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When she was a puppy, she ate a bee and her face and head got so swollen. Because I too am allergic to insect bites, I recognized the signs immediately and zoomed her over to the vet.
The second time I saved her life was when she was a teenager and tried to swallow a rawhide whole. My hands are small so I was able to stick almost my entire hand down there and get it out; she was choking.
At 10 a.m. today she had a scheduled appt for yearly shots and to get her nails trimmed and so on. All was fine. This afternoon (2:30 p.m.), I was working in the garden and she was outside with me for a short period of time.
About 30 minutes after she came back into the house, she started scratching her ears and acting very distressed. 10 minutes later I noticed the hives on her head and face so I got her into the car and I hightailed back over to the vet. They took her as an emergency and gave her a big shot of benedryl and steroid. The swelling went down immediately and within 30 minutes, we're home. I'm watching her like a hawk too.
The vet is the same one she saw this a.m. and she is not sure if the hives are from a possible bee or perhaps an allergic reaction to the vaccines this a.m. She's had all of these shots B4 but not here in this state. She's never had an allergic reaction to these vaccines B4.
I asked what we're going to do next year when it's vaccine time again and she suggested that she gets a benedryl shot 30 minutes prior to the vaccine just to make sure.
Anyway I wanted to let you know that I've saved my little Ruby three times now! I hope she has 9 lives and not just the 3. She's snoring away now and my hands are shaking and I'm a wreck, but I'll be fine soon.
Janice and my little Ru-baby

The second time I saved her life was when she was a teenager and tried to swallow a rawhide whole. My hands are small so I was able to stick almost my entire hand down there and get it out; she was choking.
At 10 a.m. today she had a scheduled appt for yearly shots and to get her nails trimmed and so on. All was fine. This afternoon (2:30 p.m.), I was working in the garden and she was outside with me for a short period of time.
About 30 minutes after she came back into the house, she started scratching her ears and acting very distressed. 10 minutes later I noticed the hives on her head and face so I got her into the car and I hightailed back over to the vet. They took her as an emergency and gave her a big shot of benedryl and steroid. The swelling went down immediately and within 30 minutes, we're home. I'm watching her like a hawk too.
The vet is the same one she saw this a.m. and she is not sure if the hives are from a possible bee or perhaps an allergic reaction to the vaccines this a.m. She's had all of these shots B4 but not here in this state. She's never had an allergic reaction to these vaccines B4.
I asked what we're going to do next year when it's vaccine time again and she suggested that she gets a benedryl shot 30 minutes prior to the vaccine just to make sure.
Anyway I wanted to let you know that I've saved my little Ruby three times now! I hope she has 9 lives and not just the 3. She's snoring away now and my hands are shaking and I'm a wreck, but I'll be fine soon.
Janice and my little Ru-baby