age

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:03:45 GMT