justanothercowgirl
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Took my little sheltie buddy, Teddy in for a Leptospirosis vaccination this morning at 8:30. If you don't know Lepto is a serious disease of dogs and man caused by the Leptospira bacterium. New strains of the bacterium have been emerging in dogs so they have been vaccinating for this again recently. It is carried in the bodies of wild animals and livestock, dogs typically become infected when they drink from rivers, puddles or ponds that have been contaminated by urine of other infected animals. Since we live in a rural area where they are seeing instances of lepto we decided to vaccinate our dogs.
Teddy had quite a severe reaction within a couple of hours of receiving the shot and we had to rush him back in for treatment, he scared me half to death, his face swelled up so much he looked like frankenstein, his eyes swelled shut, his tongue was turning blue he was having difficulties breathing, his paws were huge and his temp was very high. I am lucky that my Mom works at the clinic where we did the vaccinations so I had called to tell her we were coming back FAST and I mean fast, I drove 90mph since it is mostly rural driving, and was passing cars and tractors on the shoulders, all the while with the low fuel light on! Hubby holding our baby and telling him to "breath Teddy breath!!" It was very stressful but they were waiting for us with the door open and meds ready to get this under control thankfully!! Apparently, because he had an allergic reaction it is likely that he was exposed to the bacterium previously. Needless to say he won't be getting the booster!!! He has spent all day at the clinic resting on his special Tedders bed in my Mom's office, he is coming home at 6:30!! His Mommy will be so happy to see him,even though he gave me a few more grey hairs today!!
Teddy had quite a severe reaction within a couple of hours of receiving the shot and we had to rush him back in for treatment, he scared me half to death, his face swelled up so much he looked like frankenstein, his eyes swelled shut, his tongue was turning blue he was having difficulties breathing, his paws were huge and his temp was very high. I am lucky that my Mom works at the clinic where we did the vaccinations so I had called to tell her we were coming back FAST and I mean fast, I drove 90mph since it is mostly rural driving, and was passing cars and tractors on the shoulders, all the while with the low fuel light on! Hubby holding our baby and telling him to "breath Teddy breath!!" It was very stressful but they were waiting for us with the door open and meds ready to get this under control thankfully!! Apparently, because he had an allergic reaction it is likely that he was exposed to the bacterium previously. Needless to say he won't be getting the booster!!! He has spent all day at the clinic resting on his special Tedders bed in my Mom's office, he is coming home at 6:30!! His Mommy will be so happy to see him,even though he gave me a few more grey hairs today!!