Hi Tina--
It just gets a little confusing when you add substantive or time-dependent information (like tests) to previous posts, even if you mark them as edits, and the time-stamp and the order in the thread stays "old". So things get out of sequence and are hard to interpret. Also, when you edit a post, it doesn't show up as "unread" when someone clicks on the link for the thread, so they may miss new info. Making comments (like you did just now) as edits is fine, especially if you do the edit soon after the original post, but it's best not to put really important information (like test numbers) into old posts that way.
As for the question, it's possible that the pre-shot was a bad strip, but hard to say. He just may have been on the way up. Only Salem knows... (love the pic, by the way-- he looks pretty comfortable there, whatever DH might have to say about it!)