Double the Trouble

My sweet not-so-little Pomeranian named Nittany

had two shots at his check up on Friday morning. 

Afterwards he started throwing up 

and by dinnertime his face was getting puffy. 

We made our way back to the veterinarian 

for an ER visit where he received shots of Benadryl and Prednisone
for an allergic reaction to the morning's shots.  

Pretty quickly, his symptoms subsided 

and life returned to normal.

At 12:30am my teenage son woke me up and said, 

"Something is wrong with Nittany." 

The poor thing was beside himself. 

He kept scratching, shaking his head 

and couldn't sit still. 

What would have been really nice 

is if I could have spoken to MY vet 

and asked about giving him OTC Benadryl. 

But noooo.   My vet doesn't have 24 hr emergency phone coverage????

So we had to take him to a 24 hr Animal ER Hospital,

 pay for ANOTHER check up and another Benadryl shot.  

This time we were also sent home with 

OTC Benadryl instructions and steroid pills. 

So yes, I could have just given him OTC Benadryl 

instead of rushing off to another ER visit. 

Now I am looking for a veterinarian 

that has ER 24 hour phone coverage too.

And I kind of decided,
I'll stop thinking about adopting a little friend for Nittany.
I don't think I could handle double the trouble.

Sweet Shot Tuesday