Nicole G
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Hi to all,
I apologize as I haven't been posting at all recently. Life has been really busy since the whole situation with Yoshi and I've been working on Ella's social media/new website and modeling for the last couple of months. I hope you are all doing well (along with your babies!).
I'm looking for some help if its possible an some opinions from fellow Frenchie owners. As some of you may know Ella has suffered from a few health problems all her life and we've had our ups an downs as far as that goes, but it has always been manageable. Well this morning, I ended up rushing her to our emergency clinic early as when she woke up, her face, legs, belly and privates were covered in huge, red hives. She looked like she was in dire straits so of course I panicked and got her there (45 min. away) ASAP. By the time we got there they had subsided, and she was pretty happy and seemed fine so they sent us home. During the ride, I stopped to get food and noticed that once again her face was swelling so I did my best to check her airways, tongue and throat (wasn't affecting her breathing at all) and drove her straight to our primary vet. She fit us in and was shocked at how Ella looked (once again, her vitals were fine however) so she called a dermatologist that works nearby and we drove her over there. The woman checked her over, ran a few tests that all came back clear and sent us home with Temaril P, and an antibiotic for some minor yeast issues with her toes. They were all at a loss. I gave Ella the Temaril about 2 hrs. ago and it hasn't bothered her whatsoever, but here's the problem - the hives keep going away and coming back! Each time they healed for about an hour or two and then they start to come back. They are (thankfully) superficial, so none internally in her throat or anything, just around her face/ears/neck.
I would appreciate any advice that anyone has. I don't know what could be causing this nor what to do about it; should I give her more antihistamines? I keep Benadryl, Zyrtec and now the Temaril P on hand so I have lots of options and this girl is my baby so of course, if anything seems to become dire I will get her to a vet no matter what it takes. But they really were somewhat unconcerned (all three of them!) and just told me to keep treating her with the steroids and the antihistamine. I've moved anything that was recently washed, bought or used and looked high and low through our home to try and figure out what it could be. I can't come up with anything! My poor baby. She is currently laying next to me on the couch and aside from being hive-ridden is acting completely fine. I really don't know what this could be. She has been suffering from some bladder issues too - UTI back in May and I noticed that her urine did look a little orange on Monday so our vet took a sample of that too. No results yet!
Sorry for the long post. I am a nervous wreck, and really confused.:tongue: Thank you!
I apologize as I haven't been posting at all recently. Life has been really busy since the whole situation with Yoshi and I've been working on Ella's social media/new website and modeling for the last couple of months. I hope you are all doing well (along with your babies!).
I'm looking for some help if its possible an some opinions from fellow Frenchie owners. As some of you may know Ella has suffered from a few health problems all her life and we've had our ups an downs as far as that goes, but it has always been manageable. Well this morning, I ended up rushing her to our emergency clinic early as when she woke up, her face, legs, belly and privates were covered in huge, red hives. She looked like she was in dire straits so of course I panicked and got her there (45 min. away) ASAP. By the time we got there they had subsided, and she was pretty happy and seemed fine so they sent us home. During the ride, I stopped to get food and noticed that once again her face was swelling so I did my best to check her airways, tongue and throat (wasn't affecting her breathing at all) and drove her straight to our primary vet. She fit us in and was shocked at how Ella looked (once again, her vitals were fine however) so she called a dermatologist that works nearby and we drove her over there. The woman checked her over, ran a few tests that all came back clear and sent us home with Temaril P, and an antibiotic for some minor yeast issues with her toes. They were all at a loss. I gave Ella the Temaril about 2 hrs. ago and it hasn't bothered her whatsoever, but here's the problem - the hives keep going away and coming back! Each time they healed for about an hour or two and then they start to come back. They are (thankfully) superficial, so none internally in her throat or anything, just around her face/ears/neck.
I would appreciate any advice that anyone has. I don't know what could be causing this nor what to do about it; should I give her more antihistamines? I keep Benadryl, Zyrtec and now the Temaril P on hand so I have lots of options and this girl is my baby so of course, if anything seems to become dire I will get her to a vet no matter what it takes. But they really were somewhat unconcerned (all three of them!) and just told me to keep treating her with the steroids and the antihistamine. I've moved anything that was recently washed, bought or used and looked high and low through our home to try and figure out what it could be. I can't come up with anything! My poor baby. She is currently laying next to me on the couch and aside from being hive-ridden is acting completely fine. I really don't know what this could be. She has been suffering from some bladder issues too - UTI back in May and I noticed that her urine did look a little orange on Monday so our vet took a sample of that too. No results yet!
Sorry for the long post. I am a nervous wreck, and really confused.:tongue: Thank you!