Zo Bear

Last night we went to dinner for a friend's birthday and went for drinks afterwards. Which means we got home around 2:00 am. When we walked in the door we noticed Zoey's snout and left eye were swollen. We debated taking her to the emergency vet not too far from us or waiting to see if it was worse or better in the morning. After talking about it we decided to see how she looked in the morning. She was still frisky, not vomiting, not sluggish, so we figured it was serious but maybe we thought it would improve overnight. So we all went to bed. However this morning Zoey was worse. The left eye wasn't as swollen as last night, but her right eye was really swollen and her snout was worse. I called the emergency clinic to get an idea of how much we were about it spend and it wasn't as bad as we had expected, $90 for the exam and then (of course) extra for any meds. So we threw on some clothes, brushed our hair, and brushed our teeth, put a collar and leash on Zoey, jumped in the truck and were off. By the time we got to the clinic, 5 minutes later, her rash was spreading and getting worse. It was down the outside of her throat and had started creeping up her legs from her paws. She was still playful and running around like she felt fine but still she looked bad and it really made my heart hurt. I don't like my babies sick, to someone who doesn't get it, these 2 dogs are my children. I love them both so much and will do whatever it takes to keep them healthy. They give unconditional love to us each and every day. They get so excited just to see us and greet us each day when we come home from work with kisses and wagging tails. They make the crappiest day better just by snuggling up and giving hugs and kisses. These two girls mean the world to me, and seeing Zo Bear like she was this morning hurt me so much and even though I knew it wasn't life or death I was still scared. The vet gave her a shot of a steroid and a shot of an antihistamine. We also got a prescription of an antihistamine (better then benadryl) for any itching or any remaining swelling. After leaving the vet we stopped to get some breakfast and came home. Zoey did so well at the vet and in the car, she didn't get car sick thank goodness. After eating our breakfast we all went and laid down for a bit to get a bit more sleep but also to keep Zoey calm and let her sleep off some of her meds. After about 3 hours she was looking normal again. Her snout is still a bit pink but that could be a sunburn from yesterday, hopefully not. She has slept a lot today and snuggled with me every time I sat in the big comfy chair in the office or with me in bed since I've had a headache most of the day. She never got sick to her stomach, which is good, and she has had a healthy appetite, and drinking plenty of water, so I know she is good. (Xena is sleeping next to me and "barking" in her sleep - must be a good dream) I couldn't get a lot of pics of Zo because she was being squirmy today, but I did get just a few.

Hopefully they show up on Blogger when I email this since the site wasn't letting me do a new post. We'll see...