We were having a nice evening at the dog park with some friends when Tyler noticed that Yawkey had quite a few bumps (what we thought were mosquito bites) on his face and around his eyes. Yawkey kept scratching his face and when Tyler picked him up we realized that the bumps were starting to swell - Fast forward not even 10 min later and Yawkey is spread out in Tyler's arms with both eyes almost swollen shut his jowels swelling so much that they almost cover his nose and his whole head swelling up by the minute --- (Yawkey looked like Will Smith in "Hitch" when Smith has an allergic reaction to shellfish, only worse) --
- So we finally get to the Pet ER and they immediately take the Yawks back and give him two shots. The Vet comes out to talk with us and asks that we leave Yawks at the office for 2 to 3 hours to make sure the shots get the swelling down. His reaction/swelling was faster then the shots were working and the swelling was begining to move to his legs. So she wanted to make sure that the swelling didn't hinder his breathing any more then it had (poor yawks was already breathing out of his mouth) and felt better having him stay there to keep an eye on him and administer another shot if necessary. His short little snout didn't provide much room for swelling before restricting his breathing. So at 11pm we returned to the Pet ER to find Yawkey better then before but still a little swollen - but his personality was back (as he was wagging his tail and trying to run across the counter at the office to say hi to everyone) and you could actually see his eyes and nose again. So slightly chubby faced Yawks returned home with us and is now back to normal.
The remedy for this - we now give our dog benadryll every day and I'll be carring some with me when we go camping or to the park next time - Who knows what caused him to have such a reaction but it's good to have him back to his normal self.
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