swollen eyeballs and fat ears

chico, my poor boy! he really DOES take after his mommy!

The other day he got his rabies shot from a "vet" here, and a few hours later, around 8pm, his eyes swelled shut and his ears were as thick as pancakes!! Those growing ears, whihc are normally carried high and proud on his little head, were laying down down down along his face, as if they had never perked at the sound of the doorbell or a squeaky toy.

Well, i didn't have swollen eyes and fat ears after my rabies shot, but.. well.. i sure do have a lot of allergies, and i jsut knew exactly how he felt. It was awful.

We took him to another "vet" who, after he was finished watchin tv with his kids and sorting bills right, took chico in his huge hands, plopped him onto the front counter, and jammed a needle full of bendryl into his soft puppy bum. A yelp, and it was over. His swelling went down in about an hour and his ears returned to his niormal size. We also gave him a 1/2 doggy predisone twice.

Ah, parenthood.