It’s worth a nickel

So yesterday afternoon, my handsome little puggy Jake went over to the vet. No big deal, really … he needed an update on his distemper vaccine.

He was so excited! For starters, he loves to ride in the car, and secondly he loves everyone at the vet. (Okay, in reality, he loves everyone everywhere. He’s a very social creature.)

Paul is very thorough, and made a point of asking the vet if there are any potential side effects from the vaccine. The doctor said if anything, his head would swell and turn red … and that it would be “pretty obvious.” If after an hour, he hadn’t reacted, he’d be in the clear.

Sounds good.

Around 5, Paul and I left for the gym. We met up with Luis, took a ride class, and then Paul went food shopping while Luis and I went to Target. Pretty boring story.

Until Paul got home, and called me to tell me that Jake was drooling all over the place, and couldn’t stop.

Thank goodness for overnight emergency vet clinics.

After a short (and mildly panicked, on my part) wait, Jake was diagnosed with a likely allergic reaction to the vaccine. After a quick shot of Benadryl and one more of cortisone (which he took without so much as a whimper, my brave baby!), we took him home to relax. The funny thing is, even as he’s drooling all over the place, he was still wagging his tail and sniffing everyone he could!

And this morning, he’s all good. A little sleepy, but that’s pretty much a normal Tuesday for my puggy.