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Old March 6th, 2011, 02:15 PM
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Ember is hungry and almost back to normal today (just a little pendulous about the jowls)--poor Cass, though, still looks like a tri-colored marshmallow. However, both she and Ember have kept their food down today, a big improvement over last night. Benadryl tends to make our dogs sort of hyper, though, so between that and the steroids, it was a restless night...

Turns out the clinic just changed vaccine manufacturers. The old one had a much smaller incidence of reaction so we're going to go back to it for the rest of the dogs.

Unfortunately, doggy lover, it's not one we can skip totally. It's not uncommon to have to comb out/pick off over 100 ticks per outing in peak tick season here. Too much exposure to just drop the Lyme's protection. We will, however, be premedicating with at least Benadryl before the vaccination from now on and with luck, going back to the recombinant Merial vaccine will help prevent any future adverse reactions, too.

reanne, both Benadryl and epinephrine injections would be intramuscular? I can handle that if I can get our vet to agree. I'd probably pass out if I needed to find a vein, though. I'll be talking to the clinic again on Tuesday, so I'll make sure to ask about it.

Melinda--aspirin?! I've never heard of that! I'll ask them about that, too. That would be easy enough to do!

Teri, consider the cuddles passed around and as soon as we're sure they're keeping solids down, we'll for sure pass around the cookies!

Cass and Ember thank everyone for their concern!
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