Recovering

Whew! Glad things are getting better around here... Poor Placer had a weekend that we would all rather not repeat.

Friday we took him into the vet for his diarrhea. They said he was slightly dehydrated, but nothing too out of the ordinary as far as diarrhea goes. They sent in a fecal test and gave us some anti diarrhea meds to try in the meantime... We arrive home, give him his meds and I fall asleep. 72 hours with no more than 45 min sleep does that to you. 2 1/2 hrs later I wake up and my husband says he noticed that Placers head is looking fat. I call Mr Place over and sure enough, allergic reaction. Awesome.
Fortunately, the vet wasn't quite closed yet so I call them up to let them know we are on our way back in. He gets a shot in hopes that his face will return to normal. That evening he decides that he really didn't want his dinner of rice and cottage cheese in his stomach and throws it up. Thank goodness for tile floors!
That night he slept better in regards to not having to go out, but poor guy had the itchies. He was shaking his head and scratching and chewing on his paws. The next day was the same. We tried to keep benadryl in him, but it didn't work as well as we hoped... Good news is, he slept a little more though. Over the next few days he has slowly gotten better... Yesterday we got the fecal results back and he somehow got a parasite. Awesome.

So, new meds, new treatment and we are ready to put this past weekend behind us. Placer is ready to get his groove back... Seriously. He's tired of being stuck at home. Now to figure out how to get rid of the "sick dog smell" even after 3 baths...