Just got back from ER with Mylee
 

All morning Mylee has been my shadow and we were out in the yard enjoying the beautiful weather. We came in, she took a few minutes of a nap before I fed her at 12:00. All fine and normal. Immediately after I fed her I took her out to potty and she started shaking her head, and crying in pain. It appeared to be her ear. Seriously, that fast. I watched her for a few minutes thinking it was temporary, but she was working herself up into a panting mess and wouldn't let us touch her ear so off we went. The suddeness of the onset of this scared me to death.

Nothing! No infection, no irritation, ear is clean with nothing lodged. So the vet checked her for a dislocated jaw or a broken tooth, and her eyes for neurological. Nothing. But she is clearly uncomfortable with pain and holding her ear down. They treated her for pain and gave her something they said was similar to morphine. She (vet) said if she's not better in a couple of days they will go ahead and treat her for an infection, but she doesn't see any at this point. She's laying beside now resting but lifts her head every few minutes and shakes it and her ear is still droopy. Poor baby. I'm glad it was (at first glance) nothing, but the cause is still bothering me. It's got to be something. Any ideas?

Ohhhhh Poor Baby!!!! :(
When was her last bath? Could she have gotten
water in her ear(s) somehow??

I gave Riley a bath last Saturday Night and all night and for the next couple of days, every once in a while, he would shake his head ferociously.... I Know I must have gotten water in one or both of his ears... I cleaned them out on Sunday with his ear cleaner and within a few days, he stopped.

Hope She Is Feeling Better, Soon and that it really is Nothing!!

Poor baby. I hope Mylee is feeling better soon. Sending hugs.

She actually needs a bath so it's not water.
I was sitting here inspecting her again. With the meds they gave her, she is more tolerant, and I think she has something, like a splinter in the very edge of her ear at the base. It's not red or hot or inflamed, but I do feel a tiny bump and when I touch it right there she pulls away. She lets me touch and prod every other spot.

OMG,Cha Cha, I am so sorry..sending LOTS of prayers for Mylee..I can inmagine how scary must have been...
Hugs,

Oh no...poor little Mylee:( I hope you figure out what it is Shelly. I hate it when you know something is wrong and the vet can't find anything. I will keep Mylee in my prayers.

Could something maybe have bitten her out in the Yard?
I'm sorry Mylee is feeling poorly. Prayers she is feeling better soon.

It's possible. There are some leftover seasonal bees still flying around my rose bushes. Maybe she did get stung by one.

Poor little thing. I think it is worse when they can't find anything to treat. The not knowing is killer. Maybe it is just a bite or sting. Sending hugs and prayers to both of you. Praying for a speedy recovery.

It sounds to me kinda like a bite or sting. Mine have always shook their heads if they have an infection. I would just take her in and let my regular vet check her out. I think you said you took her to an ER vet I believe. Hope they can find out whats wrong. Poor little thing. Stings hurt so bad and even infections hurt and make them miserable. Has she had any fever?

did they look down in with an otoscope??? This happens alot at our clinic, and often if it is no infection, but they still are holding their ear down and shaking.. etc.. it could be a grass seed, which is very common and they have to look far down with an otoscope to see this. Sometimes they even have to be sedated to look down far enuf and they have to hold real still. and its painful. Just a thought...

I am so very sorry to hear that Mylee has a booboo. Sending healing prayers for her. It is so very difficult when they are hurting. All of the ideas our YT family have presented sound very plausable - a bug bite, bee sting, maybe she has a splinter in the base of her ear - or perhaps a bug or grass seed deep inside her ear canal.

Please keep us updated.

She said she looked all the way to or past her ear drum. She hated it but I was able to hold her. I never thought about a seed of grass. She was nosing around (not around, actually in :rolleyes:) a clump of decorative grass this morning.

It ranks up there with strangest events thats for sure. She now will let me touch her ear and look in it as if nothing ever happened and she has stopped shaking her head. So I do think she got a seed in there or got stung. My daughter said it was nice seeing her this calm and mild mannered from the meds they gave her, but it's not the Mylee I am used to. I like her troubled spirit much better! LOL

Thanks everyone.

Poor Mylee! Glad she was seem by the vet and that it doesn't seem to be anything serious. Hope that she is feeling better soon.

I am glad Mylee seems to be doing better. It sounds like it could have been a bee sting.

Poor Mylee...and poor you. How scary. :( You might want to try some warm compresses on that bump.

glad mylee is feeling better

Hope she is feeling better real soon

I'm just now seeing this. I'm so sorry Mylee is not feeling well. I hope she keeps improving and is 100% well really soon. Hugs and kisses from us.

I hope Mylee will be better tomorrow. Don't you hate it when you don't know what is wrong?

I'm glad she seems to be doing better! Poor thing. I hate when they scare us like that suddenly.

It DOES sound like some sort of bite or something to me.

But hope all continues to be well. :)

Boy, Kendra when it rains it pours, you just get Mac back to normal and then poor Mylee is not feeling good. Hopefully it was just a bite and better today.

Glad to hear that Mylee is feeling a little better .... it does sound like a sting or something .... never even thought of the grass seed. These little ones get into everything. I would bring her to her regular vet just in case. Hugs to you both.

Poor Mylee! I pray she is back to 100% today. It is twice as scary when you can't figure out what is wrong.

I wish I would have thought about it being a bee sting yesterday when we went to the vet. As violently as she reacted, and the fact that she was right beside me the whole time and I didn't see anything, I honestly thought it was neurological. It scared me that bad. We have had a couple of hard freezes already and bees are not something we'd expect to see but I did see them out there yesterday (after thought). The vet didn't even consider it. Mylee probably only needed benedryl rather than all the pain meds they gave her. When the vet couldn't find anything she said Mylee is "ultra" sensitive. She did get up twice in the night and scratched hard enough I had to stop her.

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sounds like a bite....put aloe vera on it...Lucky999:)

I did just have another thought....could it have been an ant?? I know Trixie went crazy once when she has an ant on her muzzle until I found it and plucked it off ..... She was shaking her head and moving her mouth really wierd that it made me nervous too.

Poor Mylee. I am glad she's feeling better. Poor Mommy too! I'm a nervous wreck when these things happen so I imagine it must have been very scary for you!

Just seeing this now and i'm glad she is feeling better! :)

Poor mylee... Did you find out what it was for sure? It does sound like a bee sting to me,