Friday, October 31, 2008

Crisis averted. Everything back to normal.


Or so I thought.

Still reeling from the Thanksgiving debacle, I got home to find Vinnie a little under the weather:





A trip to the emergency vet revealed that he was having an allergic reaction of some sort. Either to pollen, or he got bitten by something, or ate something...we don't know. By the time we actually got to see the doctor, most of the hives had disappeared. They still wanted to give him an injection of Benadryl, combined with a second shot of steroids to make it work faster. Yeah...um, NO.

And I was supposed to follow that up with 3 days of Benadryl pills at home. Since it was clearing up on it's own, I opted to just give him pills, if necessary. Within minutes of getting home and going outside, Vinnie was literally covered from head to toe in hives again. 10 times worse than I'd first found him. Even his little eyes were starting to swell shut. We put him in the bath tub, hoping to rinse off anything that might have been on his fur. Following the doseage recommended by the vet, I rolled up a Benadryl pill in some cheese and he gobbled it up. About 20 minutes later, it was coming back up.

I think passed my first "mommy" test when I picked the pill out of the mess, crushed it up and fed it to him again.

That time he kept it down and the hives were starting to disappear just before we went to bed. He got up this morning 90% hive-free. He ate breakfast and kept it down. We came home from work to find him good as new: a pleasant Halloween treat!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well good lord woman!!! What an eventful few days! Glad Vinnie is on the mend...allergies can not only be a bitch, but dangerous as well!

Been a bit hectic and stressful here in Phoenix as well the las couple weeks...and i damn near lost my sh** today..hit my limit of getting the run around from Dr's and insurance company! ARRRGGHHH!

Sister "AC" Contessa...will sign up later...enjoying some Halloween "Agent Orange" cocktails!

Anonymous said...

Wow! what a scare.... I'm happy he's ok now!...and yes! you probably did just pass your first Mom Test.... and start calling yourself Mom....'Mommy' gets really iritating by the time they start whining around 2 to 3 years old! and just wait 'til you have to get a whole peanut out of your kid's nostril! or a nickle or a penny out of their throat!!!
.....diapers and spit-up are easy compared to the mini-crises of a little one's childhood once they're on their feet!....Love Ma

Almost Sooted said...

Mrs. IbStarC,

Glad to see you are blogging. I started one, but haven't done anything or much at all with it. At first I was going to rant and rave about shit that pisses me off, but that was too easy. Anywho, just saying hello, a blast from the past. Congrats on getting hitched!!! At some point I plan on upload my photos of the kid and other stuff on Picasa, but I have not had the time. Later.

Mr. Kuhns