My puppy threw up afterward and we had to take her back in for a benedryl injection and a hydration shot. After that she thrashed around and tried to itch herself and whimpered. I felt so sorry for her and was starting to panic. My husband thought her back where the hydration shot was (they shot so much water in between her shoulder blades that she had a hump) must be bothering her, so I picked her up and very, very gently and lightly scratched the area for her, sort of more stroking than scratching. She stopped thrashing around and finally relaxed in my arms. I never stopped even to go to the bathroom, (somehow I managed to keep stroking while I was undoing my pants and going) until eventually she fell asleep. Then the entire next day she laid around and wasn't herself. She had no appetite and we had to feed her baby food for days.
The vet said they would give her benedryl before her shot next time so she wouldn't react that way. I'm dreading going in for her next vaccination. |