GatorRay
I am in total control....I think
- Feb 25, 2011
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- Bulldog(s) Names
- Gator & Lucy Goosey, the Basset and Gigi (AKA Gypsy)
Today was the worst day in a looooong time! So, I get up this morning and I am stumbling around before coffee and feeding the dogs as my husband let me sleep in. I am down helping Gator eat his breakfast and my husband walks in and asks if I saw some bumps that were on Gator. So I actually open my eyes and he is COVERED in HUGE hives!!! One was as big as my fist! There was not a spot bigger than an inch that didn't have hives. I FUREAKED (as you can imagine). So I am running around trying to brush my teeth and put on clothes. I call the vet and he said to just come in but they were closing soon. Well, this morning I was supposed to take my hubby to pick up his work vehicle and they guy who had the keys was only in the office for a bit so we had to go right then...so I told my hubby, go get the car and I will meet you at the place where you are going to park it and drive you to pick up your car.
I run Gator to the vet and he said it was most likely he got stung by a bee or bitten by something since it started with four little bumps after going out this morning and progressed in an hour to his eyes being swollen almost closed, and his body COVERED with hives. He did not think it could be related to his diet. So he gives him two shots and tells me to give him a bunch of benedryl all day and night and if it isn't gone by tomorrow, to take him to the ER vet since it is Sunday.
Ok, so that is over, Gator is alive. I didn't kill him by feeding him a new food lol. So I meet my hubby and drive him back downtown and by the time we get home, we have been gone over two hours. We are having heat advisories here and the red cross has opened places for people without air conditioning it is so HOT.
We get home and guess what???? LUCY IS OUTSIDE!!! I don't know how she snuck out but she had to have been out there the whole time! In our panic, we didn't even double check where she was before we left. She was so hot I was seriously worried about her having a heat stroke. She gulped up a ton of water and flopped onto her side on the cool floor. She was breathing very fast and very heavy. I fed her ice, wiped her with a wet towel for a few minutes then wrapped some ice in the towel and continued to rub that on her belly, chest and head for a good 10 minutes before her breathing regulated, her eyes cleared and she wanted to sit up.
Not to mention, Gypsy has Demodex.....I am the worst mommy ever
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Edited to add: Lucy is a basset hound so better able to handle the heat but she is old and has always been a house pet so she is not used to being in the heat.
I run Gator to the vet and he said it was most likely he got stung by a bee or bitten by something since it started with four little bumps after going out this morning and progressed in an hour to his eyes being swollen almost closed, and his body COVERED with hives. He did not think it could be related to his diet. So he gives him two shots and tells me to give him a bunch of benedryl all day and night and if it isn't gone by tomorrow, to take him to the ER vet since it is Sunday.
Ok, so that is over, Gator is alive. I didn't kill him by feeding him a new food lol. So I meet my hubby and drive him back downtown and by the time we get home, we have been gone over two hours. We are having heat advisories here and the red cross has opened places for people without air conditioning it is so HOT.
We get home and guess what???? LUCY IS OUTSIDE!!! I don't know how she snuck out but she had to have been out there the whole time! In our panic, we didn't even double check where she was before we left. She was so hot I was seriously worried about her having a heat stroke. She gulped up a ton of water and flopped onto her side on the cool floor. She was breathing very fast and very heavy. I fed her ice, wiped her with a wet towel for a few minutes then wrapped some ice in the towel and continued to rub that on her belly, chest and head for a good 10 minutes before her breathing regulated, her eyes cleared and she wanted to sit up.
Not to mention, Gypsy has Demodex.....I am the worst mommy ever
.Edited to add: Lucy is a basset hound so better able to handle the heat but she is old and has always been a house pet so she is not used to being in the heat.
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I hope tomorrow is a better day! And I also know your a great mom. Glad Lucy is recovered and Gator is getting better.
happens! Everything is ok...and I'm exhausted reading about your summer! 
