So this is what Rowdy did to himself before he went to the vet. I don't know if you can tell, but his skin has a day-glow pink going. I could just look at him and tell he was miserable. Plus, he was licking, licking, and licking, biting himself and pulling out hair. I'd find clumps around the house. Wednesday the vet gave him a steroid shot for "allergies" and his skin has lost the day-glow pink look. Wednesday night things seemed to be much better. He wasn't licking so much and he wasn't glowing anymore. Then around 4:00 AM Thursday morning he wakes me up digging on the bathroom floor. At first I couldn't figure out what the noise was. He had gotten off the bed, which I can't believe since he will NOT normally jump down at all being he's not seeing as well anymore. So I hear this scraping noise and try to figure out what it is. Can tell it's coming from the bathroom. I get up and he's in the corner by the closet doors "digging" into the pergo floor. I call to him, which does no good. I go up to him and nudge him and he jumps and looks back at me. He's got a bit of blood around his right eye. Then I see some blood on the rug in the bathroom. He'd rubbed, scratched, something his face enough to tear the skin around his eye. (Didn't get a picture. Sorry!) And he's still licking.
So this is now what he looks like:
I got the cone out and he's been wearing it. He's not happy with me at all. But he's not licking, scratching, pulling himself anymore. I've taken it off of him for periods of time and he goes right back to licking. Although, not near as bad as before the steroid shot. Plus, the hair on his ears has static and is sticking to the cone. So he's been going around running into everything with the cone on.
On another front, I got rid of my headache! Wednesday after the vet visit and getting Rowdy home, I went up to the store and got some Excederin Migraine and took it. The headache is gone and hasn't come back. Yeah!
So I'll talk to y'all later. I just spoke to Courtney a bit ago and we planned out our shopping trip. We've got lots we want to do. Hopefully we'll get it all done.
3 comments:
Poor Rowdy, so the vet thinks it was just some allergies. I hate to see him like that. It is so sad.
Wonder what started the reaction. Hope it wasn't anything here at the lake. Did you put anything on his eye. Hope he is better.
Oh, Jenn! I feel so badly for Rowdy. Poor little guy. I hope he's feeling better. Have you tried giving him Benedryl? It never worked for Pagan, (LOL) but it might work for him! I've got a great doggie dermatologist I can refer you to and his office is not too far from you if you're interested! (His name is Dr. Garfield! LOL I always thought that was funny)
Hana and I had a blast shopping today! We'll see you soon!
~Courtney~
POOR ROWDY...it hurts to see him suffer, Jenn. He looks precious with the cone....I'm glad to hear your headache is gone too!
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