Daisy's First Exit Exam

Today I had an appointment with the Vet for her First Exit Exam. My regular Vet was not available for this appointment and I got to know Dr. Franklin, who is very nice and will also conducting Daisy' Second Exit Exam. That entire appointment was quite long...lasted about 1 1/2 hours. Lots of things to do, even more paperwork to fill out and a lot of Health Records need to be pulled. Overall Daisy's physical exam was fine and she is very healthy for her age. She got a clean bill of health and is allowed to fly. There are only 2 things that the physical exam revealed. The knee on her left hind leg is slightly deteriorated, but with Glucosamine and Fish Oil she doesn't have any problems with it. The second thing is a very small Benign Tumor, that has been there for the past 1 1/2 years and hasn't changed at all. Currently it doesn't pose any problem, but both issues are two areas that I have to keep watching.
While the Vet was finishing the International Health Certificate, I filled out my information on the EU-Health Certificate. After I was done the Vet filled out the rest of the EU-Health Certificate, except for the part that has to be filled out during the Second Exit Exam. Next they scanned Daisy's Microchip and the Vet-Tech went to give her the Bordetella Booster Shot. All the other shots are current. Since Daisy is a senior dog, they did do a blood panel as well, not quite sure why she didn't get the blood panel back in February. After that they faxed the health documents to PetRelocation.com
While I was still at the Vet I called my relocation specialist and he told me that the Vet has to sign the Eu-Health Certificate and that I need the Original Rabies In order to get the USDA endorsement. So I had to wait another 10 minutes for the Vet to finish the Rabies Certificate and to sign the EU-Health Certificate. During that time Daisy was socializing with several dogs...I certainly was surprised about that, since Daisy has a hard time getting along with other dogs. On top of that she even let a couple of women pet her, apparently my girl is getting social as a senior.
After I had all the Health Documents I headed back home, made copies of all the documents in case the USDA should loose them. I had a quick bite to eat before heading out again. Had to drive out to Palmdale, since that is the closest Fedex location to us and dropped the documents off. Now Daisy's Health Documents are en-route to Sacramento for USDA endorsement. I should get back the endorsed documents either by the end of this week or by Monday at the latest.