Poor, Sweet Emily

Spent the weekend at Susan's parent's lake house. I went ahead and took a cooler of fresh veggies and lean meats, just in case Marlene, Susan's mom, didn't have anything. Good thing too--she made pork ribs, corn on the cob and red potatoes for dinner. I even had to eat earlier than everyone else. They ate at 9 and my healthy foods don't last that long, so I asked for forgiveness and got to cooking. It worked out fine and I'm glad I planned ahead.

It seems that yesterday morning, something got ahold of my Emily. We thought she just had tired eyes. Uh...no. She had the swollen, puffy eye. I pulled the skin back and the white of her eye was not red, so I figured she'd been stung by a bee, wasp or scorpion. Going to bed last night, I gave the girl 2 Benadryl. We went to bed and I found that her ears were all puffy too! There were two large bumps on one ear and one on the other. That's when it all came together--something really got a hold of my girl. This is her last night. This morning she was a bit worse. Here's the picture from this morning. Isn't it so sad? Just not my girl's happy personality. Her sweet ears feel like really big stuffed tight raviolis.

That is just the saddest face I've ever seen. I'd never survive having my own children. My heart could not take it!

Anyway, Emily was miserable and was sleeping a lot, but not whining or itching. She wasn't herself. How could she be?

Around lunch time, I called the vet's office in Madisonville outside where my parent's live. He is an old school farm animal vet. Doesn't waste your time or money and loves the animals. I told him the story of what I'd done. Doctor said that I could try giving her one Benadryl every hour the rest of the day. If that didn't work, she'd need a cortizone shot.

Emily must have thought today is her birthday or something special. Every hour, I've wakened her to give her a piece of cheese. You think she'd begin to catch on that I'm druggin her since she's slept all day. By around 5, that happy eye began to look more round. Went to dinner with J.B. and when I got home, the swollen bump above her eye was much smaller. She even was acting perky. Those ears though are still big. It seems they're tender too. Perhaps because I've been checking them every 30 minutes since last night.

Emily had another peice of sleepy cheese about 30 minutes ago. She is sleeping sooooouuundly. I just hope that by tomorrow morning, she looks like this. Dear ol' thing!