Sensitive after a shot of benadryl
 

Okay, please bear with me, this is sort of a long story. I intend to phone my regular vet after my class to double-check with her on this, but I want to know if anyone else has ever experienced this with their yorkies.

Tallulah had a couple of fleas, which have been treated accordingly. The Orkin guy was out on Saturday and we stayed away after he sprayed for 6 hours instead of the recommended four. That night when we came home, she started having this honking cough and it looked like she was dry heaving, so we ran her to the emergency vet. She had stopped by the time we reached the vet, but they decided to give her a shot of benadryl before we went home.

The shot was particularly painful for her, and I'm not sure if it's because of the size of needle they used or what. They tried three different injection sites before they could successfully administer it. She has small lumps in those three places, which are typical for her after vaccines and will go away by the end of the week.

The problem is that she seems to have taken on a level of bodily soreness. I've given her a bone check to make sure, but she's been very squeaky and slow to react to some things. Normally she's very good at getting out of the way and last night my roommate had almost stepped on one of her feet. She gave a squeal and ran off.

On a walk, I picked her up to cross the street at a stoplight so I could get her across quickly and as I was running, she yelped. I did a physical once over when we got home and she didn't fight me on anything.

What I'm wondering is if anyone else has experienced this with Benadryl before? She still eats and drinks just fine and is getting around okay, but she seems very sleepy and sore. Is it typical for yorkies to still feel the effects of the injection on Day 3?

It sounds like she may just be sore from the several injection sites? I would be too if I got pricked three times. I would call the vet just to be sure... But it sounds like she's just tender from being poked.

I haven't had a dog that had lumps from a Benadryl injection but sounds like those are what are tender and she's being protective, even when being just bumped as when almost stepped on. Did the vet say what caused the lumps from Benadryl? Maybe you could call and ask what to do about the lumps and if he needs to see them, give her something mild for pain? Does she have a normal temperature? Stopped the honking cough? If she's still coughing or behaving oddly in any other way, standing a while in one position with her head a little down, sleeping a lot, hypersensitive to sound, etc., I'd get a chest x-ray & have some tests done just in case something else going on. Could be she's still having a little reaction to the chemicals the exterminator sprayed, in addition to her sore lumps.

Okay, here's an update.

The vet said that the reaction she's had is "possible, but not typical." The lumps come from the fact that my dog is a teacup size and has very little muscle mass or fat under her skin (she never has, which is why her vaccines create lumps too). Her reaction to Children's Benadryl that I gave her was an adverse reaction and I was told to give her a quarter tablet of something called Chloropheniramiane.

We'll report back when that's in her system.

I hope she feels better soon.

She's bouncing around happy as ever with Metacam for soreness and the Chloropheniramiane in her system. She's currently snacking from her kibble bowl like nothing has ever been the matter.